Projects
Different studies on sport organizations, environmental sustainability in sport and eSports KU Leuven
This series of studies looks at three different topical areas: a) sport organizations and events, b) environmental sustainability in sport and c) eSports. These areas are not analyzed strictly separated from one another. Depending on the specific study, there can rather be considerable overlap. The primary focus in topical area a (sport organizations and events) is on sport mega events and the organizations behind them (for instance, the ...
Unveiling Sport’s Instrumental Role: A Postcolonial Analysis of Sport for Development and Peace Policy in Flanders, with a Focus on Individuals with a Migration Background KU Leuven
This research investigates the role of sport in social development in Flanders, Belgium, with a focus on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) policies targeting individuals with a migration background. While sport is widely seen as a universal tool for social development, this study examines the extent to which SDP policies in Flanders address the needs of specific groups, particularly those labeled as 'disadvantaged' or 'marginalized.' The ...
Policy Research Centre on Sports 2012: sport and health among senior citizens in Flanders. KU Leuven
Erasmus+ Sport: Empowering the public value of sport through athletes and role models (MESSI) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Joint investigation by VUB (service support for student athletes) and the ULB (Ecole des Sports) to the combination of study and elite sport in colleges and universities of the Dutch-and French-speaking higher education in Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Erasmus+ Sport: Sport without Stereotypes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Erasmus+ Key Action 2 : The Sport Transparency Index (Sport T-Index) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(Sport T-Index) has been devised to help support integrity interventions at the most fundamental level. It will help by benchmarking
sport stakeholders including clubs, leagues, national associations and international governing bodies using universally applicable and
appropriate criteria to evaluate, compare and contrast them against basic integrity-related transparency indicators. This ...
Project "Development and application of a sports association support model for sports clubs in Flanders" Ghent University
In order to be able to evolve into a strong, sustainable, socially committed sports association, the operation (sports facilities, infrastructure, finance, administration, ....) must first have a good basic level. It is not the primary purpose of this assignment to use this. There is already a wide range of partners in the Flemish sports landscape (VSF, Dynamo, sports federations, local authorities, VTS, Sportwerk Vlaanderen, ISB, private ...
Digital Sports Memorabilia - Willingness of Fans to Buy NFTs in the Sports Industry KU Leuven
While it is still a fairly new concept in the sports industry, the interest and demand for nonfungible tokens (NFT) made for fans of sports teams and athletes is increasing (Cheng and Zarifis, 2022). Unsurprisingly, NFT-based Startups specializing in Sports collectibles are rapidly gaining in popularity such as the French Startup and Football Company “Sorare”, founded in 2018, which offers digital Tokens that are working similarly to Panini ...