Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to reshape race and power.
Articles on Olympic legacy
Displaying all articles
Brisbane 2032 was supposed to be the first ‘climate-positive’ Olympic Games. But a quiet change to the host contract puts the commitment in doubt.
Brisbane is aiming to be the first Olympic Games host to make carbon savings greater than the emissions the event produces. That’s easier said than done, so what’s the plan to achieve this goal?
The number of cities interested in hosting the Olympics is falling – the authorities are scrambling to change this.
Research shows that hosting the Olympic Games rarely results in the legacy politicians aim for when selling the idea to the public.
Urban regeneration and tourism development are habitually touted as central reasons for a city to host the Olympics. Research shows that local people, however, often fail to benefit
Future Olympics will be required to report on their legacies for up to five years after the event under the IOC’s new framework.
Rio’s sex workers were hoping the 2016 games would also boost their trade – but they were wrong.
The lasting effects of Olympic Games are measured in more than just concrete stadiums.
Why children shouldn’t specialise in one sport too early.
A candid assessment of the impact of the games, from an academic on the ground.
The commonly believed mechanism for increasing sport participation assumes that elite sport performances result in a greater number of people taking up sport.
Corporations benefit from using public spaces during the Olympic Games – but Rio made sure local businesses also got a slice of the pie.
Looking back on the legacy of London 2012, it’s clear the local artistic community has lost out.
In a time when war and sports are the primary means of competition, Olympic gold has never been so valuable – or expensive.
Why we should stop panicking about whether the Olympic venues will be ready and start thinking about the long-term impacts of construction.
Hosting a mega-event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - and now some cities are starting to say ‘no’.
Conservative sport manifesto puts the elite ahead of the grassroots.
London’s Olympic Velodrome is opening to the public for the first time. The scene of great triumph for Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics, it should welcome droves of budding cyclists who hope to one…
Top contributors
-
Lecturer, Department for Health, University of Bath
-
Professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
-
Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
-
Adjunct Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
-
Lecturer in Event Management, University of the West of Scotland
-
Professor, Gender Equity and Sport, Griffith University
-
Associate Professor of Greek History, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Lecturer, Department for Health, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bath
-
Professor in Event and Digital Cultures, University of the West of Scotland
-
Reader in Tourism and Events, University of Westminster
-
Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University
-
Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada
-
Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh
-
Director, Cities of Culture Research Observatory, University of Liverpool
-
Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra