Ongoing projects

The Institute for European Sport Development and Leisure Research carries out a large number of projects. The research projects deal with topics of sports political science and sports-related development cooperation as well as studies in the field of leisure and tourism research.

Urban Sports Challenge ERASMUS+

QualiFT - Sports Coaches – Qualification of women for the coaching profession

Sport for Refugees Coalition

ERAMSUS+ Integration of Refugees Through Sport (IRTS)

ERASMUS+ Policy Advocacy for Sport and Society (PASS)

Quality Assurance of the Capacity Development Activities in the field of “Sport for Development"

ALLSTARS - Good Practice for Active Lifestyles in Local Sports Policies

SOPROS | Assessing, Evaluating and Implementing Athletes' Social Protection in Olympic Sports

Social Dialogue in Europe for Professional Sports (SDE Pro Sports)

People in the Sport Region of North Rhine-Westphalia – time-witness project

Sports History of the Ruhr Area - The Way to the Sports Metropole Ruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia

Research centre on Chinese-European Sport Politics

Audience research

Research Center „local sports policy and development”

Tourism and Leisure research from european perspective