The CEO - UAB
Research Lines
The Sporting and Olympic Phenomenon
The CEO-UAB has promoted projects in a number of different areas of sport and Olympism. The thematic scope of these projects is very broad and, among other areas, covers sports sponsorship and marketing, finance, adapted sport, sport for all, sports management, e-learning for sports managers and the Olympic programme.
It is worth highlighting the research activities undertaken within the framework of the International Chair in Olympism, which have focused on Olympic ceremonies as an intercultural and symbolic space, Olympic villages and urban planning of the Olympic Games, Olympic volunteers, the relationship between universities and the Olympic Movement, and sporting values education initiatives promoted by the Olympic Movement.
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An Olympic Mosaic: Multidisciplinary Research and Dissemination of Olympic Studies. CEO-UAB: 20 YearsFernández Peña, Emilio; Berta Cerezuela; Miquel Gómez Benosa; Chris Kennett; Miquel de Moragas Spà. |
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Mosaic olímpic: Recerca multidisciplinar i difusió dels estudis olímpics. CEO-UAB: 20 anysFernández Peña, Emilio; Berta Cerezuela; Miquel Gómez Benosa; Chris Kennett; Miquel de Moragas Spà. |
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Mosaico olímpico: Investigación multidisciplinar y difusión de los estudios olímpicos. CEO-UAB: 20 añosFernández Peña, Emilio; Berta Cerezuela; Miquel Gómez Benosa; Chris Kennett; Miquel de Moragas Spà. |
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Volunteers, global society and the Olympic Movement: International Symposium Lausanne. 24th, 25th and 26th November 1999Moragas i Spà, Miquel; Nuria Puig; Ana Belen Moreno. |
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Olympic Villages: a hundred years of urban planning and shared experiences: International Symposium on Olympic Villages, Lausanne, 1996Moragas i Spà, Miquel de; Montserrat Llinés; Bruce Kidd. |
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Olympic Ceremonies: historical continuity and cultural exchange (International Symposium on Olympic Ceremonies, Barcelona-Lausanne, November, 1995)Moragas i Spà, Miquel de; John MacAloon; Montserrat Llinés. |
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Olímpia: orígens dels Jocs OlímpicsVillalba i Varneda, Pere. |
2011Muñoz, Francesc (2011): “Study of Olympic Urban Planning: Research Assessment and Future Outlook” in Emilio Fernández Peña [et al.]: 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, pp. 199-210. (also in Spanish and Catalan) |
| Moragas, Miquel de (2011): “The Academic Reasons for an Olympic Studies Centre” in Emilio Fernández Peña [et al.]: 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, pp. 19- 27. (also in Spanish and Catalan) |
| Cerezuela, Berta; Pilar Cid (2011): “The Management of Information and Documentation at a Research Centre Service: The CEO-UAB Information and Documentation Service (IDS)” in Emilio Fernández Peña [et al.]: 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, pp. 39- 45. (also in Spanish and Catalan) |
| Cerezuela, Berta (2011): “Educational Dimension of the Olympic Games” in Emilio Fernández Peña [et al.]: 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, pp. 189-198. (also in Spanish and Catalan) |
2009Sagarzazu, Itxasne; Chris Kennett; Anna Laura Rezende & Correa, Raquel (2009): “La participació de la dona immigrant en l’esport a Catalunya: les necessitats i els hàbits de pràctica esportiva i l’oferta per a les comunitats llatinoamericanes i musulmanes”, in Recerca i Immigració. Barcelona: Secretaria per a la Immigració, Generalitat de Catalunya, pp. 353-372. [Chapter] |
2008Cerezuela, Berta. (2008): “L’esport olímpic i la recerca a les universitats”, El Campus de la Autònoma, no. 45 (juny 2008), p. 10. [Article] |
2008MORAGAS, Miquel de; Berta CEREZUELA; Chris KENNETT; Raquel CORREA; Anna Laura REZENDE (2008): Olympic Education: experiences and documents. Bellaterra (Barcelona): Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Olímpics. Final research report submitted to the International Olympic Committee. |
2012Cerezuela, Berta & Angelica Sha (2012): “Olympic Education Activities and Resources: an international survey”, First International Colloquium of Olympic Studies and Research Centres, Loughborough (Great Britain), 25-27 July 2012 [poster] |
| Cerezuela, Berta (2012): “El Centro de Estudios Olímpicos de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona”, III Encuentro de Observatorios del Deporte, Barcelona, 27-28 September de 2012 [conference] |
2011Sha, Angelica (2011). “La educación universitaria y los Juegos Olímpicos: una perspectiva de la experiencia de Pequín 2008”, III Congreso de Centros de Estudios olímpicos: Movimiento Olímpico y Universidad: Retos y Oportunidades, Barcelona, 27-28 June 2011 [paper] |
| Fernández Peña, Emilio (2011). “La multidisciplinariedad en los estudios olímpicos: complejidad y funcionamiento como sistema”, III Congreso de Centros de Estudios olímpicos: Movimiento Olímpico y Universidad: Retos y Oportunidades, Barcelona, 27-28 June 2011 [conference] |
| Sha, Angelica (2011). "How to define Olympic education in the 21st century”, International Conference Europe- Youth-Olympism with Focus on the Sport Training, Liberick, Czech Republic 10-12 February 2011 [paper] |
2009Sagarzazu, Itxasne (2009): “Género, prácticas deportivas y asociacionismo. Un estudio comparado entre Cataluña, Castilla- La Mancha, Región de Murcia y País Vasco”, XIV Congreso Nacional de Sociología en Castilla-La Mancha. Almagro, 13 November 2009. [paper] |
| Cerezuela, Berta & Anna Laura Rezende (2009): “Educació en valors olímpics: actors i activitats dins del moviment olímpic”, I Congrés Mundial de l’Esport Escolar a Catalunya. Barcelona, 11-14 November 2009. [main speaker] |
| Cerezuela, Berta (2009): “El archivo audiovisual de los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona’92”, Jornada profesional Fondos Invisibles: los archivos audiovisuales que no conocemos, Madrid, 30 September de 2009. [main speaker] |
2008Sagarzazu, Itxasne; Montse Martín (2008): “El Deporte como elemento de integración social de homosexuales en Barcelona. El caso del Club Deportivo Panteres Grogues”, Congreso Andaluz de Sociologia. Sevilla, 20-22 November 2008. [Paper] |
| Sagarzazu, Itxasne; Montse Martín (2008): “Eurogames 2008, ¡¡¡ comienza el partido!!!”, X Congreso de la Asociación Española de Investigación Social Aplicada al Deporte (AEISAD). Cordoba, 2-4 October 2008. [Paper] |
| Rezende, Anna Laura (2008): “Sport & Health: changing the brand image through sport sponsorship”, 2a Conferència Internacional de Països Esportius. Barcelona, 24-27 November 2008. [poster] |
| Rezende, Anna Laura (2008): “Reptes de la educació olímpica”, XXI Sesión de la Academia Olímpica de Portugal. Aljustrel (Portugal), 24-26 October 2008. [Round table] |
| Rezende, Anna Laura (2008): “Olympic education experiences: the sponsorship role in the promotion of olympic values”, 16th IOA Postgraduate Seminar on Olympic Studies. Olympia (Greece), 1-30 July 2008. [Paper] |







