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Dear Readers, |
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We hope that you and your families are doing well in these challenging times. |
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For The Olympic Studies Centre, it has been a very busy year, in which we have put all our efforts into producing new reference content and making Olympic knowledge accessible to you. We hope that you have been able to benefit from at least one of our initiatives. |
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We look forward with excitement to the new Olympic year, where new initiatives await us – hopefully giving us lots of opportunities to be in touch with you. |
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We wish you peaceful end-of-year festivities and a happy and healthy new year. |
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Stay strong, safe and active, |
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Maria Bogner and The Olympic Studies Centre team |
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THE 2021/2022 EDITION OF THE ADVANCED OLYMPIC RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMME HAS BEEN LAUNCHED
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As for previous editions, the programme is aimed at university professors, lecturers and research fellows who have completed their doctorate, and who currently hold an academic/research appointment/affiliation. |
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For this new edition, we invite researchers to submit proposals related to at least one of the 16 IOC priority fields of research. As you will see in the rules, the topics cover key IOC areas of activity, such as the Olympic Games, the athletes, the contribution of the Olympic Movement and the world of sport to the Sustainable Development Goals, gender equality, ethics and governance, as well as other broader, important issues such as the future of large-scale sports events and the contribution of sport to society’s health and the economy. |
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The deadline for submission is 1 February 2021. You will find further information, including the rules, the application form and the list of research projects awarded grants in the past here. |
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IMPACT OF OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020
Adopted by the IOC Session in December 2014, Olympic Agenda 2020, the reform programme of the IOC, is a set of 40 detailed recommendations whose overarching goal was to safeguard the Olympic values and strengthen the role of sport in society. Last week, the consultative meeting of the IOC Executive Board concluded that 85 per cent of the recommendations have been achieved. Read about all the key highlights from the results of Olympic Agenda 2020 here.
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NEW ZOOM IN PAGES
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We invite you to take a look at the latest ZOOM IN pages on the Olympic World Library. These pages bring together the most relevant resources on important topics to foster education, teaching and research, and are accessible to all. |
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From the earliest days of the modern Olympic Movement, the educational and social value of sport were promoted by Pierre de Coubertin. Check out this completely revamped page and the wide range of resources and links we have put together for you to learn about the many Olympic education initiatives and programmes, and their methodologies and impacts. |
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The global phenomenon of esports has experienced exponential growth in recent years. Whether you are researching or just curious, you will find in this new page relevant and insightful resources on the IOC’s positioning, the landscape of the esports ecosystem, some examples of initiatives by sports federations, and a wide range of academic publications and collaborative platforms related to this topic |
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OLYMPIC WORLD LIBRARY SEARCH WIDGET
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To make Olympic knowledge accessible to all, we launched the Olympic World Library four years ago. Thanks to this platform, users can consult our vast, unique library collection with over 36,000 titles, and directly access over 10,500 documents in digital format. |
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Today, we are happy to be able to offer you the opportunity to insert a search bar for the Olympic World Library directly onto your institution’s website, giving your stakeholders the possibility to consult our resources directly. Please write to studies.centre@olympic.org to get more information. |
PODCASTS
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Various academic podcast initiatives presenting content related to the Olympic Movement have been launched this year. In this issue, we present three of them, which will all continue in 2021. |
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MEET THE EXPERT |
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In a joint initiative of the German Olympic Academy and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz this series of podcasts, focuses on sport management, sport politics and governance. It sees Holger Preuss interviewing personalities who work in the Olympic Movement. The podcasts (in English) touch some ethical issues and give insights into current sport political topics. Click here to access the series. |
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INSIDE EVENTS |
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This international series of podcasts look at the social and economic impacts of all kinds of events and festivals, including the Olympic Games. Mike Duignan, Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, speaks with authors of relevant papers and projects in the field of events to discuss the detail and significance of their work, as well as how they tackle and answer some of the big issues facing events today. Click here for the full list of published and scheduled podcasts. |
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CULTURE SPORT: PLUTOT J.O. |
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A joint initiative from CEROU (Centre d'Études et de Recherches Olympiques Universitaires), part of the Université de Franche-Comté, and INSEP (Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance) offers a series of podcasts (in French) that will run until the Olympic Games Paris 2024, sharing informative content related to Olympism and the history of the Olympic Movement. Presented by Eric Monnin, the first instalment, “The Olympic Games during World War I”, is available here, and the second, “The IOC during World War I”, is available here. |
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