The Department for Culture Media and Sport in partnership with Podium are delivering a joint event to encourage and discuss research and evaluation in relation to the London 2012 Games.

The Department for Culture Media and Sport has commissioned a consortium led by Grant Thornton, including Ecorys and Loughborough University, to undertake a comprehensive meta-evaluation of the outputs, outcomes, impacts, benefits, and value for money of investment in the 2012 Games. The meta-evaluation will pull together the results of evaluations of individual legacy programmes, projects and initiatives, and use these along with additional research to evaluate the overall legacy of the Games. It will aim to address overarching questions such as the impact of the Games on the UK economy and on the uptake of sport.

The Researching and Evaluating the Games Conference will serve to bring together academics from institutions across the UK to present on topics that fit within the four main areas of the London 2012 ‘legacy plan’.

Individuals and/or organisations are invited to submit papers for an oral presentation under the following four themes (Sport, Economic, Community Engagement or East London regeneration).

For the agenda for the conference please click here.

To book your free place, please visit: http://researchingthegames.eventbrite.com