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PhD Students Research Grant Programme 2014

4/17/2013 3:26:00 PM

The IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) has launched the 2014 PhD Students Research Grant Programme intended for doctoral students engaged in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and ideals, and the impact of the Olympic Games on the various aspects of contemporary society and culture. This programme is part of the new IOC OSC research plan, and will be followed by other activities aimed at the academic community.

Two main objectives

The objectives of this programme are as follows:

- Encourage PhD students to undertake research with a humanities or social sciences perspective on the Olympic phenomena. All projects dealing with the Olympic Movement and/or the Olympic Games will be considered.

- Promote consultation of and access to written and audiovisual IOC patrimony.

Who is eligible to apply?

All current postgraduate students enrolled in a PhD programme.

Selection Committee

The Grant Programme Selection Committee is composed of experts who are world-renowned for their involvement in Olympic studies, and the OSC officers and professionals.

Application files

Application files, and any related correspondence, should be sent to the OSC by email research_grants@olympic.org before 27 September 2013. The complete explanatory document and the application form are available on our website.

To find out more about the activities and collections of the IOC Olympic Studies Centre, please consult our web site: http://www.olympic.org/studies.

OSC Newsletter Number 20

4/10/2013 12:00:00 PM

EDITORIAL

The OSC is dedicated to disseminating information on academic activities related to Olympism, particularly through the newsletter, regular communication and our internet pages. This allows many researchers, students and representatives of the Olympic Movement to identify new sources of information or partners for their projects and to contribute to the development of knowledge of the Olympic phenomenon. We encourage you to participate actively in this sharing and to strengthen the network of Olympic studies by keeping us regularly informed of your activities. Thank you on behalf of all those interested in Olympic research!

OSC NEWS

- The Research and Reference Service has updated and added to the reference documents on the mascots of the Olympic Summer, and Winter Games and the YOG. With the document already produced on the medals, the objective is to build up a historical and thematic series on the essential elements of the Games.

- Take a look at the new interface of our digital Library, with more efficient consultation and new tools to facilitate your searches (alerts, faceted navigation, etc.)!

- The IOC Historical Archives have processed the documents retracing the history of regional games. The dossiers on regional, sub-regional and affinity-based games give accounts from the 1920s onwards of the preparations for and running of these games, as well as the relations that the IOC maintained with the bodies tasked with organising the various editions. For more information, please contact archives@olympic.org.

- For the 2013 edition of the Postgraduate Research Grant Programme, the OSC has awarded nine grants. Information on the grant holders and their projects is available on the news section of our website. The 2014 edition of the grant programme will be launched next April. The rules and the application form will be available here.

IOC & OLYMPIC MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES

- The IOC announced in February that Buenos Aires (ARG), Glasgow (GBR) and Medellin (COL) had been shortlisted in the bid to host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018. The three cities were chosen by the IOC Executive Board from among five Candidate Cities vying to host the YOG after reviewing a report by the IOC Working Group. We invite you to read the Working Group report on the IOC website. This document was based on the Candidature Files and relevant documentation submitted by the five Candidate Cities. The election of the host city of the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018 will be held on 4 July.

- The 10th edition of the IOC World Conference on Sport and the Environment will take place from 30 October to 1 November 2013 in Sochi, Russia. The biennial event is one of the IOC’s key advocacy initiatives in the field of the environment and usually attracts hundreds of representatives from the Olympic family, governments, the UN system, academic institutions, NGOs, sponsors and the media. The online registration for the Conference will be launched on 1 May 2013 on www.olympic.org.

- A new version of the Olympic Legacy brochure updated with information and images from the 2012 London Olympic Games is now available on the IOC website.

THE ACADEMIC WORLD AND OLYMPISM

- For the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pierre de Coubertin, the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC) published a DVD featuring the first edition of the complete works of the founder of the modern Olympic Games. The collection of writings is the result of 30 years of research by professors Norbert Müller and Otto Schantz, and contains about 16,000 pages from – among other items – 34 books, 57 brochures, 46 leaflets and 1,224 articles. In collaboration with the CIPC, we are pleased to make available several copies for our academic contacts. To receive a copy, please contact us at bulletin.ceo@olympic.org.

- The International Society of Sport Sciences in the Arab World (I3SAW), launched in 2011, is made up of scientists and specialists who share the value of supporting, advancing and promoting sports sciences in the Arab World. Its main research interests can be grouped into the following themes: sport sciences, sport management and policy, sport culture and society, physical education and adapted physical activity; sport history; and Olympic studies (including the Arab World and/in the Olympic Movement, Arab athletes’ performance in the Olympic and Paralympic Games and Olympism in Arab societies). You will find here more information about its objectives, missions and thematic research.

