Sport

University studies are not just about getting from A to B as fast as possible. It’s often enriching to take some detours along the way, to run an extra lap, or to see how things look from the other side. The Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis summons us to embark on such an enriching journey in his poem Ithaka. This is a journey that leads to new knowledge and understanding, one that awakens your appetite for travel, because anyone who has experienced the world beyond familiar horizons will want to continue that quest. The Honours programme Reflections on Science stimulates the most talented students to start the journey Kavafis suggests. It gives students who want to broaden their regular Master’s programme an opportunity to look beyond the borders of their own discipline and culture. To this end students work together in so-called ’think tanks’. This report presents the results of the think tank Sport. The think tank Sport was assigned by the Mulier Institute, Centre for Research on Sports in Society, to explore the field of ‘enhancement of social qualities of sports’.