Paul De Knop

"Towards New Possibilities for Constructing an Image of the Self. Some Remarks on the Results Intertwining Cultural and Academic Diplomacy". The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013. "Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges for a United Global Community" (Berlin; December 17th - 21st, 2013)

Paul de Knop is currently rector of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Academic Career

From 1997 to 2008, De Knop was professor at the University of Tilburg, and was chairman of the Board of Community Education from 2002 to 2008. De Knop teaches sport sociology and sport management. In addition to his position as rector, we was the president of the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research from 2009 to 2010.

Education

Bud studied at the Royal Atheneum Antwerp and obtained the degree of Master of Physical Education and Leisure studies degree at the VUB. Further to this, he obtained a Master's Degree in the Sociology of Sport and Sports Management at the University of Leicester. He obtained his doctorate in Physical Education at the VUB.

Notable Work

Paul de Knop has received several awards for his academic work. In 1992, he received the Piet Theysprijs for academic research on youth sports. In 2004, he was the winner of the Sport Management Excellence Award from the European Association for Sport Managemen. De Knop was also the winner of the Best Practice Award in Sport and Recreation Management in 2005, awarded by The Institute of Sport and Recreation Management.

Further Information

Towards New Possibilities for Constructing an Image of the Self

Lecture at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013

External Links

Official Site