Olympic Studies Centre awards 2013 Academic Research Grants

1/11/2013 9:56:00 AM

The 2013 winners

The chosen academics will benefit from a grant which will allow them to carry out their research project and if relevant, to consult the OSC’s resources in Lausanne (unique collections of more than one million archived documents, publications, official reports, photos and film archival material). The results of their research should be published at the end of the year.

The nine candidates/research teams selected and their chosen projects are:

- Mariadele Di Blasio (Università di Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy) and Francesco Davide Ragno (Università di Bologna, Buenos Aires Campus, Argentina): “Which Americas? Ideas, political culture and rituals in the Pan-American Games’ design”.

- John Lauermann (Clark University, USA): ”The impact of Olympic Games bidding on sustainable development projects in candidate cities”.

- Carol Marmor (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany): “The 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, Tallinn and Kiev, its organization, function and legacies”.

- Douglas McLaughlin (California State University Northridge, USA): “Olympism as foundation for meaningful legacy: Philosophical and historical implications for Olympic governance”.

- Caitlin Pentifallo (University of British Columbia, Canada): ”An integrative approach to indicator-based impact assessment: The Olympic Games Impact Study and its potential for change”.

- Lindsay Pieper (Lynchburg College, USA): ”To show that they were not half men: Sex testing in the Olympic Games, 1968-2000”.

- Tshepang Tshube (Michigan State University, USA): ”Entourage role on development and termination of an athletic career: A process not an event”.

- Nicolien Van Luijk (University of British Columbia, Canada): “A historical and current examination of the IOC and UN partnership”.

- Valerie Angelika Viehoff (University of East London, United Kingdom) and Holger Kretschmer (University of Cologne, Germany): “Creating urban legacies: Similar concepts in different times? A comparative study of Munich 1972 and London 2012”.

41 applications from 25 countries

This year, 41 candidature files were submitted from 25 countries, addressing a variety of themes concerning mainly the Olympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games, the athletes and the activities, history, cultural and educational aspects of the Olympic Movement.

Who chooses?

The winners were selected by a committee comprising academic experts renowned for the quality of their research linked to Olympism and/or their involvement in Olympic studies. The selection committee for the 2013 edition of the programme comprised the following members: Gudrun Doll-Tepper (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany), Beatriz García (University of Liverpool, Great Britain), Ian Henry (Loughborough University, Great Britain), Bruce Kidd (University of Toronto, Canada), Françoise Papa (Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, France), Cesar Torres (State University of New York, United States), Thierry Zintz (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) as well as OSC representatives.

OSC Newsletter Number 19

1/8/2013 2:52:00 PM

EDITORIAL

It doesn’t seem that long ago that, in December 2011, we spoke to you, in this Newsletter, about the “future” first edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, the London Games and the OSC’s move to the Villa du Centenaire. All these events, and many more, are now part of a past which has provided us with wonderful memories and experiences. We are happy to have shared with many of you at least some of these experiences, and to bring you, in this year’s last edition of the OSC Newsletter, a glimpse of the past as well as to present you with some future activities. The whole OSC team sends you its best wishes for 2013 and looks forward to continuing our collaboration.

OSC NEWS

- The second edition of the Road to Sochi 2014 file is available on request. It includes a compilation of facts and figures on all past editions of the Winter Games, as well as on Sochi 2014.This version also contains a section on the evolution of the sports of the Winter Games programme.

- The Official Report on the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012 is now accessible in our digital library.

- Stay informed about the latest publications! Sign up for the library’s list of new publications and you will receive, every month, the latest Olympic and sports publications. Send us an email to register.

- The historical archives have been working on a series that retraces the history of regional games. Files on world, continental and intercontinental games include information dating back to the 1920s on the preparation and running of these games, as well as the IOC’s relations with the various bodies in charge of organising them. For more details

- For the 2013 edition of the Postgraduate Grants programme, 41 candidates from 25 countries on all five continents have submitted their individual or collective projects to the OSC. The recipients of the 2013 grants will be announced at the start of next year, and the 2014 grants programme will be launched in April 2013.

