Sally-Ann Jennifer Fischer

IG II , Room 318

Institut für Europäische Sportentwicklung und Freizeitforschung

Email s.fischer@­dshs-koeln.de
Telephone +49 221 4982-2900
Website Homepage

Professional and academic career

Professional

  • Lecturer and Academic Researcher at GSU/ PhD Candidate, Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies - GSU [since 10/2023]
  • Research Assistant at the GSU Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies [06/2021 – 10/2022]
  • Freelance Work, Kinder- und Jugendsportschule NRW (KJS) Course Instructor of the After-School Course Education for Sustainable Development [11/2023 - 02/2024]

Academic

  • 02/2024 ongoing
    PhD Candidate at the German Sport University Cologne, Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies
    Title: ‘Sport Politics and Environment‘
  • 11/2020 – 08/2023
    M.A. International Sport Development and Politics, German Sport University Cologne
    The development of an S4D conceptual framework for the NGO I AM WATER to encourage action towards ocean conservation among young adolescents in South Africa” [Master's thesis]
  • 2018 – 2020
    B.A. International Sports Management, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
    “Sport for Change – Human Rights in Sport“ [Bachelor's thesis]

Focus of research and current projects

Research

  • Sport for Development and Environment with particular focus on Ocean Conservation
  • Sport in the context of Refugees and displaced People
  • Policy Advocacy in and through Sport

Projects

  • 01/2024 – ongoing
    Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project "Convening the Global Integration of Refugees through Sport Sector" (Global IRTS)
  • 01/2024 – ongoing
    Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project “Empowered by 3x3” (EB3x3)
  • 01/2024 – ongoing
    Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project "Policy Advocacy for Sport and Society" (PASS)
  • 02/2024 – ongoing
    Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project Quality Assurance of the Capacity Development Activities in the field of “Sport for Development”
  • 06/2021 – 10/2022
    Academic Researcher for the GIZ Project Competence development in Monitoring and Impact Measurement in the field of “Sport for Development”

Teaching

  • Lecturer of the study courses ‘Theories and Concepts of Sport for Development’ and ‘Hands on European Sports Politics: Institutions, Organisations and Political Process in Brussels’ (M.A. International Sport Development and Politics)
  • Lecturer of the study course ‘Sport- und Verbandspolitik’ (B.A. Sport- und Bewegungsvermittlung im Freizeit- und Breitensport)
  • Lecturer of the study course ‘Sport und Entwicklung' (Bachelor Profilergänzung)