Sport for Development

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Seniors

Open classroom

English

15 September 2026 - December 22

In-person

Tuesday, 11:00-12:30 (large group)
Thursday 11:00 to 12:30 (small group)

60 hours

School of Psychology, Education and Sport Science

Blanquerna-URL - Carrer del Císter, 34. 08022 Barcelona

220 €

Who will guide you?

Raül Romeva

Raül Romeva holds a PhD in International Relations from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and a PhD in Education and Sports Sciences from Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), where he currently teaches the course Sport for Development. With an extensive background in peace research, disarmament, and conflict management, he has been a researcher at UNESCO and Intermón-Oxfam, a Member of the European Parliament (2004-2014), and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Generalitat (2016-2017). He currently chairs the Josep Irla Foundation and combines university teaching with his role as a writer and essayist.

What will you learn?

Sport is much more than competition: it can be a real tool for social transformation. In this course, we explore how physical activity and sport are used around the world to promote inclusion, reduce inequalities, bring communities together, and respond to challenges such as poverty, gender equality, or the integration of migrants. Through real cases and debates, we will see how institutions, NGOs, and governments design sports programs with a social purpose, and how this approach connects with major international development agendas. A course designed to reflect, debate, and discover the role of sport as an engine for change, open to everyone with a curiosity for the world and the social impact of what we do.