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Workshop: Fussball WM in Russland

On May 17th and 18th, 2018, the University of Münster and the Akademie Franz Hitze Haus (Catholic social academy) organise a workshop about the Football world cup in Russia. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittag will talk about "Die WM 2018, der Sport und die Menschenrechte - Sportgroßereignisse im Spannungsfeld von Politik- und Verbands-...

Guest lecture: Prof. Dr. Danyel Reiche

On Wednesday, May 16th 2018, Prof. Dr. Danyel Reiche (University of Beirut) will hold a guest lecture about "Small State, Big Politics: The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar" at 12.30 in lecture hall 2.

Guest lecture: Dr. Jung Woo (Jay) Lee (Edinburgh)

On Wednesday, May 9ht 2018, Dr. Jung Woo (Jay) Lee from Edinburgh University will give a guest lecture about "East Asian Olympic dreams: 2018 Pyeongchang, 2020 Tokyo and 2022 Beijing" at 2.00pm in SR 14.

Guest lecture: Quentin Tonnerre (Lausanne)

On Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 Quentin Tonnerre will give a guest lecture about

"A Hub for International Sport: Why most of the International Sports Federations in Switzerland (1915 - 2018)?" at 2.00 pm in SR 13.

Guest researcher at the IESF

During this summer term the IESF welcomes two guest researchers for a stay at the GSU. On April 15th, 2018 Quentin Tonnerre from the Université Lausanne started his 4 weeks stay in Cologne. On May 7th 2018 the IESF will greet Dr. Jung Woo (Jay) Lee from the University of Edinburgh.

Kick Off Meeting – “Intercultural Education through Physical Activity, Coaching and Training” (EDU-PACT)

The project “Intercultural Education through Physical Activity, Coaching and Training” (EDU-PACT) tackles intercultural challenges within most European countries resulting from consistent migration flow towards Europe. The project aims to improve quality of pre-service and in-service education strengthening the professional...

Office hour during semester break 2017/2018

The office hours during semester break 2017/2018 can be found here.

Prof. Roger Levermore at GSU

On December 20th 2017 Prof. Roger Levermore of the HongKong Business School was at the German Sport University Cologne. For more information read here:

Kick-off meeting of Player Agents Workshop: Cologne, February, 2nd 2018:

In January 2018 the new project “EU Football Agents: Promoting and Supporting Good Governance in the European Football Agents Industry” starts. It is supported by the EU’s Erasmus+ Program (Collaborative Partnerships). The project is led by Edge Hill University (represented by Professor Richard Parrish) and the project...

Book presentation "...und für die Ehre unserer Nationen" at 25.1.2018 in the Olympic Museum

On January 25th 2018 the book "...und für die Ehre unserer Nationen" will be officially presented by the author Karsten Lippmann. The book is based on the doctoral thesis Karsten Lippmann sucessfully passed at the IESF in 2017. The presentation starts at 4.00pm.