3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium
SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATIONS AND EVENTS IN SPORT
From July 1-3, 2025, the Faculty of Sport Science is hosting the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium of the think tank Denkfabrik sportainable with the main topic ‘Sustainable organisations and events in sport’.
Events are at the heart of sport. This is where athletes train and present their performance, where people meet to watch the athletes, where fans are inspired. Behind the scenes, often hidden from view, are the people who make the events possible in the first place: volunteer and professional officials whose concrete activities form what we refer to in abstract terms as organisations. In this complex context, the claim of sustainable development can encounter individual reservations and structural barriers or be realised in impressive commitment and creative solutions.
In addition to invited keynotes, the programme will consist of short presentations and workshops. A science slam and an interactive exchange format (open space) are also planned.
ORGANISERS OF THE 3rd SUSTAINABLE SPORTS SYMPOSIUM
Professur für Sportpädagogik
Denkfabrik sportainable
Call for Abstracts
Submit your abstract now for the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium! We invite researchers and experts to present their latest findings and innovations. All submission details can be found in the Call for Abstracts.
INFORMATION
Thematic focus
In line with the focus topic, we expect — scientific as well as practice-oriented — contributions on the sustainable development of organisations and events in sport as well as on the role of athletes, spectators and fans in this context.
Beyond that, abstracts can be submitted on the following topics:
- Interactions between sport and nature
- Soil and resource consumption in sports
- Emissions in sports
- Conceptualization of sustainability in an institutional context
- Social justice in sport
- Sustainable sports facilities
- Sustainability at major sporting events, in professional sports and league sports
- Fair trade and ecologically compatible production of sportswear and articles
- Sustainable business/ sustainability management in the sports sector
- Education for Sustainable Development in Sport
Forms of contribution
- Lecture: 12min + 3min discussion
- Science Slam: 10min (entertaining)
- Workshop: 90min
- Poster: 10 min + 5min discussion during the poster session
| Day | Date | Time | Place | Event | Speaker | Topic | Language | Moderation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 2025-07-01 | 10:00 | SR | Meeting of the think tank sportainable | Peter Kuhn | |
| 14:00 | HS | Welcome address | ||||
| 14:30 | HS | Session | Dietrich: (Dis)Incentivizing Climate Action: How the Sports for Climate Action (S4CA) Framework Shapes Sustainability Engagement in Sport Organizations | en
Walzel: Sustainable Sport Events in Germany: A Review of the Project Process and Outcomes | en
Zwjatkov: Race from Zero—The organisation of the first green European championship as a pioneer for more environmental awareness in karate | en
Piller: Shared Motivation Challenges for Collaborative Climate Action Policymaking—Learnings from a Case Study of a National Sport Federation–Clubs Network | en
Borkenhagen: Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien Heidelberger Sportvereine | de | |||
| SR | Workshop | Portscheller: Treibhausgasbilanzierung im Sport – von der Erfassung zur Reduktion | Greenhouse gas balancing in sport—from recording to reduction | en&de | ||||
| 16:00 | Foyer | Break | ||||
| 16:30 | HS | Keynote 1 | Peter Kuhn | |||
| 19:00 | Foyer | Get together | Peter Kuhn | |||
| Mittwoch | 02.07.2025 | 09:00 | HS | Welcome and organisational matters | ||
| 09:15 | HS | Keynote 2 | Wagner & Ferkau: Sport as a driver for systematic sustainable change | |||
| 10:30 | Foyer | Break | ||||
| 11:00 | HS | Session | Oettle: Stigmaabbau durch Sportevents? Eine schriftliche Befragung zu den Einstellungs- und Handlungsänderungen von Zuschauenden der Deutschen Meisterschaft im Straßenfußball | de
