FEPSAC Webinar: Cultural Intelligence in Sport – Insights from Research and Practice (Deniz Urgun)

WEDNESDAY 6th AUGUST

11:00 CET

Cultural Intelligence in Sport – Insights from Research and Practice

Next Wednesday, 6th August at 11:00 CET Deniz URGUN will be presenting our next FEPSAC webinar. 

This webinar explores cultural and intercultural approaches in sport psychology, focusing on the concept of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and its application in sports. The session addresses the cultural challenges that sports coaches face in diverse environments and presents a cross-cultural training programme designed to enhance their cross-cultural leadership skills. The training programme was developed through three phases: (a) interviews with coaches, coach educators, and sport psychologists to explore the cross-cultural challenges coaches face and the strategies they use to manage them; (b) a Delphi study involving iterative surveys with a panel of experts, including coach educators, sport psychologists, and cultural intelligence facilitators, to identify key content and components of the training programme; and (c) implementation and evaluation of the programme to assess its effectiveness in enhancing cultural intelligence and overall impact. This research supports the development of cultural intelligence among sports coaches to help create inclusive, supportive, and effective sporting environments

Deniz URGUN

Deniz Urgun is a doctoral researcher in Sport and Exercise Sciences at London South Bank University, specialising in cultural intelligence in sport. She completed her master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Winchester. Her PhD research focuses on the cross-cultural challenges coaches face when working with people from different cultural backgrounds, and she has developed a cross-cultural training programme for sports coaches. She also holds a Cultural Intelligence Facilitator Certificate, enabling her to help coaches improve their Cultural Intelligence (CQ) in sports settings. She works with Volleyball England as a Talent Pathway Sports Coach, supporting youth teams.