📢📢Centre for Culture, Sport and Events annual symposium takes place on 📆8th June; Understanding & Measuring Value in Culture, (Sport) Events & Tourism. We've some great speakers lined up! 👀👇 to bag a place & join the discussion. We'd be delighted to see you eventbrite.co.uk/e/622385159767 Future Paisley

The Centre is working with host cities across Canada, Mexico and the USA in a groundbreaking project to promote and protect #ChildRights related to the FIFA World Cup 2026. Find more info below and get involved! #TogetherForBetter 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸 #WeAre26 | #Somos26

So pleased to have Amanda De Lisio / @adelisio.bsky.social speaking at our EventRights training school about her important work on mega events and informal economies, rights of sex workers and womens rights Western Health Sciences Western Sport and Social Impact Research Group

Great to hear Prof Gayle McPherson & Dr Liz Carlin talking about the Theechoproject.org work we’ve Ben doing w/ Laura Misener & team. Discussing challenges of recruitment & ethics of digital methodologies Centre for Culture, Sport and Events NASSM

Listening to David McGillivray Laura Misener Brian Clift and Laurence Chalip panel discussion on the impact of mega-sport events and human rights and how we counter some of that. NASSM Western Health Sciences UWS Centre for Culture, Sport and Events #uwsresearchmatters

UWS researchers been involved in a major summit looking at #humanrights abuses in sport. The event - which took place in Canada - looked at issues such as human trafficking, labour violations and environmental damage. Read more: uws.ac.uk/news/human-rig… #UWSResearchMatters

Mega sport events like the World Cup are bad news for human rights | HeraldScotland says ⁦David McGillivray⁩ heraldscotland.com/sport/23662985…

Sport at its best brings excitement, uncertainty of outcome, and fan/spectator involvement. Glasgow has done a great job today w/ the Mixed Relay para-cycling UCI Para-Cycling 2027 UCI Cycling Worlds Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc Spirit of 2012 Centre for Culture, Sport and Events

As we countdown 75 days to Human Rights Day, we're teaming up with Centre for Sport & Human Rights to spotlight the activism of 75 sports stars from around the world. Stay tuned to hear from athletes on the social issues they're fighting for & what they're doing to advance rights for all.

🏞️ Local communities living in cities that host mega sporting events often face abuses such as forced relocation, police brutality and gentrification. Sport governing bodies & event organizers must take steps to avoide these harms & ensure access to remedy. #HumanRights75

Good discussion w/ Susan Egelstaff & heatherdewar about all things major sport events, costs, benefits and legacies. The landscape of major sport events is changing w/ innovation & creativity in formats & more emphasis on purpose (or policy)-led approaches. Unclear CWG can adapt

Travelling football fans should have their human rights protected when enjoying EURO 2024. With Conor Wilson Callum McCloskey I've written for The Conversation on how German authorities have protected rights & what that means for visiting fans theconversation.com/euro-2024-why-… EventRights

We’ve had a surge of activity on the EventRights website recently…🔋 Take a look at some of the latest blogs uploaded, ranging from fan zone experiences at UEFA Euro 2024, to research mobilities in the US, Canada, Brazil and Japan! 🇩🇪🇺🇸🇨🇦🇧🇷🇯🇵 📝⬇️ eventrights.net/blog/

New blog on our webpage! 📩 PhD researcher Naheed Akhtar (Centre for Culture, Sport and Events) details the experience of presenting her work on equality, diversity and inclusion at the inaugural Event Management conference at the University of Central Florida. Check it out 👇 eventrights.net/2024/08/15/exp…

Delighted to have hosted a workshop EASM - 2024 this morning on Sport Events, Human Rights & Advocacy: Partnerships for Research Impact. Privileged to have welcomed Haifa & Helene Basket Pour Toutes to share their experience along w/ Laura Misener Rui Biscaia & Holger Preuss EventRights

Here at CCSE we’re keen to hear from final year undergraduates or those undertaking a Masters if they’re interested in working with us to apply for a PhD studentship in the sport, leisure, tourism areas. More information on our areas if interested here ccse.uws.ac.uk/2024/09/25/ccs…

We’re coming to the end of our funding and will soon be reporting on our achievements over the last few years. Our website is up to date and we’ll soon be publishing our final project film which will include contributions from academic and non academic partners!

Our EventRights project film comes out tomorrow as FIFA makes its 2030 &2034 announcements. Here’s a taster where Joanna Maranhão Sport & Rights Alliance talks about how athletes are treated. Pls share Prof Gayle McPherson Callum McCloskey Jason Bocarro Laura Misener Adam Talbot

As our project comes to a conclusion we’re delighted to release our final output - a film exploring the complex relationship between sport events and human rights eventrights.net/2024/12/11/meg….

As 2024 ends so does our FestivalsConnect project! It’s been great working w/ Spirit of 2012 looking at how festivals & events can effectively embed EDI in planning& delivery. Our final output is a film where Naheed Akhtar & I reflect on the project ccse.uws.ac.uk/blog/ Centre for Culture, Sport and Events