Endarman Achieves Doctoral Degree In France Blessings Tour De Singkarak

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JAKARTA - Jambi University lecturer Endarman Saputra, who recently maintained his dissertation in front of the review board at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (University of Lyon), France on December 15, 2023, was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of sports management.

"Endarman Saputra's dissertation review board consists of experts in the fields of Sport Management and Marketing, Sporting Event, Sport Tourism, Sport Branding and Sport Sociology," reads an official statement from Endarman.

Quoting Antara, the examiners are Professor Nicolas Chanavat of Universit\'e de Rouen Normandie, Professor Bastien Soul\'e of Universit\'e de Lyon 1, Doctor Anne-Marie Lebrun of Universit\'e de Bourgone Franche-Comt\'e, Doctor No\'emi Garcia-Arjona of Universit\'e Renne 2.

The dissertation review board praised the seriousness in working on doctoral dissertation. Overall, Endarman Saputra has done an interesting job, based on a qualitative and quantitative study.

According to the test board, this dissertation is a well-quality work that allows us to better understand the motivation behind the creation of Tour de Singkarak and the perception of the local Indonesian population about Tour de Singkarak, and in what way this bicycle racing event affects the ecosystem around local residents.

Endarman Saputra was guided by Guillaume Bodet who is an experienced Professor and has an international reputation in sports marketing, sport tourism and sports events.

Endarman is financed by the Advance Knowledge and Skills for Sustainable Growth in Indonesia (AKSI) Project which is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Endarman Saputra managed to complete his doctoral education within three years. This is an extraordinary achievement, considering that in the study area, namely at the Laboratory of Vulnerability and Innovation in Sport, on average it takes four years to complete the study.

Endarman took the title of his dissertation Developing Tourism With New Sporting Events: Evaluating the Tour de Singkarak's Impacts on Indonesian Residents

According to the review board, Endarman Saputra's doctoral dissertation discussed original and interesting issues. This research is interesting because it provides a critical understanding for several parties (namely policymakers, event organizers, and stakeholders in society who aim to strengthen the prestige of sporting events and increase public satisfaction and stimulate loyalty.

This study highlights the need for a balanced and comprehensive approach in the preparation and implementation of sporting events to ensure an increase in positive impact on stakeholders interested in the project.

From a different perspective, this doctoral work includes two different studies that explain about the Tour de Singkarak sporting event.

The first study aims to gain an understanding of the motivation behind the creation of Tour de Singkarak through the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) lens or the theory of actor networks and socio-technical analysis.

Then the study is also based on a qualitative approach, using interviews with various stakeholders such as local governments, organizers and others.

Then, the number two study focused on measuring and examining the perceptions of the local population of West Sumatra regarding Tour de Singkarak and in what way this cycling event had an impact on their surrounding ecosystem.

This research is to test the innovation process created and the impact of Tour de Singkarak.

In this context, Endarman Saputra highlighted the fact that Lake Singkarak is an attractive destination for local and foreign tourists. He also mentioned that Lake Singkarak supports various tourism activities.

In addition, the number one section also provides an overview of the elements related to research projects.

Endarman Saputra also discussed the following topics in a sequentially, namely organizing major sporting events to improve the image and popularity of a place, the relationship between sporting events and sports tourism, sporting events in Indonesia, Tour de Singkarak.

Research aimed at Tour de Singkarak, justification for this research, methodology, and statements of the problem. In this context, Endarman Saputra presents stakeholders theory and Actor-Network Theory sequentially.

In particular, he emphasized the fact that the theory of a network of actors is a relevant theory as this theory studies about the network of actors.

The origin of the idea of Tour de Singkarak and stakeholders using the socio-technical graph approach of network theory is explained in the first part. In the second part Endarman discussed four translation moments by using the Callon (1986) Obligatory Passage Point (OPP) approach, namely four roblematicization moments, interception, enrollation and mobilization.

Endarman Saputra also emphasized that these two parts are an inseparable part in explaining the innovation process in sporting events involving many stakeholders. He highlighted the fact that the Tour de Singkarak innovation process was a collective work among several key actors.

In the dissertation, Endarman Saputra conveyed several practical implications as follows:

Emphasizing coherence and community development as integral components of the planning of sporting events.

Implementing initiatives that facilitate local population interactions, creating jobs, and contributing to long-term economic growth.

Developing an effective communication strategy to increase awareness and engagement among the local community, deals with various levels of interest revealed in survey data.

Reducing Negative Impacts: Evaluating the potential negative impact on local residents and implementing steps to minimize disturbances to daily life.