Date : March 3, 2017 at 12:45
Venue : Room Doyens 22, Doyens building, 2nd floor
Speaker : Prof Sigmund Loland, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Title : Technology in sport : ethical issues
Language : English
Prof Loland's resume
Prof. Loland categorizes various performance-enhancing means and methods including body techniques, sport equipment, and bio-medical means such as drugs. Using practical examples, he proposes an ethically reflective way of distinguishing between admirable, acceptable and non-acceptable means.
Dr. Sigmund Loland is professor of sport philosophy and former Rector of the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (2005-2013). He has published extensively within sport ethics, the ethics of performance-enhancing technologies, epistemology of movement, and history of ideas in sport. Dr. Loland is former President of the International Association of the Philosophy of Sport (2002-03) and the European College of Sport Science (2011-13), and he is member of WADA's Ethics Board (2004-)