Vladimir Borkovic

Vladimir Borkovic, Network and Research Director for streetfootballworld
Vladimir Borkovic has an academic background in Psychology. He played semi-professional football and has worked as a guest scientist at the University of Darmstadt. He was Director of the scientific evaluation of the "Street Football for Tolerance" project in Brandenburg, at the University of Potsdam.

He is now Network and Research Director for “streetfootballworld”, and is one of the founding members and associates. His scientific expertise lies in applied socialisation theory and in monitoring & evaluation.
Vladimir Borkovic's contributions to the e-Debate are listed below. Just follow the links below to access his comments during the e-Debate.

''...sport is a tool, a method for developing skills for life, and not just an end in itself.''

Vladimir Borkovic, together with William Rook, take a moment to reflect on the role sport can play in addressing health issues. Access the main points they raised and download their full comments in Round 1...
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''...getting the balance right...means using sport no more than it is proven useful.''

Vladimir Borkovic and William Rook cite the lack of a sound understanding of how sport is used locally as being a main challenge to achieving balance between sport and other components. Read the rest of their comments in Round 2...
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''...build a sense of common interest...''

Vladimir Borkovic comments on current attitudes towards sharing lessons learned from mistakes and failures and cites encouraging a sense of common interest as one way to overcome the challenge. Read the rest of his comments in Round 3...
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