Abstract for the European Association for Sport Management conference 2015 in Dublin. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the side-event program, with the focus on social, cultural, sportive and economic objectives. Further, the aim is to gain insight in how an major elite sport …

Abstract for the Sport Management Australia New Zealand conference in Tasmania in 2015. The aim of the abstract is to describe the research we are carrying out in Utrecht to the legacy of the first two stages of the Tour the France 2015 in the city of Utrecht – The Netherlands.

Er vindt een verschuiving plaats van verzorgingsstaat tot participatiemaatschappij (RIVM, 2014). Er wordt van de burgers verlangd zich actief te mengen in kwesties en mee te bouwen aan een leefbare gemeente. In een poging maatschappelijke problemen te verminderen tracht de overheid burgerparticipatie …

Main goal of the Sport Physical Education And Coaching in Health Project (SPEACH/Erasmus+ sport 557083-EPP-1-2014-1-NL-SPO-SCP) is to increase awareness and behavioural change in sport professionals and European citizens towards an active and healthy lifestyle. Sedentariness and physical inactivity are …

Abstract for the European Association for Sport Management conference 2015 in Dublin. The abstract describes a study to the economic value of the equestrian sector in the province of Drenthe (Netherlands) and the possibilities for the equestrian sector to optimize its economic value.

In het derde en laatste hoofdstuk, schrijft Dr. Jeannette Doornenbal (lector Integraal Jeugdbeleid aan de Hanzehogeschool Groningen), samen met senior onderzoeker Dr. Annelies Kassenberg dat de overheid en instellingen niet in staat zijn de pedagogische civil society vorm te geven. Daarom is het volgens …

Many children aged 9–12 appear to have low levels of fundamental movement skills (FMS). Physical education (PE) is important because PE-teachers can teach children a variety of FMS and can influence PE-motivation. However, declined levels of PE-motivation are reported in the final grades of elementary …

Twee lectoraten (Praktijkgerichte Sportwetenschap en Integraal Jeugdbeleid) zijn sinds 2014 in de wijken Selwerd, Paddepoel en Tuinwijk (SPT) aan de slag, samen met de voorzieningen in SPT en hun professionals, en in nauw overleg met de gemeente. Vanuit de centrale thema’s gezondheid en participatie …

This paper argues that a first step in finding a sustainable solution for the pressing global issue of ‘waste’, is to consider waste a value attribution rather than a material condition. Doing so means a shift in focus from finding more efficient ways to ‘clean up the mess’ to changing the way in which …

Academy of the People is a project which ran from December 2012 to June 2013, in which students from Minerva Art Academy in Groningen developed critical site-specific artworks in the social environments of their research interests: in primary schools,religious centres and even police stations. In each …