IOC & OLYMPIC MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES

- We invite you to discover London 2012 - Delivering on a Vision and London 2012 - Spectator Experience. These films, summarising the London 2012 key success factors and the global spectators’ experience, were presented last November during the debriefing of the 2012 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

- Under the motto “Olympism powered by YOUth”, 500 participants from 110 countries gathered at the 8th IOC World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education at the end of November in Amsterdam to discuss the policies, practice and potential of sport and Olympism as they relate to culture and education. The conference resulted in the Amsterdam Declaration – a call for action unanimously approved by all the participants.

- This year, the IOC published a brochure on Olympic Legacy. This publication, available on the IOC website, addresses the IOC’s vision on the global legacy concept and the more specific sporting, social, environmental, urban and economic legacies.

- The 15th IOC World Conference on Sport for All will take place in Lima, Peru, from 24 to 27 April 2013. Discussions and practical sessions will focus on three key themes: Social Benefits, Sports Facilities / Public Spaces, and Partnerships. To register and learn more, visit the conference website.

- The IOC has launched the registration process for the third edition of the International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development which will take place from 5 to 6 June 2013 at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, USA. This biennial event aims to assess the successes and challenges of using sport as a tool for human development and peace promotion and looks at how to pave the way for future concerted action in these fields.

THE ACADEMIC WORLD AND OLYMPISM

- The MA in Olympic Studies, a part-time programme organised at the German Sport University in Cologne in cooperation with five other European universities, will start its third edition in September 2013. The two-year degree programme is supported by the IOC and aimed at participants who already have working experience in the field of sport, education, management, administration and media. The university is implementing a high-level, interdisciplinary curriculum in Olympic Studies, which fosters the links between the academic and Olympic worlds. The application deadline for the third edition of the Masters programme is the end of March 2013. Information on the application procedure and the programme can be found online.

- The JA Samaranch OSC at the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, the Autonomous University of Barcelona OSC and the Municipal Archives of Barcelona have launched Barcelona Olímpica, a project and online platform devoted to preserving and disseminating the Olympic and sports memory of the city, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Games. This initiative provides coordinated services to access the information on the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games’ collection including more than 11,000 books, 180 journal titles, 6,300 videos, 240,000 photographs and 45 linear metres of press clippings.

The IOC’s Olympic Studies Centre at your service

9/10/2012 7:15:00 AM

As the entry point for research, teaching and publications which contribute to education and the dissemination of Olympism and its values, the OSC’s facilities are at the service of anyone conducting research or wishing to deepen their knowledge of the main topics linked to sport and Olympism, the history and impact of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement at large.

With specific research and study areas, it offers access to the IOC’s invaluable patrimonial collection, including the historical archives, dating back to 1894 and the foundation of the IOC and the Olympic Games, as well a unique collection of rare and ancient books dating back to the 16th century. The current acquisitions policy of the library has also led to its reputation as reference library for researchers worldwide, making available 25,000 books and a wide selection of reviews and electronic resources on the Olympic Games, Olympic Movement and sports sciences at large.

Furthermore, the valuable images archive, with an impressive range of 250,000 images and 8,000 hours of visual and audio material and over 10,000 objects and artefacts, is now accessible to academic researchers at the OSC via the digital Olympic Multimedia Library.

At the OSC’s new location, researchers from around the world can now make use of a magnificent and quiet area for their reading and research, right next to The Olympic Museum (which is planning to reopen at the end of 2013).

For more information on the IOC Olympic Studies Centre, visit www.olympic.org/studies.

Using a single interface to search all the Library’s resources is now possible!

6/4/2012 2:01:00 PM

To facilitate access to its electronic collections (e-journals, online databases, digital library, e-books, etc.), the Library is offering a new search tool: the E-Searcher

The E-Searcher is an easy-to-use and effective search engine, capable of launching simultaneous searches in all of the electronic resources available in the IOC Library. This software returns relevant and reliable results in record time, and guarantees the most appropriate data for each request.

It also offers the possibility of creating personalised monitoring in accordance with your own needs.

The Library team is available to provide you with a more detailed presentation of the E-Searcher. Don’t hesitate to contact library@olympic.org or come directly to our Library.

2012 academic research grants

1/30/2012 10:38:00 AM

In the framework of its Postgraduate Research Grant Programme, the IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) has chosen seven research projects for their academic quality and for their potential for developing the Olympic Movement.

