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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.

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 scarce evidence to support this dominant discourse.

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 is pleased to offer us and many other relevant academic partners the possibility to join them on...

Click here to read the February 2021 SPLISS newsletter. 

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 success.    SMAANZ conducts an annual conference to facilitate the prese...

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 stakeholders – universities and both private stakeholders...

“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 discourses on the positive societal impact of elite sport?  Sport and Citizenship i...

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)nationale (top)sportprojecten.  Check it out: VACATURE Doctoraatsb...

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 is to empower sports organisations to manage the public value of sport.

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