“The concept of sport: foundations, debates, and perspectives”

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Monday, 15th December 2025
UC3M, Getafe Campus. Room 14.0.11
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AGENDA

09:45 - 10:00 - Registration

10:00 - 10:15 - Opening Ceremony

Antonio Descalzo González - Dean of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences. 
José María Sauca Cano - Director of the Research Group on Law and Justice. 
Carmen Pérez González - Director of the Seminar and the UNESCO Chair ELIS.

10:15 - 11:15 - Keynote Lecture: ‘Sport and Democracy: Compatible Values?’

Jens Sejer Andersen - Play the Game

11:15 - 11:45 - Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:15 - Panel I. ‘The Concept of Sport: The Axiological Dimension’

Michele Colucci - European Commission.
Beatriz Muros - University of Alcalá de Henares.
José Luis Pérez Triviño - Pompeu Fabra University.

Moderator: José María Sauca Cano - Carlos III University of Madrid.

13:15 - 15:00 - Lunch

15:15 - 16:30 - Panel II: ‘The Concept of Sport: The Gender Dimension’

Élida Alfaro Gandarillas - Ibero-American Women and Sport Network (CID), Women and Sport Seminar-Inef (UPM).
Begoña Marugán Pintos - Carlos III University of Madrid.
Georgina Rodríguez Muñoz - University of Girona.

Moderator: David García García - Carlos III University of Madrid.

16:30 - 18:00 - Panel III: ‘The Concept of Sport: The Normative-International Dimension’

Alberto Palomar Olmeda - Broseta Abogados, Carlos III University of Madrid.
Pedro José Mercado Jaén - European University Institute. 
Shubham Jain - University of Cambridge, Centre for Sport and Human Rights.

Moderator: Carmen Pérez González - Carlos III University of Madrid.

18:00 - Closing Session

ORGANIZA

UNESCO CHAIR ON EDUCATION LINKAGE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL SPORTS (ELIS)

Para la celebración de este Seminario se ha contado con ayuda del Programa propio y de la Unidad de Igualdad de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

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