Veerle De Bosscher, a visiting Health Sciences and Medicine fellow from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, presented an informative seminar on the 'Global Sporting Arms Race'.

Background

At the end of 2002 a consortium of research groups from three nations (Belgium, the Netherlands and United Kingdom) initiated an international comparative study on elite sports policies. These researchers expressed common needs, all from their own perspective, to fill the gap in scientific research on the relationship between elite sport policies and international sporting success and to benchmark their nation against competitors. Their common purpose was reflected in the name “SPLISS”, which stands for Sports Policy factors Leading to International Sporting Success. A joint research project was established, of which the first stage was an overall comparison of elite sport policies in six nations: Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. The study resulted in a PhD (2007) and in a jointly authored book (2008):

De Bosscher, V., Bingham, J., Shibli, S., Van Bottenburg, M., De Knop, P. (2008). The global Sporting Arms Race. An international comparative study on sports policy factors leading to international sporting success. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN: 978-1-84126-228-4. (173p)

De Bosscher, V.(2007). Sports Policy Factors Leading to International Sporting Success. Published doctoral thesis. Brussel: VUBPRESS. ISBN-978-905487-421-8 (347p).

When

30 November 2009
10:00am - 11:30am

Where

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
University Club, Bond University

Contact Information

Popi Sotiriadou
psotiria@bond.edu.au