By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
During a UEFA Champions League match in 2013, Greenpeace activists unfurled a large banner from a stadium roof to reveal to the statement ‘Don’t Foul the Arctic’. This was in response to Russian oil and gas corporation Gazprom engaging in high risk oil exploration in one of the world’s most...
Gazprom and its sponsorship of football. From sex without a condom to major strategic threat
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
Athlete activism faces stress test amid claims of sport washing
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
Two of the world’s best male footballers, Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, have both reportedly turned down recent approaches from Saudi Arabia to take part in the country’s latest tourism. With the government in Riyadh having embarked upon a multi-billion dollar investment programme, tourism and sport are...
Le monde du sport fait partie des nombreux domaines touchés de plein fouet par la crise du Covid-19. Au-delà des compétitions en elles-mêmes, nombreuses sont les conséquences aussi bien pour les États et leur diplomatie sportive, que pour l’égalité entre athlètes. Entretien avec Estelle Brun, chargée de recherche à l’IRIS....
Sport : comment le Covid-19 a-t-il impacté sa dimension géopolitique ?
par Estelle E. Brun, chargée de recherche à l'IRIS
TES-D : A New Erasmus+ Sport Project for the Development of a Sport Diplomacy for the European Union
Sport, “a powerful change agent”: an interview with Richard Lapchick
Interview with Richard Lapchick, founder and director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar and author. Conducted by Estelle E. Brun, Research Associate at IRIS.
Interview with Richard Lapchick, founder and director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar and author. Conducted by Estelle E. Brun, Research Associate at IRIS.
Sport amidst US elections Sport is often imagined as a means to unify and foster a common sense of belonging. Whereas modern presidents of the United States had traditionally used sports to appeal to a wide, bipartisan public in an attempt to unify Americans, Donald Trump deliberately politicised sport to...
Michel Pautot, docteur en droit, avocat au barreau de Marseille, conseille et assiste des sportifs de renom et des structures sportives. Il intervient au Master II Droit du sport à l’Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. Il répond aux questions de Pascal Boniface à l’occasion de la parution de son ouvrage...
The GCC, Qatar/Saudi Relations and the Future Outlook for Sport
Interview with Dr Andrea Krieg, Lecturer at the Kings College (London, UK), and Dr Kristian Ulrichsen from th Rice University (US), led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school interviews Dr Andrea Krieg, Lecturer at the Kings College (London, UK), and Dr Kristian Ulrichsen from th Rice University (US).
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
World Cup the Winner in GCC Denouement Though Questions for Sport Remain
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have finally made-up, after almost four years of sometimes bitter diplomatic feuding. Many in sport will consequently be breathing a sigh of relief, not least FIFA (with the World Cup looming) which now will not have to contend with the implications of travel blockades, vicious...
A play-by-play of sports and climate change
Interview with Madeleine Orr, Founder and Co-Director of The Sport Ecology Group, and Brian McCullough, Co-Director of the Sport Ecology Group, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
Interview with Madeleine Orr, Founder and Co-Director of The Sport Ecology Group, and Brian McCullough, Co-Director of the Sport Ecology Group, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
Sports diplomacy, small nations and the case of Wales
Interview with Gavin Price, an independent expert at Bond University (Australia) focused on sports diplomacy and intercultural relations, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
Interview with Gavin Price, an independent expert at Bond University (Australia) focused on sports diplomacy and intercultural relations, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
Netflix and Nations prompt surge in football club acquisitions
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
This may have been the year of Covid-19 and its brutal consequences, but the virus does not appear to have disrupted one area of activity: football club takeover deals. Indeed, although many clubs and governing bodies across the world have grappled with an absence of fans and ticket revenues, some...