Twelfth International Conference on Sport & Society
- 2021 Special Focus—Sport and Society in Crisis
- 24-25 June 2021
- Hosted by: The University of Granada, Spain (Virtual)
The impact of the ongoing Covid-19 health crisis has disrupted many regular aspects of life and therewith had considerable effects on the sporting world as well as on the physical and mental well-being of people around the world. On the elite level, the move of the Olympic Games to 2021 has led to significant disruptions to the sporting calendars. On the recreational level, access to regular sporting or exercise routines has been largely restricted. Many questions have come out of the current situation that we seek to answer at this year’s Sport & Society Conference. How can spectators safely return to mega-sport events? What psychological, physical and social impact did the Covid-19 lockdown have on elite athletes and leisure sport participants? What role can new technologies play in safeguarding sporting activities on all levels? We want to focus on the economic, social and cultural impact of crises in sport, including learning from other sectors and from sport’s history of (not) dealing with challenges in the past.
Professor, University of Granada, Spain
Lecturer, University of Granada, Spain
The Twelfth International Conference on Sport & Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, UK
Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, Canada
Professor, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain, and Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Professor, Universidad Isabel I de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2021 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
The University of New England, U.S.A.
Drexel University, U.S.A.
The University of Calgary, Canada
Catawba College, U.S.A.
Graduate Institute of Sport, Leisure, and Hospitality Management, Taiwan
University of Vigo, Spain
The University of the West, Scotland
General Practice Academic Clinical Fellow, Queen's University, Northern Ireland
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, USA
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, USA
Granada, Spain