By Jianing QiaoSport for Development (SFD) initiatives use sports to foster social inclusion, particularly among disengaged youth. This blog applies Nancy Fraser’s social justice framework—redistribution, recognition, and representation—to examine how two UK-based sport social enterprises collaborate… Continue Reading Sport for Development As Social Justice : A Critical Reflection.
1. The 2026 Commonwealth Games provides an opportunity for Scotland and the Commonwealth to have a reset about how nations use sport. 2. At cabinet level sport is primarily… Continue Reading A Sporting Reset for Sport, Scotland and the Commonwealth Games.
The Deloitte Money League 2025 reports a 11.2bn (euros) generated by clubs with Real Madrid sitting at the top of the league. For clubs in the league match day revenue was the fastest growing revenue stream,… Continue Reading Deloitte 2025 Football Money League Confirms Continued Growth in Women’s Football
By Ellen Jackson and Grant Jarvie Brentford FC Community Sports Trust was established in 1987, making Brentford FC one of the first football clubs to launch a community football project. Brentford FC Community Sports Trust was… Continue Reading Sports Observations 2: Brentford Football Club Community Trust, Community and Empowerment in London
Ellen Jackson and Grant Jarvie Girls United, Community and Empowerment is a synopsis of one of two Academy of Sport reports that considers how community focused organisations in London use football to empower girls and… Continue Reading Sports Observations 1: Girls Football, Community and Empowerment in London
The Donald Ross Society and Golf Jake Barrett University of Edinburgh The Donald Ross Society was founded in 1989, primarily to commemorate Donald J. Ross and his historic role as the designer of over 400 courses in… Continue Reading The Donald Ross Society – Exploratory Research
By Grant Jarvie, Paul Widdop, Jake Barrett, Danny Bisland and Jen Malone Football is a hugely important part of Edinburgh’s social fabric and its potential for building connections between people at home and abroad has still to… Continue Reading Edinburgh Futures, Football and the City
By Grant Jarvie University of Edinburgh Chair of Sport and founder of The Academy of Sport. On the 28th of March Edinburgh hosted the Scottish launch of the new Netflix Film The Beautiful Game starring the… Continue Reading The Beautiful Game
By Haylie Wright Sometimes I wonder who I am and what is the right or wrong way to live or be’[1]. ‘People usually run from us when they know we used to be child soldiers.… Continue Reading Reintegration Processes for Former Child Soldiers: Should Sport Matter?
By Grant Jarvie, Ross Walker, Amy Woodgate, Fan Hong Eric Henry Liddell was born on the 16th January 1902. The Paris Olympics of 2024 also marks 100 years since the Olympic events of 1924, in… Continue Reading Sacrifice, Compassion and an Inspiration: Eric Henry Liddell – 100 Years – A Timeline and a Tribute
