Inequality in sport and exercise under COVID19: The impact of sport on a resilient society

Project description After education, the sports sector was the first to start after the 'lockdown'. Sport is considered important to mitigate problems as a result of the corona measures and thus contribute to a resilient society. But how can citizens be active? After all, poverty, care tasks, social isolation and / or health issues - caused or reinforced by the corona measures - can experience (too) high barriers to participation in sports and exercise. That is why changes in sports and exercise behavior of the population and of specific target groups are studied to see whether social inequality in sports is increasing or decreasing. In addition, the experiences of the specific target groups during COVID-19 and the effectiveness of policy efforts to enable everyone to participate and to optimize the social value are also discussed. Together we are able to come up with guidelines for a society in which everyone can (continue to) participate in sports and exercise.