Board members

Annual General Meeting
Saturday 20th September 12.00
Venue-Trinity College, Carmathen Wales
Nominations for EOE Board Membership

If you wish to be nominated or to niminate someone please complete the nomination form and return to the secretary by 1st September. Please follow the instructions below.

The nominated person should write a statement of 250-500 words telling members about their contribution to outdoor adventure education and experiential learning and how they can contribute to promoting the EOE and its intentions.

This statement and completed form should reach the current secretary Ina Stan istan01@bucks.ac.uk by 1st September to be presented at the AGM.

The email should be subject marked EOE-Election of Board member

A board member should be a member of EOE and have agreed to the EOE Statement of Intent. A board member is expected to contribute to the work of the EOE, attending board meetings. Board meetings are usually held twice a year in various EU countries.

For further details of the work involved please contact one of the current board members or the chair barbara humberstone barbara.humberstone@bucks.ac.uk or barbara.humberstone@btinternet.com

Chair Professor Dr. Barbara Humberstone, professor of sociology of sport and outdoor education. Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College Wellesbourne Campus High Wycombe Buckinghamshire. Interests: Critical sociology of sports and ethics, issues and empowerment in research; methodologies in outdoor adventure education. Social and environmental justice/equity and alternative ways of learning in the outdoors.
Vice-chair Dr. Kirsti Pedersen is an associate professor in sports and physical education at Finnmark College, Northern Norway, and holds a doctoral degree in outdoor adventure, recreation and education. Her research interests are gender and cultural relations in outdoor adventure and education, physical education and dance.
Treasurer Dr.Dorin Festeu works as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. He also works as Course Development Councilor at the University of 'Transilvania', Brasov, Romania. Interests: Personal and social development through physical activities, teacher education and training, psychology of education.

Members

Dr Robbie Nicol: University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Martina Gasser. Institut fur Sozialdienste, Austria

Jari Kujala: Helsingin Koillinen Sosiaalikeskus, Finland

Chris Loynes: St Martin's College & Threshold, UK

Chris Loynes is a senior lecturer at St. Martin’s College. He is interested in two main aspects of the field, outdoor development training and education for sustainability. He has written critical discussions concerning the social context and development of outdoor education as well as the exploring the possible value of underlying mythic ideas within the practic.Publication list

Co-opted board members

Dr Peter Becker Universität Marburg; Jprofessor of anthropology and sociology of sports. Interests: concepts of „Bildung" and education through adventure and experiential learning, social work using body and movement, bodily cultures in modern times
Bart Keus: Stichting Trap Holland-Czech Republic
Jochem Schirp:, social scientist, manager of bsj Marburg. Main working fields: youth welfare services and social work; socio-educational provision for young people with means of adventure education, body and movement; transnational projects

EOE secretary
Miss. Ina Stan: Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College


Ex-officio secretary: Ms. Carla Sack BSJ Marburg

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