The Olympic Studies Centre Newsletter

3 QUESTIONS TO...

We speak to Prof. Holger Preuß and Prof. Wladimir Andreff about their recent study entitled “Cost and Revenue Overruns of the Olympic Games: Sydney 2000 – PyeongChang 2018” and get some interesting insights into the objectives, challenges and main results of their study.

Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme edition 2019/2020

We have launched the 2019/2020 edition of the Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme. This new edition include 11 priority fields of research identified by the IOC departments. The rules and application process are available here.

The deadline for submission is 1 February 2019.

WHAT'S NEW AT THE OSC

Don’t miss our new initiative “On the Line”, adressed to all scholars interested in up-to-date knowledge about key topics. A first session was held on the Olympic Agenda 2020 / New Norm.

Also find our recently launched Zoom-In page with selected resources on the Youth Olympic Games.

ON THE PULSE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

Let’s take a look at the outcomes of the Olympism in Action Forum that was held for the first time in Buenos Aires in October just before the Youth Olympic Games.
Our team was on-site to showcase the Olympic Studies Centre and the Olympic World Library.

OLYMPIC STUDIES AROUND THE GLOBE

Help us to give increased visibility to educational initiatives in Olympic studies worldwide by completing an online questionnaire. Also find out some interesting news on the second conference organised by the Centre for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research at the California State University and the opening of the applications for the Master’s in Olympic Studies 2019-2021 by the German Sport University of Cologne.

NEW ON THE SHELF

See all the latest additions to our collection, which include more than 500 titles about the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, and a selection of IOC reports we have highlighted for you in this edition.

HAVE YOU SEEN...

Our new video, which unveils our activities and introduces the Olympic World Library. And for those who have not yet had the opportunity to visit us, it is a great opportunity to see what the OSC looks like.

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