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As part of our commitment to collect and disseminate Olympic knowledge, the IOC Olympic Studies Centre supports academic research with a humanities or social sciences perspective. Since 1999 we have funded projects conducted by a total of 150 PhD students and established researchers from around the world through our Research Grant Programmes.ADVANCED RESEARCH The results of seven projects covering priority fields of research identified by the IOC will be delivered in June. Reflecting the diversity of IOC activities, grant holders are working on the contribution of sport and Olympians to society, youth perception of the Olympics and their sport practice, the protection of athletesÕ health and their post-career and Olympic Games legacy.PHD RESEARCH Seven research projects by PhD students have been awarded grants this year, two of them on topics of specific interest to the National Olympic Committees of their country. The reports will be submitted by the end of 2016.ALL THE LATEST NEWS, BOOK REVIEWS AND RESEARCH FROM THE IOC OLYMPIC STUDIES CENTRE – YOUR SOURCE OF OLYMPIC KNOWLEDGEOLYMPIC STUDIESSTUDIES CENTREOFF THE SHELFSOCHI 2014 OFFICIAL REPORTSOCHI 2014 ORGANISING COMMITTEE, 2015. The four volumes of this official report provide a comprehensive account of the various aspects involved in the organisation and staging of the Games: SochiÕs bid, its status as a Candidate City, the Torch Relay, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, the competitions, the preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all the official results and medal winners.ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE IN SPORT: THE FUTURE OF SPORT IMAGINED The stakeholders who run sport now operate according to new rules and responsibilities, a major shift that has come about in the era of globalisation. This book sees a group of international experts specialising in sports management and ethics advocate a new model for the organisation of sport, a model of good governance based on an ethical appraisal of sport and its integrity and on the prior identification of the main threats to it, such as corruption and doping. The authors also focus on the essential role of sports organisations, leaders and decision-makers, whose involvement is vital to the success of sport.PRESIDENT SAMARANCH: 21 YEARS IN THE PRESIDENCY OF THE IOC THAT CHANGED SPORT THROUGHOUT THE WORLDNo sooner had he been elected president of the IOC on 16 July 1980, than Juan Antonio Samaranch set about the task of taking the Olympic Movement in a new direction. In writing this biography, the authors have sought to explain the ÒSamaranch revolutionÓ in the light of his most important strategic decisions. Penned in a journalistic style, its 21 chapters deal with the key issues of the era: the representation of women in the IOC, environmental protection and the creation of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Olympic Museum. Also available in Chinese, French and Spanish, this impressive book tells the story of an outstanding presidency and offers fresh insight into the character of the IOCÕs seventh head.Edited by Pedro Palacios, Edgar Mont-Roig and Juan Manuel Surroca. Published by The Samaranch Foundation, 2015, 461 pages, in English.Edited by Yves Vanden Auweele, Elaine Cook and Jim Parry. Published by Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9781138931800, 229 pages, in English.Edited and published by the Organising Committee for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 in Sochi, 2015, 519 pages + 4 CD-ROM.Digital version available at: http://doc.rero.ch/record/258116?ln=en (English)http://doc.rero.ch/record/258116?ln=fr (French)80 OLYMPIC REVIEW OLYMPIC STUDIES