The 2012 winners

Arianne Carvalhedo Dias dos Reis (Southern Cross University, Australia) and Fabiana Rodrigues de Sousa Mast (Basel University, Switzerland):”The sport and physical activity legacy of the Olympic Games for youth of low social economic classes in Rio de Janeiro”.
Simon Darnell (Durham University, United Kingdom):”The Olympic Movement and the development of global citizenship education policy”.
Sunghee Park (University of Stirling, United Kingdom):”Influence of the entourage in developing athletes’ readiness for career transition out of sport”.
Byron Peacock (Dalhousie University, Canada):”International Olympic Committee resistance to political interference from governments and state officials”. (Historical perspective based on the OG of 1900 Paris, 1936 Berlin and 1976 Montreal)
Martin Schnitzer (University of Innsbruck, Austria): ”Evaluation of the innovative elements of the YOG 2012 sports programme with particular emphasis on spectators and media”.
Gabriel Silvestre (King’s College London, United Kingdom):”An Olympic city in the making: Rio de Janeiro mega-event strategy 1996 – 2016”.
Sarah Jane Teetzel (University of Manitoba, Canada):” A philosophic analysis of Olympic entourages: Views from the perspective of fairness, justice and Olympism”.

34 applications from 21 countries

This year, 34 candidature files were submitted from 21 countries, addressing a variety of themes concerning mainly the athletes, the legacy of the Olympic Games, the history and international relations of the Olympic Movement, sport as a tool for human development, Olympic education and young people.

Who chooses?

The winners were selected by a committee comprising academic experts renowned for the quality of their research linked to Olympism and/or their involvement in Olympic studies. The selection committee for the 2012 edition of the programme comprised the following members: Gudrun Doll-Tepper (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany), Beatriz García (University of Liverpool, Great Britain), Ian Henry (Loughborough University, Great Britain), Bruce Kidd (University of Toronto, Canada), Françoise Papa (Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, France), Kristine Toohey (Griffith University Gold Coast, Australia), Cesar Torres (State University of New York, United States) as well as Maria Bogner (Head of the IOC Olympic Studies Centre), Nuria Puig (Head of University Relations - OSC), and OSC representatives.

OSC Newsletter Number 15 - December 2011

12/21/2011 10:30:00 AM

Editorial

The Olympic Movement, the IOC and the OSC look back on a very intensive year, filled with events, activities and new initiatives. Close to the end of 2011, we are looking forward to the celebration of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck next January and the Summer Olympic Games in London in July. At the OSC level, the renovation work on its new site has started, and the Library and Historical Archives are starting to prepare the move for the transfer between the Olympic Museum building and the Villa du Centenaire. We are experiencing exciting times with no risk of getting bored! The Olympic Studies Centre team sends you our best wishes for 2012 and looks forward to welcoming you soon to our new premises.

OSC NEWS

As of April 2012, all the OSC services will be united in the Villa du Centenaire, a building on the north-west side of The Olympic Museum, Quai d’Ouchy 1, CH -1001 Lausanne. Because of this move, the OSC will be closed to visitors from 1 February until the end of March 2012. On-site consultation of the Historical Archives or loans at the Library will not be possible during these two months. Nevertheless, the OSC will be able to receive your requests and will inform you accordingly. The OSC reopens to visitors in April 2012, in its new location.

- For the benefit of all researchers trying to trace the history of marketing elements of the Olympic Movement, the OSC has produced an “Olympic Movement Marketing History” bibliography. It highlights Olympic marketing history in terms of content coverage in existing public documents (themes and years covered) and provides a qualitative selection and assessment per theme. This document is available via the OSC section of the IOC website in English only.

- Did you know that judo entered the Olympic programme in Tokyo in 1964; women’s football appeared at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996; tennis was absent from the Games programme for 13 editions, from 1928 to 1984; and women’s boxing events will be seen for the first time at the London Games in 2012? Check out the OSC’s pages to find out more about the evolution of sports on the Summer Olympic Games programme.

- The library has digitised its patrimonial collections from the Olympic Games in London in 1908, 1948 and 2012. See all the programmes, rules and other official publications in our digital library.

- For the 2012 edition of the Postgraduate Research Grant programme, 34 candidates from the five continents participating in both individual and collective projects submitted their project to the OSC. Among the very diverse range of research subjects, most projects concern the athletes, the legacy of the OG (especially Rio 2016), the history and international relations of the Olympic Movement, sport as a tool for human development and Olympic education and young people. The scholarship winners for 2012 will be announced at the start of next year and the 2013 edition of the Grant programme will be launched in April 2012.

THE ACADEMIC WORLD AND OLYMPISM

Following our previous communication sent in October, we are pleased to inform you that the programme of the 4th International Sport Business Symposium on Olympic-related research, which will be held in Innsbruck on 12 January 2012, can be downloaded here. Registrations can be made at research@innsbruck2012.com.

