New publication: Olympic humanitarianism – the fundamental principles of Olympism
The Journal of Olympic History recently features on the cover of its latest number my article “Olympic humanitarianism: the fundamental principles of Olympism”. While I have published shorter articles on the same topic before in Culture @ the Olympics and Sportanddev.org this is the…
My PhD Thesis in the British Library
British Council Researcher Links – Early Career Researcher workshops to be organized in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, medications Thailand (upcoming – 2014 – deputy coordinator) Fusion travel grant from Bournemouth University to organize workshops for journalists and journalism lecturers in Nepal (upcoming –…
ISDPA Power of Sport Summit – Olympism sessions
There were two Olympism sessions at the ISDPA Power of Sport Summit touching mainly on two major topics: youth (as in the Youth Olympic Games and Olympic Education) and Human Rights (as in the Charter as a human rights promotion mechanism and one on the…
The Twitter Olympics? I’d say the digital social activist Olympics.
Just days before the Games were ready to begin talks online were already debating the future of the Olympics and their relationship with the online, viagra approved social media. Many have asserted then that these Winter Games will mark the history of the Olympics by…
3rd International Business Sport Symposium
On February 19th, adiposity together with my supervisor Andy Miah and my PhD colleague Jennifer Jones, thumb I have attended the 3rd International Sport Business Symposium organized by UBC and the Johannes Guttenberg University of Mainz. The symposium brought olympic academics, IOC members and sports practitioners…