| Lecturer Profile |
Marc Theeboom holds a PhD in Sport and Movement Sciences and a Master’s degree in Adult Educational Sciences. He works as a full professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy and at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (VUB). His research primarily focuses on policy-related and educational aspects of sport in general and in relation to specific target groups in particular (e.g., socially deprived youth, ethnic minorities, elderly, people with disabilities). He has a special interest in the analysis and evaluation of ‘sport development’ programmes in which sport is regarded as a means of personal, social and community development (‘sport-plus’), as well as in martial arts research. |
