Verity Postlethwaite – The Conversation

Britain’s Paralympic team at the London 2012 opening ceremony. Jonathan Brady/EPA

September 6, 2024

Four reasons the UK should bid for the 2040 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Mathew Dowling, Loughborough University and Verity Postlethwaite, Loughborough University

As sport researchers, we meticulously study international sporting events, focusing on their impacts and legacies.

Penari tampil dalam perayaan di Sydney menjelang Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA 2023. EPA-EFE/Steven Markham

August 8, 2023

Piala Dunia Wanita FIFA: bagaimana diplomasi olahraga yang lebih baik dapat membantu perkembangan sepak bola perempuan

Verity Postlethwaite, Loughborough University; Claire Jenkin, University of Hertfordshire, and Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, SOAS, University of London

FIFA menghadapi rintangan dalam menyeimbangkan uang dan aspek moral untuk mengembangkan Piala Dunia Wanita.

Dancers perform during a celebration in Sydney ahead of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup. EPA-EFE/Steven Markham

August 3, 2023

Women’s World Cup: how better sports diplomacy can help women’s football grow

Verity Postlethwaite, Loughborough University; Claire Jenkin, University of Hertfordshire, and Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, SOAS, University of London

Fifa is facing a bumpy road to balancing money and moral aspects of growing the Women’s World Cup.

The end of the glory years for the U.S. Women’s National Team? AP Photo/Claude Paris

July 19, 2023

Women’s World Cup will highlight how far other countries have closed the gap with US – but that isn’t the only yardstick to measure growth of global game

Adam Beissel, Miami University; Andrew Grainger, Western Sydney University; Julie E. Brice, California State University, Fullerton , and Verity Postlethwaite, Loughborough University

The US national team is the favorite going into the tournament in New Zealand and Australia. But growth in the global game has seen others catch up.

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August 12, 2022

London 2012: what the Olympic Games’ legacy of sustainability means for events today

Verity Postlethwaite, SOAS, University of London; Eleni Theodoraki, University College Dublin, and Mike Duignan, University of Surrey

Today’s mega-events are often greener because of what was pioneered in 2012.

Giving greater visibility to paralympic sports is only part of what is needed to make inclusivity a reality for all. HelloWorld Images | Alamy

July 27, 2022

London 2012’s legacy boosted Paralympic sport, but disabled people’s lives have worsened

Ian Stuart Brittain, Coventry University; Mike Duignan, University of Surrey, and Verity Postlethwaite, SOAS, University of London

Mega-events like the Olympics have the potential to start important conversations around societal change. But improving the lives of disabled people takes much more than that.

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