The Strategy Economics research group in the Applied Economics Department is seeking a full time PhD student starting on September 1, 2025. The topic of the PhD will broadly fall within Personnel Economics, with applications to sports and/or education contexts. The exact topic will be chosen in coordination between the successful candidate and supervisors. This […]
#BeInclusive EU Sport Awards
Launched by the European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) the #BeInclusive EU Sport Awards aim to reward best projects that have successfully supported social inclusion through sport. Who can apply Any organisation or private authority which has successfully developed a sport project aimed at social inclusion, carried out in the […]
Mariya Gabriel meets with Spanish soccer clubs to discuss how to harness innovation through sports
EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, in charge of sports policy, met on February 27 in Madrid for the first time with the presidents and CEOs of 20 clubs at LaLiga’s headquarters. “La Liga and Spanish soccer teams have been pioneers in adopting high-tech innovations, from anti-piracy technology to viewing […]
Erasmus+Sport: Not-for-profit European sport events
EU funding for organisations or public bodies to organise major Europe-wide sports events, involving partners or sportspeople from participating countries, promoting volunteering in sport, social inclusion through sport; gender equality in sport, health-enhancing physical activity and the implementation of the European Week of Sport. Eligible activities – preparation of the event; – organisation of educational […]
2019 European Week of Sport kicks off in Espoo, Finland
Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, and Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, are in Espoo, Finland, for the 2019 edition of the European Week of Sport, the Commission’s #Beactive initiative to promote sport and physical activity across Europe. Commissioner Navracsics opened the conference organised by the Finnish Presidency on Safeguarding Children in Sport on 24 […]
EAC/S23/2019 Call: Exchanges and mobility in sport
This call for proposals under the European Commission’s ‘Programme to support fair play and cooperation in sport’ is aimed at implementing exchanges and mobility in sport. Sport is a powerful tool, bringing people together at international, national, regional and local levels, and developing people-to-people contacts. Cooperation, partnerships and exchanges at grassroots level – inside the […]
EAC/S20/2019 Call: Sport as a tool for integration and social inclusion of refugees
This call for proposals is addressed to implement the annual work programme 2019 in accordance with Commission Decision C(2019) 1819 of 12 March 2019. Aims and Objectives This preparatory action, which follows on from the 2016 and 2017 calls for proposals, is aimed at supporting sports projects dedicated to the integration of refugees. It is […]
Call for proposals EAC/S19/2019: Monitoring and coaching, through sports, of youngsters at risk of radicalization
This call for proposals is aimed at implementing the 2019 annual work program in accordance with Commission Decision C (2019) 1819 of March 12, 2019. Reference EAC/S19/2019 Background Sport can play a role in dealing with the challenge of making people better integrated in society and may therefore contribute to enhance values such as tolerance, […]
#BeInclusive EU Sport Awards
Launched by the European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) the #BeInclusive EU Sport Awards aim to recognise organisations using the power of sport to increase social inclusion for disadvantaged groups. Who can apply Organisations established in the Eramus+ programme countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, […]