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 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 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 Cora Burnett University of Johannesburg, Professor and Director, Olympic Academy & Global Fellow University of Edinburgh, Academy of Sport Having been in the space of sport for development (SfD) for more than two decades, I… Continue Reading And I thought Apartheid was over…but it is a global condition?
By Professor Michael Ego University of Connecticut- Stamford The text below was developed from the address presented at a one day symposia on Sport, Dementia and Mental Health hosted by The Scottish Football Museum in partnership… Continue Reading Sport, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: Cause, Cure and Compassion?
By Grant Jarvie October 18 1968 In the course of 48 hours, Tommie Smith and John Carlos went from being celebrated to hated by many Americans. Two days after winning gold and bronze in the 200… Continue Reading 48 years to the day & anti-racism vigilance still needed in and through sport
By By Dr Paul Widdop, Dr Dan Parnell and Tony Asghar This summer, even for the hedonistic consumption of the Premier League, was unprecedented. Spending topped one billion pounds, with Manchester United breaking the World transfer… Continue Reading The ‘networked’ rise and power of the football super-agent
By Michael Crawley In a two-part series in the New York times entitled ‘Man vs Marathon,’ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/sports/two-hour-marathon-yannis-pitsiladis.html?_r=0Jeré Longman has taken a thorough look at Janos Pitsiladis’ project to accelerate the process which will, almost certainly, eventually… Continue Reading The Two Hour Marathon: Who is it for?
By Dr Paul Widdop and colleagues A preliminary study into the trading networks of English Premier League Football Clubs suggests that West Ham United might have the most to learn from this data. Dr Paul Widdop,… Continue Reading English Premier League Trading Study – Preliminary Findings