- Registrations for the International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) 2012 Open Modules are now open. The two upcoming modules are Sport Event Management & Organisation (SEMOS) and Sustainable Sport & Event (SSE), both taking place next February in Lausanne.
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IOC ACTIVITIES

Innsbruck 2012 coming soon! A New Year, a new Youth Olympic Games! Between 13 and 22 January, over 1,000 elite young athletes from more than 65 countries will come together to compete at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games, held in Innsbruck, Austria. Building on the success of the first summer edition, Singapore 2010, this event will feature high-level sporting competition in each of the seven sports on the Olympic programme, combined with an interactive Culture and Education Programme to enable the young athletes to learn new skills, experience different cultures and build friendships. To find out more about the Youth Olympic Games and for the latest news visit www.olympic.org/yog.

- In keeping with a tradition from ancient Greece, last October, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly called upon every country in the world to observe the Olympic Truce for the 2012 Games in London. You are invited to read the full text of the resolution and find out more about the Olympic Truce.

- The report of the 2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, which was held with the UN last May, is now available on our website.

- We are pleased to make available to universities copies of two recent IOC publications entitled XII Olympic Congress. Copenhagen 2009 - Follow-up and The Olympic Games – Staging the Games. If you would like to receive a copy, please email us at bulletin.ceo@olympic.org

OSC Newsletter 14

9/26/2011 11:24:00 AM

EDITORIAL

We are at the dawn of a new Olympic year, as the first edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games will kick off in Innsbruck on 13 January, 2012 and the Olympic Games in London will open on 27 July. Preparations are continuing alongside other activities that are important for the Olympic Movement, a sample of which are mentioned in this Newsletter. We hope that this new edition will stir up not only your interest, but also your participation in the various initiatives. Happy reading––!

OSC NEWS

- The OSC has produced a second edition of the “Road to London – facts and figures” file. It contains updates of the various factsheets on the Olympic flame and relay, ceremonies, etc. Reference works from the library and the IOC’s archives and academic works also feature in the sections on London 1908 and 1948. Available in English on request.

- Would you like to be informed about all the new e-documents published in our digital library? Sign up for the RSS feed by clicking on the icon on the left of your navigator. If you have any questions, contact library@olympic.org!

- In the framework of the Olympic Studies Monitoring project, the OSC recently published on its web site a list of the 29 active OSCs engaged in regular activities (research, teaching, publications and/or conferences on Olympic topics). We hereby thank all the OSCs which responded to our request to update our details and hope to see this list grow in the future.

THE ACADEMIC WORLD AND OLYMPISM

- The Interdisciplinary Centre for Sport Science and Development (ICESSD), University of the Western Cape, will host its 2nd International Sport and Development Conference from 1 to 3 December 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference will focus on Networking and Strategic Planning in the field of Sport, Development and Peace. ICESSD would like to invite individuals and organisations who see themselves as role players in the Sport and Peace field to join the conference. For more information please contact Ms A. Fredericks or visit ICESSD’s website.

- On the occasion of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Centre for Olympic Studies & Research (COS&R) at Loughborough University is pleased to host the first Colloquium of OSCs on 25 and 26 July 2012, aiming to disseminate the nature of current OSCs’ research and education activities and to increase the level of networking activities between centres and Olympic scholars. The programme will be launched on the COS&R website by December 2011. For more information, please contact Mrs MT Zammit.

- The University of Rouen (France) will host in October 2012 an international conference on sport history untitled “Hosting, organising and celebrating the Olympics”. Authors are welcome to submit abstracts in English or in French until 29 February 2012. More info

IOC ACTIVITIES

- The IOC Sport for All Commission, in collaboration with the IOC Sports Department and the OSC, is keen to encourage publication of the results of academic research on the subject of sport for all and thereby promote the exchange of experience and information-sharing between the various members of the sports, Olympic and academic worlds. A new section entitled “academic research” has been created on our web site to this end. We invite you to send any research reports you think would be of interest to bulletin.ceo@olympic.org. After a selection process, the chosen publications will be published in the Sport for All section.

- The registration process is open for next year’s IOC World Conference on Women and Sport, which will take place from 16 to 18 February 2012 in Los Angeles, USA. Under the theme “Together Stronger: The Future of Sport”, the event is being organised jointly by the IOC, the United States Olympic Committee and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. More info

- The IOC Medical Commission has published a Consensus Statement on the “health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport”. This unique document defines the health consequences of inactivity; identifies the determinants of sports participation and drop-outs; and provides recommendations on potential solutions and global partnerships. The ultimate purpose of this scientific effort is to improve the health and fitness of young people throughout the world, thereby decreasing the morbidity and mortality deriving from non-communicable diseases. More info

- The IOC has recently published an interim report untitled “Shaping the Future”, highlighting the IOC’s activities and progress during 2009 and 2010. The document is available on the IOC website. If you wish to receive a hard copy, contact us via bulletin.ceo@olympic.org.

