On July 9, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute (WGI), in cooperation with the Department of Education and Culture in Sport at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Münster, hosted a panel discussion on the topic “Skateboarding and the Olympics: Lifestyle or Competitive Sport?” ...
From June 29 to July 1, 2026, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute hosted the CEREPS Summit 2026 at the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster, Germany. This event, organized in cooperation with CEREPS—a European research network in the field of physical education and school sports—provided the WGI and the Institute ...
Soichi Ichimura (Japan), long-time fellow at the Willibald Gebhardt Institute, has left us forever. The WGI, and Roland Naul in particular, enjoyed a decades-long friendship and connection with Soichi Ichimura. After completing his studies in psychology at the University of Illinois, USA, he became a ...
From June 29 to July 1, 2026, the Willibald Gebhardt Institute will host the CEREPS Summit 2026 at the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster. This event, in cooperation with CEREPS as a European research network in the field of physical education and school sports, offers the WGI and the Institute of Sports Science ...
Dear members, dear affiliates and dear friends of the WGI, on November 19, 2025, we held WGI’s Annual General Assembly in the beautiful Luisensaal of Hotel Kaiserhof in Münster. The regular elections resulted in a number of changes to the executive board. Helga Leineweber, head of the “Education ...