Doctoral Candidate 16 (DC 16) Name: Nita Gjikolli
Email Address: [email protected]
Personal Information: Nita Gjikolli, is a Sport Integrity Consultant, with extensive experience in sport safeguarding and anti-doping.
Abiding by her core beliefs of integrity and respect, she has graduated with distinction from the prestigious Erasmus Masters in Sport Ethics and Integrity (MAiSI), has been certified as a Safeguarding Officer in Sport from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and has completed the US Department of State “Empower Women through Sports” program where she teamed up with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).
Having worked with various stakeholders, from the Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU) in Salzburg/Austria, to national bodies like the Kosovo Olympic Committee, Kosovo Anti-Doping Agency, and Kosovo’s Ministry of Sport, Nita’s commitment to sports integrity spans broad.
Her passion for the field has taken her to seven countries where she lived, studied, and worked, forging connections with leaders and educators in sports from around the world.
She is currently based in Lausanne/Switzerland where she is pursuing her joint PhD on Prevention and Management of Abuse and Harassment in Sport, partnering with the IOC.
Home University: UNIL
Planned Secondments:
(1) Host University: SWAN
(2) Industrial Partner: IOC
Supervisors: Prof Dr Lucie Schoch, UNIL; Prof Dr Camilla Knight, SWAN
Project Description: Identify best practices in safeguarding policies and propose innovative recommendations towards sports organisations to better prevent and manage harassment and abuse from occurring in sport.