Youth Policy, Citizenship Education and Olympic Games Legacies

Sandra Borges Tavares is an invited Assistant Professor at the Portuguese Catholic University and an integrated research member of the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC) at the same University. She has a PhD in Youth, Media and Memory Studies from the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London, UK. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Media, Youth, Citizenship and Media Literacy.

• Chapter 1: Looking back, looking forward: the role of youth memories and imaginaries in setting a new Olympic Games’ legacy discourse.- Chapter 2:The Olympic Games: a catalyst for youth civic engagement and participation in society.- Chapter 3: London 2012 and Rio 2016, the memories of young Londoners and the imaginaries of “cariocas” of the Olympic Games.- Chapter 4.- Towards a new policy for the youth legacy of the Olympic Games.