The partner institutions include Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Coventry University, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and North Carolina State University. Prof. Joerg Koenigstorfer is principal investigator of the TUM team and says: “The collaboration enables young researchers at TUM to conduct research in the context of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, right at the venue. The exchange will be funded and allows our researchers to collaborate with leading scientists in some of the most exciting venues and settings in the world.”
Background
The actual impacts realized by host nations and cities often fall short of expectations in terms of economic and non-economic impacts in both advanced and developing societies. This is a serious issue, given the increase in bidding and hosting of mega-events and the associated costs to cities and nations. The project aims to find out how to maximize potential economic, social, environmental, and health impacts. For example, the use of mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of the raison d'être for hosting such events.
About the project
The project focuses on both the dark and the light side of legacy (sustained impacts) and looks at sporting events (such as the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro) as well as cultural events (such as the carnivals in Rio de Janeiro and Cap Town, the Oktoberfest in Munich). Via staff exchange and research on the legacy of mega-events, this project will have benefits to policy makers and the society as a whole, and can be used for the bidding for mega-events and the managing of the impacts of mega-events.
Contact
Department of Sport and Health Management
Prof. Dr. Jörg Königstorfer
Uptown Munich Campus D
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62
80992 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49.89.289.24559
Fax: +49.89.289.24642
info.mgt(at)sg.tum.de