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Seminar for doctoral students and junior researchers

The Social Impact of Sport Governance and Management

Organized by
The research project "Sport and Social Capital in the European Union"
funded by a  European Commission "Marie Curie Excellence Grant"
and hosted by Università Bocconi

Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy
20th November 2008

Call for abstracts

As part of the forthcoming international conference on The Social Impact of Sport Governance & Management, to be held on November 20-22, the research group “Sport and Social Capital in the European Union” is pleased to offer a workshop for PhD students and junior researchers on 20 November 2008 from 9.00 to 13.00, to be held at Università Bocconi in Milan. The seminar provides an ideal opportunity to young researchers in all fields within the social studies of sport (particularly the sociology and anthropology of sport, sport history, sport management, politics of sport, and sport policy) to improve their research skills and to learn from colleagues, and thus to enhance opportunities for an academic career. The seminar has the following specific objectives: a) promote the development of a young community of scholars within a spirit of collaborative research, b) provide a qualified setting for feedback on participants’ current research and guidance for future action, c) discuss publication strategies.
The seminar is overseen by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Sport and Social Capital project (Prof. Elio Borgonovi, Prof. Giovanni Fattore, Dr Margaret Groeneveld, Prof. Barrie Houlihan, Prof. Fabien Ohl). The PhD seminar is convened by Prof. Giovanni Fattore and Dr. Dino Numerato and it is open to PhD students and young researchers working in academic institutions and research centres with a specific interest in the governance, management and policy of sport.

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Format of the seminar

The seminar is open only to active participants. Each participant will deliver a paper, present it during the seminar and act as discussant of another paper. For each paper there will be a presentation by the author (15 minutes), comments by a discussant (10 minutes), open debate and reply by the author (15 minutes). Presentations and discussions are expected to make a concrete contribution to the improvement of papers for future publication.

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Submission of abstracts and evaluation process

Selection of participants will be based on two-page extended abstracts, including: title, author information, research question, theoretical background, methodology, and intended contribution to the field. Abstracts will be judged against the following criteria: a) originality and theoretical foundations; b) rigour and appropriateness of methodology; c) potential contribution to advancing the social science of sport in the areas of sport governance and management. The deadline for abstract submission is July 20th. Abstracts should be sent by E-mail (pdf or MS Word format) to Dino Numerato (dino.numerato@unibocconi.it).

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Dates to remember

August 17th: deadline for submission of extended abstracts by e-mail
September 3rd: abstract evaluation and selection of papers to be presented in the seminar October 20th: submission of full papers.

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