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IOC Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme

As in previous years, the International Olympic Committees (IOC) Olympic Studies Centre has selected Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong, Head of the Institute for Sport History and Director of the Olympic Studies Centre Cologne as reviewer of the “Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme” of the IOC.

The IOC-programme aims to...

Research during the Youth Olympic Games

Are the Youth Olympic Games only the little brother of the Olympic Games? What role do cultural exchange and Olympic Education play? How does the media coverage of the Youth Olympic Games work?

These were only some of the questions that a research team supervised by Dr. Jörg Krieger of the Olympic Studies Centre Cologne...

M.A. Olympic Studies students at the Olympic Studies Centre

The Olympic Studies Centre welcomed the participants of the part-time degree programme M.A. Olympic Studies, which is supported by the International Olympic Committee, at its facilities at the beginning of March 2016. The participants had travelled from five different continents to continue their studies which they had begun a...

The Olympic Studies Centre in Japan

The Olympic Studies Center/ Institute of Sport History was represented for the third time at the “Olympic Management Seminar” in the National Sport Academy of the National Institute of Fitness and Sports (NIFS) in Kanoya, Japan.

The programme is interdisciplinary – held in English – and aims at qualifying selected Asian sports...

Conference "Historical and Contemporary Issues in Olympic Studies"

From 30 November to 2 December 2015, the Olympic Studies Centre of the German Sport University Cologne and the University of Johannesburg organized the Conference “Historical and Contemporary Issues in Olympic Studies” in Johannesburg.

Interview with Professor Wassong

Professor Stephan Wassong, Director of the Olympic Studies Centre of the German Sport University Cologne and Executive Director of the M.A. Olympic Studies, has given an interview with the SportsPro Magazine in its November 2015 edition.

Research Project during Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer

The second Winter Youth Olympic Games take place in Lillehammer (Norway) from 12 – 21 February 2016. The International Olympic Committee has introduced the concept of the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 but little research has been conducted. This is despite the fact that the twofold aim of “sport and education” are of special...

Master Olympic Studies at the International Olympic Academy

The M.A. Olympic Studies held this terms modules of the 3rd and 4th intake at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece from 20th to 27th September 2015.

Olympic Education Workshop in South Africa

From 27 to 29 May 2015 an “Olympic Education Workshop” took place in Johannesburg within the framework of the cooperation between the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the German Sport University Cologne and the University of Johannesburg.

Appointment to the IOC Olympic Education Commission

Stephan Wassong, Head of the Institute for Sport History and Director of the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC), has been appointed to the IOC Olympic Education Commission.