Societal Impacts of Elite Sport: Positives & Negatives Relevance of the topic In the early twenty-first century, elite sport[i] became an increasingly important policy priority (Green, 2009). When facing the challenge of justifying investments in elite sport to the public, elite sport policymakers tend to argue that...
At the first meeting of the newly elected EASM Board, Stefan Walzel was unanimously confirmed and officially appointed as Secretary General. Furthermore, Emma Baker and Christian Overduin introduced themselves as candidates for the board position as student representatives. The Board appointed Christian Overduin to the...
The EU funded Run for Health project had its second meeting in Utrecht from September 19 - 20 2019. The project aim is to study running events, develop guidelines for health enhancing promotion through running events, increase awareness of their effects in physical wellbeing, and...
The EASM Board invites you to the Annual General Meeting on 5thSeptember 2019, 4pm in Seville (Hotel Melia, Calle Dr. Pedro de Castro, 1, 41004 Seville, Spain). All relevant AGM documents will be available by 22nd August 2019 on the website in the membership section and will...
The World Association for Sport Management is now calling for bids for the Fourth WASM Conference to be held in late 2021 or sometime in 2022. The proposed timeframe should not clash with any of our Regional Association members’ annual conferences. Please contact Dr. Karen Danylchuk, WASM...
In line with EASM's strategic priorities, the board has been working on the establishment of a Working Group on Employability & Entrepreneurship. The first meeting is set for the time of the 27th EASM Conference in Seville. The Chair of the Working Group, Steve Osborne from...
Considering the new EASM Statutes, all EASM Board positions (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and 5 General Directors) are for re-election this year. The EASM Nominations Committee, consisting of Per Göran Fahlstrom (Chair), Tracy Taylor, Anna Gerke, and Stefan Walzel, announces the following timeline for the EASM Board...
"Global Sport Business - Managing Resources and Opportunities" is the 4th book in the World Association for Sport Management Series. The series aims to aims to encourage and highlight the development of international perspectives, international partnerships, and international best practice in sport management, recognizing the...
At the WASM Board meeting in Taiwan in November 2017 possible changes to the organisation's current operating structure were discussed. In response to the lack of engagement from some Regional Associations and concerns about WASM’s value, the current organization-based model versus an individual model versus a hybrid model were...
The 2019 European Sport Management Conference is coming closer and the Organising Committee is busy preparing for the upcoming event. There is still time to finalise and submit an abstract for presentation or poster session, with the deadline being 19th April 2019, 23.39 CET. https://easm2019.com/call-for-papers/ You may...