Samenvatting
On behalf of the SPLISS Consortium members, welcome to our conference in Antwerp, Europe's Capital of Sport for 2013. Ten years ago we were at the European Association for Sport Management conference in Stockholm and discovered that we had common research interests in elite sport policy. We agreed to collaborate and from this modest beginning the SPLISS project was formed. Since then, SPLISS-related papers have been published in Europe, America and Australasia and in 2008 we celebrated the publication of our book "The Global Sporting Arms Race".
It is hard to believe that a research project which started off as a small scale pilot study at the heart of Veerle de Bosscher's PhD thesis would somehow develop into having its own international conference. Today we have sixteen nations(regions) from four continents taking part in SPLISS 2.0. We get regular requests for new countries to join the project, there is a demand for a Paralympic version of SPLISS, and there is probably a lifetime's work for somebody rolling out SPLISS on a sport-specific basis.
Over the next two days we will learn the key findings from the SPLISS 2.0 project and have the opportunity to discuss the 'state of the art' that is elite sport policy. None of this would have been possible without the hard work and commitment of the contributor nations. Many have worked tirelessly and with limited resources to undertake the vast amount of work involved in compiling the various inventories and surveys that make up the raw data. In Brussels we have also worked tirelessly to pull the data together to make a coherent whole. The level of dedication shown by those involved in the project mirrors that of elite athletes in their pursuit of sporting excellence.
SPLISS has been a great project to be involved in. In addition to the papers and the book there has been the opportunity to present the findings at conferences all over the globe. Elite sport policy research has evolved its own strand within the European Association for Sport Management conference at which the papers attract large and highly engaged audiences. Researchers involved in the project have gone on to achieve doctorates and professorships whilst others have been elected to prestigious national level sports committees in their countries. In addition we have all formed productive research collaborations and made many new friends along the way. These outcomes are the essence of successful international research projects - long may they continue.
For more information about SPLISS, please visit: www.SPLISS.net
It is hard to believe that a research project which started off as a small scale pilot study at the heart of Veerle de Bosscher's PhD thesis would somehow develop into having its own international conference. Today we have sixteen nations(regions) from four continents taking part in SPLISS 2.0. We get regular requests for new countries to join the project, there is a demand for a Paralympic version of SPLISS, and there is probably a lifetime's work for somebody rolling out SPLISS on a sport-specific basis.
Over the next two days we will learn the key findings from the SPLISS 2.0 project and have the opportunity to discuss the 'state of the art' that is elite sport policy. None of this would have been possible without the hard work and commitment of the contributor nations. Many have worked tirelessly and with limited resources to undertake the vast amount of work involved in compiling the various inventories and surveys that make up the raw data. In Brussels we have also worked tirelessly to pull the data together to make a coherent whole. The level of dedication shown by those involved in the project mirrors that of elite athletes in their pursuit of sporting excellence.
SPLISS has been a great project to be involved in. In addition to the papers and the book there has been the opportunity to present the findings at conferences all over the globe. Elite sport policy research has evolved its own strand within the European Association for Sport Management conference at which the papers attract large and highly engaged audiences. Researchers involved in the project have gone on to achieve doctorates and professorships whilst others have been elected to prestigious national level sports committees in their countries. In addition we have all formed productive research collaborations and made many new friends along the way. These outcomes are the essence of successful international research projects - long may they continue.
For more information about SPLISS, please visit: www.SPLISS.net
| Originele taal-2 | English |
|---|---|
| Plaats van productie | Brussels |
| Uitgeverij | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Aantal pagina's | 100 |
| ISBN van geprinte versie | 978-90-5472-261-8 |
| Status | Published - 13 nov 2013 |