Prof. em. dr. Jan Tolleneer is professor in sports history, comparative studies and applied ethics at KU Leuven, where he teaches movement sciences students (and before also rehabilitation sciences students). For more than twenty years he also lectured at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Ghent University (e.g. introduction to movement science and sports studies).
He is member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Regulation and Integrity of Sport (iCERIS), and lecturer in the Erasmus Mundus Program Master of Arts in Sports Ethics and Integrity (MAiSI) where he coordinates the Leuven module Integrity, Dis/Abilities and Welfare: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.
He published in major peer reviewed journals, and produced a number of books, e.g. in the Springer series ‘International Library of Ethics, Law and the New Medicine’: Athletic enhancement, human nature and ethics: Threats and opportunities of doping technologies. His research interests remain: applied ethical and interdisciplinary issues in sports & integrity, with a focus on youngsters and other vulnerable groups in society.
