Events

2nd International Symposium on Social Legacies of the Games: Perspectives towards Milano-Cortina 2026

Salone Marescotti, Palazzo Marescotti-Brazzetti| Via Barberia, 4 - Department of the Arts, University of Bologna

1st Conference on Physical Activity Sciences and Quality of Life in Acapulco, Mexico

Acapulco, Mexico

As part of the international dissemination, Prof. Pappous and Prof. Gómez-Iniesta presented the newly developed "Dis-ability" MOOC

Beyond stereotypes

Rimini, Italy

Presentation of the Research Project at the 2025 EU Researchers’ Night.

L'aria sul viso - Feel the Wind: Stories, Media, and Inclusion. A scientific screening for the PRIN “dis-ABILITY!” project

Cinema Fulgor | Corso D'Augusto, 162 - Rimini, Italy

At Rimini’s Cinema Fulgor (EU Researchers’ Night), a doc on Martina Caironi’s road to Rio 2016 and a PRIN dis-ABILITY! debate explored inclusive, non-stereotyped media narratives.

ISA International Conference on Social Science Methodology

University "Federico II" of Naples, Italy

Paper presentation: The representation strategies of Italian Paralympic athletes: Methodological implications on the use of digital data

AIS End-of-Term Conference – The Challenges of the Mediterranean for Europe | Bergamo, Italy

Piazzale S. Agostino, 2 - Bergamo, Italy

Paper presentation: Paralympic athletes’ self-narratives: a thematic analysis of content published on Instagram

New Challenges and Opportunities of Research on Communication, Disability and Sport

CEU Cardenal Herrera University | Valencia, Spain

Hosted by CEU Cardenal Herrera (J&CS Dept.), the meeting gathered PhD candidates and students to discuss research on communication, disability and sport, focusing on Paralympic media representation.

28th CESH Congress 2025, The Narrative of Sport: Themes, Authors, Stories, Perspectives, Università di Salerno

University of Salerno, Italy

Paper presentation: “The beauty of sport is that it makes you do things you didn’t think you were capable of”: a content analysis of Italian Paralympic athletes’ media self-narratives

16th ESA Conference, Tension, trust and transformation | Porto, Portogallo

Porto, Portugal

Papers presentation: 1. Content Analysis Of Digital Texts About Sport: The Case Of #IStandWithGary On Twitter; 2. Between Sport And Physical Activity: Ambiguities In EU Policy And Regenerative Actions

Breaking the hero narrative: media framing and perceptions of Italian Paralympic athletes

UFR STAPS | University of Montpellier, France

UFR STAPS (Univ. de Montpellier) hosted a session at “Au risque du sport”, where researchers and students discussed media framing, perceptions of Paralympic athletes, and disability-sport legacies.

21st EASS Conference, Sport and the world in crisis: challenges and solutions, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education | Warsaw, Poland

Paper presentation: How to narrate the Paralympics? The perspective of Italian media professionals

AIS End-of-Term Conference – SPORT: Sport and the Social Dimensions of the Present. Cultures, Practices, and Perspectives | University of Trento

University of Trento, Italy

Paper presentation: The narrative of the Paralympics: a hermeneutic analysis of interviews with Italian media professionals