Communications 2025
GESTUS: A step towards satellite-based motion capture
Tiziano Cosso, Guglielmo Formichella, George Kurshakov, Maria Federici, Alessia Moltani, Davide Dal Castello
Gtes Srl (Italy), ComfTech Srl (Italy)
Wearables, performance optimisation, rehabilitation
SPORT INNOVATION AWARD 🚀
Hands-on tool that helps regions design and implement excellent evidence-based sport policies tailored to their local needs.
Hans Derks, Valentina Farina, Benjamin Taylor
SportDrenthe, EPSI, Lapink AMK
Sports policies and sharing excellence
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION 🎙️
Building Safer Sport Environments in Combat Sports and Martial Arts: The SAFE-Combat EU Project
Renata Falcão, Karolien Adriaens
Thomas More University of Applied Sciences
Safeguarding, Combat Sports, Martial Arts, Erasmus project
App Market Review & use of digital tools by Sport Managers in the sector
Iris Spanjol, Katja Prodan, Paulo José Carvalho Marcolino, Irene Benito Alonso
Rijeka Sport Association, European Judo Union, Fundação do Desporto, UNIVERSITAS
Club administration, digital tools
Sport4CERV - Sport Equality
Floriane Poncet-Rief
ENGSO
Equality, LGBTQI+ community, Participation, Grassroots sport
FAITH in the Future of Sports
Emma Cotterill, Elisa Suominen, Maurizio Bertollo, Anita Gulczyńska
NYSA Sweden, Xamk University, Università degli Studi G.D’Annunzio, University of Lodz
Values, European youth, Sport
Positive Coaching Handbook
Maja Peković, Milorad Šutulović, Maurizio Bertollo, Rita de Oliveira
Montenegrin Olympic Committee, Center for Affirmation of Sports and Youth, University G.D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Sport Innovation Hub
Positive coaching, young athletes
Breaking Barriers in Sport: GEIN Promoting Female Leadership and Gender Equality in Albania and Kosovo
Marita Mattila
South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Women’s sports, Equal representation, Gender perspective, Equity, Equality law.
The Playbook for Sustainable Sport Events: A Practical Guide for Administrations and Organisers
Estela I Farías-Torbidoni, Maira Ulloa Hernández, Sara Hamza-Mayora, Bojana Javanovska, Agustín Cebe
National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia – University of Lleida
Green sport events, sustainability
The PORTAL project for building an inclusive European platform for Olympians' post-career transitions: A research overview
Flavia Guidotti, Francesca Di Rocco, Cristian Romagnoli, Elvira Padua
Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University of Rome
Olympians, post-career transition, retirement, wellbeing
With the EU projects we are making changes - WOMEN4SPORT
Ema Habul
Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gender equality, NOCs, Western Balkans
The voice of media for gender equality in sports: Perceptions and practices in journalists in Albania
Holtjon Orhani, PhD.c.; Prof.asc. Elona Mehmeti
Institute of Research of Sport, Sport University of Tirana
Gender equality, sports media
HerForm: Empowering Women in Sport
Pamela Gilpin, Finola Roache, Ruan Schlebusch, Wolfgang Stockinger
Rugby Players Ireland, South African Cricketers Association, TWIN
Female athletes, high-performance environments
SAMEurope - Supporting the international mobility of dual career students
Thalia Darnanville, Carlos Hernando Domingo, Per Thorén, Swantje Scharenberg, Sami Kalaja
INSA Lyon, Universitat Jaume I, Chalmers University of Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Jyväskylä
Dual career students, mobility
A comprehensive digital twin to predict and prevent chronic ankle instability.
Matthieu Lalevée
University of Rouen Normandy
Chronic ankle instability, rehabilitation
YouRef: Mapping of youth involvement in sports officiating
Margarida Direito, Irene Benito Alonso, Sameer Janmohamed, Charlotte Girard
AF Braga, UNIVERSITAS, FISU, IFSO
Young refeeres, sports officiating
Physical activity and exercise recommendations for people with depression
Adilson Marques, Rita de Oliveira, Vania Loureiro, Miguel Peralta
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, European Federation of Sport Psychology, Instituto Politécnico de Beja
Physical activity, exercise recommendations, depression
Gender disparities in Albanian sports media: Analysis, challenges, and emerging transformations
Elona Mehmeti, Holtjon Orhani
Department of Projects and Technology, Institute of Research of Sport, Sport University of Tirana
Female athletes, inclusive media practices
Silence in the syllabus: The forgotten ethics of doping in Physical Education
Pablo Uria-Valle
University of Oviedo
Doping, Physical Education, Ethics, Curriculum
Contributions of mentorship within the GEIN project
Heli Kesämaa
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Mentorship in Sport, Gender Equality in Sport, Female Sport Leadership, Capacity Building
Barriers, Innovations and Lessons in Advancing Sustainability: Insights from European Sporting Events
Maira Ulloa Hernández, Sara Hamza-Mayora, Estela I. Farías-Torbidoni, Susana Montserrat-Revillo, Agustín Cebe
National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia – University of Lleida, Lougborough University
Sustainability, Sporting events, Green Games Erasmus+, Event organisers, Sustainability managers
In-Squads: Promoting inclusion of children at risk of exclusion through the active practice of football focusing on civic values by specific trained professionals
Ana Blanco Ayala, Jesús Fernández Gavira, Rocío Bohórquez
University of Seville
Football, social inclusion, civic values, children at risk, resilience
Orienteering as a tool for health
Peter Gröpel & the Compass team
University of Vienna
Orienteering, Health, Active Aging
Traditional Martial Arts for All: From Research to Global Movement
Raymond Sweeney, Christian Sweeney, Richard Bailey
Institute for Studies in Social Inclusion Diversity and Engagement, Ireland, UCSI University, Malaysia
Martial arts, inclusion, sport, governance, grassroots
Quo vadis: youthwork and sport in Europe?
Sebastian Bauer, Baran Shoja, Rune Gjelberg, Christian Letter
Idealverein für Sportkommunikation und Bildung, Germany; idealista UG, Germany; Furuset IF, Norway; SPORTUNION Tirol
Youth sport, social innovation, inclusion, sustainability
Insights from the FEMCoach Project
Vanessa Dias, Nuno Leite, Julio Calleja-González
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Sports Coaching, Female, Women, Europe, Gender equality
Pan-European Evaluation of Antidoping Content Presence in Undergraduate Sport Programme Curricula
Umutcan Kayikci, Patrick Trabal
Paris Nanterre University, UNESCO Chair of Antidoping, STAPS, France
Antidoping, education, university, undergraduate, curriculum
ExerSafe
Hugo Tosello, Maja Pejovic, Julia Fernández Valdés, Igor Ognjenovic
Sport and Citizenship, Olympic Committee of Montenegro, Sport Innovation Hub, City Fitness Fit Revolution
Physical Activity, women, sport spaces
International Coaching Courses Leipzig
Petra Riedinger-Andrä, Anton Behrens
Leipzig University, Faculty of Sports Science
Women Fitness Cycle
Germina Cekanauskaite
Lithuanian Football Federation
Physical Activity, women, menstrual cycle
YouRef: Mapping of youth involvement in sports officiating
Margarida Direito, Irene Benito, Sameer Janmohamed, Charlotte Girard
AF Braga, UNIVERSITAS, FISU, IFSO
Upskilling Volunteer Managers in Sport (UVMIS)- A European Study on Volunteer Management in Sport
Niki Koutrou
ENGSO, Sweden
