Assessing the impact of the Tokyo 2020ne Paralympic Games on accessible transport in Tokyo and beyond.

By Dr Ian Brittain and Prof David Jarvis (Coventry University), April – May 2024.

In early April 2024 Dr Brittain, a specialist in the study of the Paralympic Games and it’s legacies, and Prof David Jarvis, a specialist in transport policy, both from the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University, travelled to Tokyo for six and a half weeks to study the impact of the Tokyo 2020ne Paralympic Games on accessible transport in Tokyo and beyond.

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20th May 2024

Vila Autódromo, the favela that stood up to the Olympic Games, eight years on

By Dr Adam Talbot, Centre for Culture, Sport & Events, University of the West of Scotland

As part of my recent EventRights mobility to Rio de Janeiro, I revisited Vila Autódromo, a favela community that became emblematic of evictions linked to mega-events in the city.

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15th May 2024

EventRights Scholars Draw Attention to Qatar World Cup Human Rights Concerns

By Jason Bocarro

As Qatar looks to kick off the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, human rights issues – ranging from migrant worker deaths to treatment of LGBTQ+ people – have come under scrutiny.

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21st November 2022 0

EventRights host Symposium on Sport Events and Human Rights

Hosted by the Centre for Culture, Sport & Events at UWS, Foregrounding a Rights-Based Agenda for Sport Events: Insights from Research and Practice, took place virtually on 20th June 2022.

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21st July 2021 0

Eventrights scholars participate in IOA’s Young Participants session

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1st October 2020 0

Olympic Values Gain Importance from People’s Perspective when there are Human Rights Violations

By Dr Joerg Koenigstorfer

The United States of America will host the Olympic Games in 2028 (Los Angeles).

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4th September 2020 0

How inclusive was the Rio Olympics?

One of our Partner Leads, Prof Marcelo Cortes Neri, from the Fundacion Getulio Vargas has edited a newly published book from Routledge entitled Evaluating the Local Impacts of the Rio Olympics.

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3rd August 2020 0

Tokyo 2020: Tourism and Sustainable Development

Dr Mike Duignan reports from Tokyo.

With respect to subject focus, I sought to examine various place and tourism management, marketing and sustainable development opportunities challenges inherent in the lead up and soon to be live staging of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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14th November 2019 0

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 29^th April to 30^th May 2019 to commence a 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.

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20th September 2019 0

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