How inclusive was the Rio Olympics?
One of our Partner Leads, Prof Marcelo Cortes Neri, from the Fundacion Getulio Vargas has edited a...
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The impact of COVID-19 on the work of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) and its athletes.
Like all other sports organisations, the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation...
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What will post-COVID-19 imply for MSE’s and Human Rights? Possible lessons from large participant events.
Moving back a few months, few could have imagined that the commercial growth of mega sporting...
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2019 Japanese Rugby World Cup impact on human rights and the development of political capital
By Mark Piekarz, Coventry University The visit to Japan involved visiting 6 of the 12 stadiums and...
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Tokyo 2020: Tourism and sustainable development
Dr Mike Duignan reports from Tokyo. With respect to subject focus, I sought to examine various...
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Longitudinal study on the impact of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games upon the lived experience of people with disabilities living in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area
I visited Tokyo from 29th April to 30th May 2019 to commence a longitudinal study on the impact of...
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Exploring mega sport event governance: Chiara Rinaldi
I spent one month in mobility from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) to North Carolina State...
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EventRights consortium publish paper: progressive human rights outcomes in the context of MSE’s
Members of the EventRights consortium have published a paper setting out a conceptual model and research agenda for how progressive human rights outcomes may be obtained in the context of bidding, planning and implementing major sport events (MSEs).
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