Olympic Studies Centre, CEO-UAB (Barcelona)

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The UAB/CEO centre is devoted to the research, documentation, education and dissemination of information on Olympism and sport.

Historia

The CEO-UAB was created with the goal of researching, documenting, training and disseminating information on Olympism and sport. The Olympic Studies Centre has actively promoted and participated as a key partner in the research, pedagogical techniques and in knowledge transfer projects on a international platform.

Research activities
• Research projects undertaken by the CEO-UAB cover a number of different areas within the Olympic Games and sport,particularly from a social sciences perspective. Its main long term research lines are in the areas of: Communication, Sport and the Olympic Games; the impact and legacy of the Olympic Games, in particular Barcelona’92; and Sport in a multicultural context
• CEO-UAB provides a program to support PhD students undertaking post-graduate studies at the UAB in the field of Olympic Studies, that fall within in the research fields of the CEO-UAB. The program is opened to all PhD students that have officially registered their research at a UAB department.
• CEO-UAB offers researchers the chance to undertake research periods at the UAB through inter-university cooperation programmes or at an individual's request.
• Leads the International Chair in Olympism programme (17 holders since 1995)
• Is a partner institution in two European-funded Leonardo DaVinci projects.
• Acts as a consultant in the design of sport policy for the city of Barcelona.

Education
• CEO-UAB has organised a wide range of graduate and postgraduate activities about sport and Olympism. These include a graduate course on sport and the Olympic Games, training programmes for sports managers, university seminars given by the visiting professors of the International Chair in Olympism (IOC-UAB) and dissemination seminars on the legacy of the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games. In addition, the CEO-UAB promotes a training programme to host interns

• Promotor and collaborative partner in international postgraduate training courses (Master of Arts Olympic Studies in partnership with Deutsche Sporthochschule Koln)

Dissemination
• CEO-UAB organises academic dissemination seminars,workshops and conferences, both locally and internationally, on various aspects of sport and the Olympic phenomenon. It has been an IOC partner in organising academic symposia and congresses: Olympic Ceremonies (1995), Olympic Villages (1996), Television (1998), Sport for All (1998), Volunteers (1999) and the Legacy of the Olympic Games (2002)
• CEO-UAB has published an extensive programme of publications, including academic books, conference proceedings, research results and other documents with a selection as follows:

CEREZUELA, Berta [et al]: Olympic Education Database. Bellaterra (Barcelona): Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Olímpics. Final research report submitted to the International Olympic Committee.

Fernández Peña, Emilio; Berta Cerezuela; Miquel Gómez Benosa; Chris Kennett; Miquel de Moragas Spà (2011): An Olympic Mosaic: Multidisciplinary Research and Dissemination of Olympic Studies. CEO-UAB: 20 Years. Barcelona : Centre d’Estudis Olímpics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Ajuntament de Barcelona. [Online]


FERNÁNDEZ PEÑA, Emilio; Mari ARAUZ; Angelica SHA; Sandro GARCIA (2011): Social networking and the Olympic Movement: Social Media Analysis, Opportunities and Trends. Bellaterra (Barcelona): Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Olímpics. Final research report submitted to the International Olympic Committee.

Moragas i Spà, Miquel; Chris Kennett; Nuria Puig (eds.) (2002): The Legacy of the Olympic Games 1984-2000: International Symposium Lausanne, 14th, 15th and 16th November 2002. Lausanne: International Olympic Committee. [Online]


Moragas i Spà, Miquel de; Nancy K. Rivenburgh; James F. Larson (1995): Television in the Olympics. London: John Libbey.


Moragas i Spà, Miquel; Miquel Botella (eds) (1995): The Keys to success: the social, sporting, economic and communications impact of Barcelona'92. Bellaterra: Centre d’Estudis Olímpics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1995.