By Mason Robbins University of Edinburgh How does 1914 Christmas Day Truce Affect Modern Peace-Building Initiatives? On a cold, windy day in the middle of the countryside, two groups with very different backgrounds and beliefs lined… Continue Reading Football and the 1914 Xmas Day Truce
By Grant Jarvie and Alex Richmond Sport for change is sometimes taken to mean sporting activities that are intentionally used to deliver social impact for individuals and communities beyond increasing participation or performance. The logic… Continue Reading Sport for Change : Some Women’s Voices from the Street
By Sheila Dixon and Grant Jarvie “The program is a family and they work together to give girls ‘TWO’ The Way Out using basketball”. “Where I come from it is really rough ……, it’s hard not… Continue Reading Sport, poverty and women: Some African-American basketball voices
By Stuart Murray Diplomacy today is much more than a rarefied, exclusive and secret dialogue between states. Governments the world over are experimenting with innovative types of public engagement such as cultural, digital and public diplomacy.… Continue Reading Sports diplomacy as an untapped source of globalised integration
By Pete Allison Penn State University and the University of Edinburgh European press coverage of the Middle East often portrays images of a war stricken region where women are oppressed and religious values contribute to intolerance.… Continue Reading Small steps can make a big difference
By Isabelle Boulert Key Facts Football, racism and anti-racism. Born in Jamestown, Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1865. Between 1885 and 1895 played as an amateur footballer for Darlington and Preston North End, then professionally for… Continue Reading Arthur Wharton, Racism and Sport: Past and Present
By Neil Rankin Is there now an opportunity to use sport to shape the provision of alternative education in Scotland? From the Commonwealth, to the United Nations to more local national governments there is a growing… Continue Reading Shaping alternative education through sport
By Dr Joel Rookwood How has football for peace worked in the Middle East?- Some observations: The Middle East can be considered a transcontinental region comprising approximately 370 million people who speak more than sixty languages… Continue Reading Football and peace in the Middle East
By Stuart Murray Post Beijing 2008, sport in China has continued to gain considerable attention. The growth of football, the part that China has played in developing sporting infrastructure in Africa and the development of a… Continue Reading Sport, China and Diplomacy: Beware of your own reflection!
By Grant Jarvie and Dominik Birnbacher The news that sport in Scotland is to be cut by 20% backs up research first released by Edinburgh University in the Scotsman back in December 2016.. Figures released by BBC indicated… Continue Reading Sports cuts will impact upon social opportunity and life chances