Adam: How much sustainability is there in professional football? An analysis of the implementation of the DFL sustainability criteria in the Bundesliga | en
Portscheller: Sustainability management systems in sports practice—klimafit & We Impact as systemic approaches | en
Moesch: Doughnut model as an analysis tool for the sustainability performance of sports organisations?! | en | |||
| PH | Poster Session | Ellinger: Modulare, naturnahe und lehrplankonforme Sportflächen: Empfehlungen für einen zukunftsfähigen Schulcampus | de
Reuter: Economic impacts of trail destinations: The case of the Peaks of the Balkans Trail | en | ||||
| 12:30 | Mensa | Lunch break | ||||
| 14:00 | HS | Keynote 3 | Mark Doidge: coming soon | en | |||
| 15:15 | Foyer | Break | ||||
| 15:45 | HS | Session | Bachinger & Schlemmer: Conflicts between outdoor sports and nature conservation in winter. The example of the Hirschberg in the Bavarian Oberland | en
Reuter: Potential for sustainable re-financing of trail management organisations by users | en
Chatakawa: Sustainability Perceptions on Sporting Goods Trade | en
Zöller: Making better use of synergies: Opportunities, limits and implementation possibilities of materiality analyses at the level of federal sports federations (thematic area: sustainable management/conceptualisation of NH in sports organisations) | en | |||
| SR | Workshop | Gunnar Liedtke: Bewertung von BnE-Materialien für den Sport (-unterricht) | de | ||||
| 17:15 | HS | Summary and organisational matters | ||||
| 18:00 | Social programme | |||||
| 19:30 | Conference Diner | |||||
| Donnerstag | 03.07.2025 | 09:00 | HS | Welcome and organisational matters | ||
| 09:15 | HS | Keynote 4 | ||||
| 10:30 | Foyer | Break | ||||
| 11:00 | HS | Session | Ortiz Naumann: Digital Relational Values and Environmental Stewardship: Implications for the Outdoor Sports Community | en
Sand: Develop yourself, then develop the world—Fostering the IDGs through (nature-)experiences | en
Vortrag Vortrag | |||
| SR | Workshop | Zöller: LAY4SDGs – Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Sport (Themenfeld: BNE im und durch den Sport) | de | ||||
| 12:30 | HS | Conclusion and farewell |
myclimate
The 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium is cooperating with myclimate. We calculate the emissions of the symposium, try to reduce the CO2 footprint in all areas of the symposium and thus make a contribution to climate protection. At the 1st Sustainable Sport Symposium in Bayreuth 2023, a result of 68 kg CO2 per participant was recorded. This corresponds to a financial equivalent of approx. 1.56 € per participant. Therefore, each participant of the symposium in Leipzig can make an additional contribution of €2.00 to the conference fee when registering to offset their personal carbon footprint. The additional amount collected in this way will be donated to myclimate climate protection projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Under the following links you can register for the 3rd Sustainable Sports Symposium 2025 in Leipzig and upload your abstract for review.
| early bird (until 30.04.25) | incl. myclimate donation (2,00 €) | regular (from 01.05.25) | incl. myclimate donation (2,00 €) | |
| Participant | 150,00 € | 152,00 € | 190,00 € | 192,00 € |
| Förderverein sportainable member | 100,00 € | 102,00 € | 150,00 € | 152,00 € |
| Participant 0.5 position | 70,00 € | 72,00 € | 100,00 € | 102,00 € |
| Förderverein sportainable member (0.5 position) | 50,00 € | 52,00 € | 70,00 € | 72,00 € |
| Participant student | 50,00 € | 52,00 € | 70,00 € | 72,00 € |
| Förderverein sportainable member Students | 30,00 € | 32,00 € | 50,00 € | 52,00 € |
| Participant day guest | 70,00 € | 72,00 € | 100,00 € | 102,00 € |
| Förderverein sportainable member day guest | 50,00 € | 52,00 € | 70,00 € | 72,00 € |
| Participant online stream | 10,00 € | 12,00 € | 20,00 € | 22,00 € |
Cancellation terms will follow shortly
