By Grant JarvieThe Spirit of Eric Liddell The Chinese born Scottish athlete, Eric Liddell story is so in part captured by Zhang Huijie in The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia, edited by one of our… Continue Reading The Spirit of Eric Liddell
By Grant Jarvie In 2019 the relationship between sport, modern slavery and human trafficking once again emerged as a significant concern. Much of the existing research has focused upon a limited number of areas. Sports and… Continue Reading Sport, modern slavery and human rights: reflecting upon 2019 and 2020.
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 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
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 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 Grant Jarvie and Paul Widdop What does Brexit mean for Scottish sport? The landscape of Scottish sport will be changed as result of the Brexit decision to leave Europe. As at June 2016 Approximately 50… Continue Reading Brexit and sport: who is keeping the score?
