With the opening of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games less than a year away, Routledge is pleased to announce the launch of a website showcasing scholarly research on Olympic and Paralympic Studies.
Routledge Online Studies on the Olympic and Paralympic Games (ROSO) has launched in beta today, and is a unique learning resource aimed at academics, students, lecturers, researchers, athletes, coaches, journalists, policy-makers and anyone interested in the Games.
Containing over 1,000 published book chapters and articles, blogs, reading lists, case studies and interviews with Olympic and Paralympic experts and athletes including Dame Kelly Holmes, ROSO will release over 40 new journal special issues and several new books devoted to the Games. The site will be regularly updated with new content as it publishes and a selection of material will be made free to access.
ROSO’s Managing Editor, Dr Vassil Girginov of Brunel University, UK, has assigned a theme to every book chapter and article, allowing the user to search their area of interest. ROSO themes include: the media, education, gender, politics, history, governance, management, law, business, ethics, legacies, the environment, athletic performance, security and disability sport.
Dr Vassil Girginov, Managing Editor of ROSO, comments:
“This new interactive research and teaching platform represents a new phase in the global development of Olympic studies and naturally builds on a century-long tradition and the contributions of a myriad of scholars from all over the world. For the first time in history, a leading academic publisher that is Routledge has committed to specifically promote studies in Olympism in a truly multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary way. We invite you to browse, explore, comment, share and contribute to the Platform. Enjoy your Olympic explorations with Routledge Online Studies on the Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Routledge publishes hundreds of journals and thousands of new books each year, from offices all over the world. Our current publishing programme encompasses the liveliest texts, and the best in research, with over 35,000 books in print.
Routledge has the largest and most comprehensive publishing programme in Sport and Leisure Studies. Our journals and books cover the full breadth of the discipline, including: sport science, sport medicine, physical education, sport coaching, sport management, sport development, sport technology and engineering, research methods in sport, and the history, politics, sociology and philosophy of sport.
Routledge has been publishing research on Olympic and Paralympic Studies for over 40 years. For more information visit www.routledgeonlinestudies.com.
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