- In order to blend sport with culture, the IOC has launched the 4th edition of its Sport and Art Contest in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Artists from all countries that have a recognised NOC can participate by entering either sculptures or graphic works on the theme of “Sport and the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect”. More info

OSC Newsletter 13

6/1/2011 10:30:00 AM

EDITORIAL

On 23 June, Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world: hundreds of thousands of people – young and old – get moving and participate in sporting and cultural activities, such as runs, exhibitions, music and educational seminars. From 45 participating National Olympic Committees in the first edition in 1987, today the large majority of the 205 NOCs will be joining in. We take the opportunity of this newsletter to invite you all to join us in the spirit of Olympic Day and to share and discover the activities organised around the world via the IOC social media platforms.

OSC NEWS

- With the aim of providing better access to the resources managed by the OSC and to increasingly meet your expectations better, the logic and navigation of the OSC web pages have been rethought. It is up to you to take advantage!

- In the framework of the Olympic Studies Monitoring Project, the University Relations Section regularly collects and publishes information about existing postgraduate courses, grant programmes and conferences related to the Olympic Movement. We invite you to consult the last updated documents on the OSC web pages.

- “Elite athletes’ health at the end of their sports career” is a new last-minute priority field of research included in the 2012 edition of the Postgraduate Research Grant Programme. The updated version of the Programme, launched last April, is already available via the OSC web pages. Please bear in mind that the due date to submit the applications is 30 September 2011.

- The Official Report of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games is now accessible to everyone from our digital library.

- Did you know that, in 1948, the year of the first celebration of Olympic Day, the Olympic message was broadcast by radio? To find out more about the origin and organisation of IOC anniversaries and celebrations between 1906 and 1990, a series of files focusing on these themes is available from the IOC archives. Please contact us at archives@olympic.org.

IOC ACTIVITIES

- The report by the Evaluation Commission for the Olympic Winter Games in 2018 was released by the IOC in May and is available here. This report follows the Commission’s visits to the three Candidate Cities: Munich (Germany), Annecy (France) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea). The election of the host city of the 2018 Winter Games will take place on 6 July 2011 during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban (South Africa).

- The recommendations issued for the IOC conferences held in May 2011 on Sport and the Environment, and Sport, Peace and Development are now available via the IOC website. The reports of these conferences will be in the published coming months.

- The IOC and its Medical Commission have fully supported the creation of two educational tools on Healthy Body Image and Sexual Harassment & Abuse in Sport. Several video clips and animations to disseminate the IOC’s key messages as well as links to supportive scientific information are available on the IOC website. We trust these will be of interest and help to the sports world in the protection of athletes’ health. Your support and efforts to further disseminate this information would be much appreciated. These tools are also available in CD format and can be sent upon request. Please apply to bulletin.ceo@olympic.org.

THE ACADEMIC WORLD AND OLYMPISM

- The Innsbruck 2012 Organising Committee for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games (IYOGOC) has established the Youth Olympic Games Laboratory for Youth and Innovation (YOGINN 2012) at the Department for Sport Sciences of the University of Innsbruck. The YOGINN 2012 acts as a liaison between the academic world and the Innsbruck 2012 YOG. Currently 70 projects have been identified and partially already realised. All researchers interested in the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games can contact the YOGINN 2012 by sending an e-mail to yoginn2012@uibk.ac.at.

- In May, the World Union of Olympic Cities (WOUC), under the patronage of the IOC, organised a seminar entitled “From bidding to dissolution: embedding legacy into all Games planning phases”. Speakers from Beijing, Vancouver, London and the IOC presented key information and best practices on how to plan for the legacy of the Olympic Games. Information about the association, the seminar presentations and the report of the previous meeting held in Beijing are available at the WOUC website.

- The AISTS MSA (Master of Advanced Studies) in Sports Administration and Technology is a unique postgraduate programme endorsed by the IOC which takes place yearly in the Olympic Capital of Lausanne. This MSA offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of sport, including management & economics, technology, law, sociology and medicine. The application deadline for the next edition starting in January 2012 is 12 August 2011.
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