Yves Vanden Auweele

Yves Vanden Auweele is professor (Em.) in sport psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and has been teaching psychology to physical education, psychology and medical students for over 20 years. He was the Belgian co-ordinator of the European Masters Program for Exercise and Sport Psychology.

He is emeritus since October 2006 but still an active member of various sports societies and organisations. He is a member of the cultural and scientific Committee of Panathlon International and involved in a 10 year (1003-1013) sport and development project with the University of the Western Cape (Cape Town- South Africa).

Yves Vanden Auweele's contributions to the e-Debate are listed below. Just follow the links below to access his comments during the e-Debate.

Yves Vanden Auweele makes the case for a holistic approach and advises good planning in S&D programmes. Read the thoughts he shared with us in Round 1...
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Yves Vanden Auweele comments on the need to reduce the potential negative effects of sport in S&D programmes and highlights three main challenges to achieving balance between sport and other components in S&D. Read his comments in Round 2...
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Yves Vanden Auweele proposes creating a working consortium of universities, NGOs and sport organisations as one of three recommendations for immediate action in the field of S&D. Read the rest of his comments in Round 3...
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