M.A. Olympic Studies

Appointment to the IOC Olympic Education Commission

Professor 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 for the third time in a row. The appointments are renewed every year as IOC President Thomas Bach discusses the commission´s compositions with their...

3rd Intake of the M.A. Olympic Studies Graduation

On 12th March, 2017, the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) of the German Sport University Cologne (GSU) hosted the graduation ceremony of the 3rd intake of the international study program M.A. Olympic Studies. In total, 13 students coming from Botswana, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar, South Korea, the United...

Olympic & Paralympic Discourses

In collaboration with the German Pierre de Coubertin Committee, the Olympic Studies Centre and Institute of Sport History edited under the leadership of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong the book Olympic & Paralympic Discourses. The publication constitutes volume 17 of the internationally recognised book series Olympic Studies an...

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong: Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

On 1st October, 2016, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong, who is currently Head of the Institute of Sport History and Director of the Olympic Studies Centre (OSC), was officially appointed Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The appointment has been initially made for a three year period but can be...

The Olympic Studies Centre contributed again to Sport Management Seminar in Japan

The international orientation and expertise of the Institute for Sports History/ Olympic Studies Centre is mirrored both in research and teaching. Beginning of September, it contributed again to the Sport Management Seminar “NIFS International Sport Academy” des National Institute of Fitness and Sports (NIFS) in Kanoya, Japan. ...

International Network of Olympic Studies Centres

Only a few days before the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio the 2nd International Colloquium of Olympic Studies and Research Centres took place from 1st to 3rd August in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The intention was to foster collaboration between the OSCs in teaching and research. The programme of the colloquium was developed by...

The International Journal of the History of Sport (Special Issue): Olympic Perspectives

Since 2009 the German Sport University Cologne has a triangular research partnership with the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia). Research collaborations are pursued in subjects such as biomechanics, exercise science, sport medicine, physical education and Olympic...

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...