Safeguarding Sport & Society
The research line 'Safeguarding Sport & Society' conducts quantitative and qualitative research on the characteristics of ...
The SAFE-Sport project's mission is to create the necessary evidence to promote a motivating and safe sports climate in Flanders.
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Sport Vlaanderen
As sports professionals, we all want athletes to play sports in a safe environment. Various actors in the Flemish sports world have therefore been actively working in recent years to prevent interpersonal violence towards athletes.
SAFE-sport is a collaboration between researchers at Thomas More and Ghent University, with support from Sport Vlaanderen. The project aims at further developing and strengthening the prevention of harassment and abuse in sport.
The goal of SAFE-sport is threefold:
Participating as a young athlete in organized sports is associated with many health and social benefits. However, this sector, like other social sectors , is an environment in which harassment and abuse can occur. For sport to play its positive social role to the fullest, harassment and abuse must be prevented at all levels of sport. Although several policy measures have been taken, the prevention of harassment and abuse in sport can still be further strengthened.
As researcher, Tine Vertommen built expertise in a wide range of topics in criminology and forensic psychology. Today, she focusses on interpersonal violence in general and more specifically in the sport context.
Karolien Adriaens (PhD) has been working in the People and Well-being research group since 2021. She participates in several research projects on transgressive behaviour: Safe Sport Allies and Safe Para Sport Allies, Safe Sport Project, ASOIF project