Click here to read the January 2022 SPLISS newsletter.
The SPLISS Pillar 1 - Light Study evaluates the inputs and outputs of 14 nations in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Estimating how much nations spend on elite sport is a measure of input. The amount of...
When facing the challenge of justifying investments in elite sport to the public, elite sport policymakers tend to argue that a wide range of societal outcomes will ‘trickle down’. However, there is...
In the IOC's missions of supporting academic researchers interested in the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement and strengthening the dialogue between the them and the academic community, the IOC...
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She has been given the award for her research on National paralympic Excellence:Developing an elite sport policy framework to assess the effectiveness of national elite sport systems for Paralympic...
The objective of the ATHLETES 4 SOCIETY project is to inspire, support and stimulate sports organisations to increase the public value of sport. This project joins a unique group of European...
“ELITE SPORT IN ITSELF IS NOT GOOD, NOR BAD: IT’S NEUTRAL” An interview from Sport and Citizenship with our phd Jens De Rycke about the question wether there is empirical evidence supporting...
VACATURE: kom jij ons team versterken? Er is een PhD postitie vrij voor onderzoek omtrent de maatschappelijke waarde van topsport! Je krijgt een gevarieerd takenpakket en draait mee in onze (inter)...
For the first time in its history SPLISS will be the main coordinator of a significant European Project supported by the EU commission for 400k euros. The objective of the ATHLETES 4 SOCIETY project...
De Vrije Universiteit Brussel en Baillet Latour nodigen u uit op de Baillet Latour Bootcamp met als thema "De maatschappelijke waarde van topsport & het inspiratie effect van de Olympische Spelen...
In 2021 we will be organizing 3 more bootcamps concerning the societal impact of elite sport. The next one in June will be focussing on the social value of elite sport from different perspectives...
We cordially invite you to the public PhD defence of the dissertation of Pingwei Li, titled: The role of junior succes in the development of professional tennis players, which will take place on...
The development of shared leadership in youth football: PhD defence of Gerco Van Dalfsen on 8 June 2020 at 13:00 Shared leadership development in sport is at the beginning of its theoretical (and...
This unique two day conference took place on Monday 23 & Tuesday 24 November 2015 in the beautiful city of Melbourne. WCESP is an initiative of SPLiSS and ISEAL. The conference is organised by...
The First SPLISS World Conference took place on 13-14 november 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium. The conference presented results of the SPLISS 2.0 study, plus a host of other presentations at the first...
