Güven Alarslan is a PhD researcher at the chair group Health and Society. He holds a BSc in Biomedical Sciences and a MSc in Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in the Health and Life Sciences (MPA) with a specialization in Health & Life Sciences-based Management and Entrepreneurship. His PhD research aims to create a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of life skill development and transfer, contribute to science with new theory regarding the critical elements of sports programs that facilitate the transfer of positive experiences to other life domains, and develop a framework to study the societal costs and benefits of sports programs for vulnerable adults.