Dr Marie-Stephanie Abouna and Mme Balkis Lefebvre on the European Women in Sport (E-WinS) Erasmus project

The Women in Sport & Exercise Academic Network Podcast

In this podcast I talk to Marie-Stéphanie Abouna and Balkis Lefebvre. We talked about the 3-year, Erasmus+-funded project, E-WinS, but I also asked Marie-Stephanie about her research and future goals, and from Balkis, I asked about her tips on how to have success in applying for grants for large, multi-partner projects, from funding sources such as Erasmus+.

After working in various intercultural environments, Balkis Lefebvre has been working at CY Cergy Paris University European Affairs as a project officer in charge of managing and submitting European projects of the Erasmus+ Programme, in collaboration with her colleagues. She is currently involved in the organisation of activities in the EUTOPIA 2050 project, one of the 41 projects funded under the Erasmus+ “European Universities” call. She is also in charge of the project management of two selected Erasmus+ projects, of which CY is the coordinator: INPAD, a strategic partnership for school education and E-WinS, a collaborative partnership in the Sport action.

Marie-Stéphanie Abouna is an Associate Professor in sociology and head of a two-year University degree in Scientific and Technical Studies in Sport Management at CY-Ileps (Cergy Paris Université). She is a member of the Laboratory of Information and Communication Sciences (CIMEOS) in Dijon (France). Marie-Stéphanie’s research focuses on gender, sport, health and communication. She is particularly interested in women's football, studying aspects such as the influence of local and national contexts in its development through international comparisons, its visibility in social media, and its evolution of gender norms. She considers both popular and professional clubs such as Paris Saint Germain. She is currently working with a network of researchers and sport stakeholders from several European countries on two projects funded by the Erasmus+ Sport programme: "European Women in Sport" (E-WinS), for which she is the scientific leader, and "Sport without Stereotypes" (SWOST).