With the aim of fostering closer cooperation among academics in the field of sport politics, the Centre for Research in Sport, Health and Civil Society at the University of Southern Denmark welcomes practitioners and academics with an interest in the Polity, Politics and Policies of Sport to a POLIS workshop. This event will provide a platform to present ongoing research, explore new ideas for collaborative projects, and identify future research agendas. We suggest the themes below, but will be happy to receive any abstract with a relevance for the academic field. The University of Southern Denmark will provide meeting facilities and catering, but the participants will have to pay for their own transport and accommodation.
Themes for Presentation Proposals
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- Municipal physical movement policies
- National physical movement policies
- Comparative International Studies
- Ideas for future research collaborations and funding
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Submission Guidelines
Interested participants should submit a short abstract (250 words maximum) including the title, institutional affiliation, and contact details by Friday, 6 December 2024.
Registrations and submissions should be completed through the following link: https://tinyurl.com/polisworkshop2025.
Workshop Organiser
Evald Bundgaard Iversen, Associate Professor
Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense
Phone: +4565504845
Email: eiversen@health.sdu.dk
Program
08:00–08:30 Welcome: Coffee and Refreshments
08:30–09:00 Opening Remarks
09:00–10:30 Session 1: Municipal physical movement policies (suggestion)
10:30–10:45 Coffee Break
10:45–12:15 Session 2: National physical movement policies and approaches (suggestion) 12:15–13:00 Joint Lunch
13:00–14:30 Session 3: Depending on abstracts
14:30–14:45 Coffee Break
14:45–16:15 Session 4: Comparative International Studies (suggestion)
16:15–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–17:45 Ideas for future research collaborations
17:45–18:00 Concluding Remarks
18:00–19:00 Joint walk to restaurant (optional)
19:00–21:00 Joint dinner at own expense (optional)
