Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EventRights (Addressing inequality, enhancing diversity and facilitating greater dialogue in the hosting of sporting mega events.)
Berichtszeitraum: 2018-12-01 bis 2022-09-30
EventRights will seek to explore, and share knowledge, on the extent to which the landscape of major sport events (MSEs) can be improved to ensure a progressive, rights-focused agenda is pursued by awarding organizations, host governments and implemented in the formal institutions tasked with organizing these events. The project will produce recommendations as to how MSE organizing committees, awarding bodies, and the local/national state can be mandated to ensure that opportunities to address inequality, enhance diversity and facilitate greater dialogue are enshrined in the planning, delivery, and legacy plans for the events themselves.
We extend previous evidence provided in the scientific literature, practice, and public policy in three ways:
•we refer to the different stages that determine social outcomes of MSEs;
•we study the peculiarities of the different stakeholders that are involved in MSE management from an interdisciplinary perspective, providing insights into the different facets of the concept;
•we build up sustainable platforms for learning and knowledge sharing across European countries.
We extend previous evidence provided in the scientific literature, practice, and public policy in three ways:
•we refer to the different stages that determine social outcomes of MSEs;
•we study the peculiarities of the different stakeholders that are involved in MSE management from an interdisciplinary perspective, providing insights into the different facets of the concept;
•we build up sustainable platforms for learning and knowledge sharing across European countries.
Year 1 Key Results:
The EventRights PI appeared on NHK, the national host broadcaster for Tokyo 2020 to talk about the relevance of Paralympic legacy claims made for London and Rio and their relevance to Tokyo 2020.
Dr Duignan from Coventry appeared in the Guardian newspaper (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/24/ioc-tokyo-2020-olympic-games) to talk about his Tokyo zones project and Dr Piekarz from Coventry was interviewed by BBC correspondent Chris Jones to present his project whilst carrying out research at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Dr Koenigstorfer organized a workshop at St. Gallen University, where reporters from media organizations as well as the public audience (including Swiss Olympics representatives) joined to discuss human rights issues around the Olympic Games.
Year 2 Key Results:
Despite the negation of virtually all travel due to COVID-19 we still managed to put together some important outputs.
Online Mega Events and Human Rights Debates for Master Students: On Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th December 2020 we held a series of online debates for Master students from three of the project partners - Coventry University, Technical University of Munich and the University of the West of Scotland. A total of 32 teams of three students debated sixteen statements regarding various aspects of human rights and mega sporting events. Students were put into mixed-university teams of three about six weeks before the event, given their statement and told whether they were arguing for or against the statement. They then used the time before the event to meet online and prepare their arguments. At the event, moderated by project partner leads and accompanied by an expert judge from one of the partners, each debate consisted of each team presenting their arguments alternatively with each member being given exactly five minutes. Once all six team members had presented they were then given 10 minutes to ask each other questions on the opposing teams presentations and debate the statement further. Finally, each team was given one minute to provide a summing up statement in support of their argument. Both teams were then given feedback on both the content of their presentations and their style of presentation from the expert judge.
International Olympic Academy Sessions for Young Participants and the session for Directors of National Olympic Academies: Dr. Brittain was able to persuade the Honorary Dean of the International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Greece and EventRights Partner Lead for UoP, Prof Kostas Georgiadis for the IOA to make ‘EventRights: Human Rights, Diversity and Inclusion in Sport’ the main theme for all of their sessions to be held in 2020. Although due to the pandemic the sessions all had to be held online with smaller audiences than usual EventRights had two project members (Prof McGillivray, UWS) and Dr Mike Duignan (CU) invited as lecturers for the Session for Young Participants with Dr Brittain invited as an observer. Dr Brittain was also invited as a lecturer at the session for Directors of National Olympic Academies.
EventRights Poster Exhibition: Following the addition of the new Japanese partner we were able to complete our poster exhibition for the project which covers eleven different issues connection to human rights, diversity and inclusion in connection with sporting mega events as well as an explanation of the project and terminology. It can be accessed at: http://eventrights.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Event-Rights-Posters-compressed-.pdf. There is also an accompanying booklet that goes with the exhibition that gives more detail regarding each issue and recommended further reading. It can be accessed at: http://eventrights.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Events-Rights-Notebook.pdf
The EventRights PI appeared on NHK, the national host broadcaster for Tokyo 2020 to talk about the relevance of Paralympic legacy claims made for London and Rio and their relevance to Tokyo 2020.
Dr Duignan from Coventry appeared in the Guardian newspaper (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/24/ioc-tokyo-2020-olympic-games) to talk about his Tokyo zones project and Dr Piekarz from Coventry was interviewed by BBC correspondent Chris Jones to present his project whilst carrying out research at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Dr Koenigstorfer organized a workshop at St. Gallen University, where reporters from media organizations as well as the public audience (including Swiss Olympics representatives) joined to discuss human rights issues around the Olympic Games.
Year 2 Key Results:
Despite the negation of virtually all travel due to COVID-19 we still managed to put together some important outputs.
Online Mega Events and Human Rights Debates for Master Students: On Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th December 2020 we held a series of online debates for Master students from three of the project partners - Coventry University, Technical University of Munich and the University of the West of Scotland. A total of 32 teams of three students debated sixteen statements regarding various aspects of human rights and mega sporting events. Students were put into mixed-university teams of three about six weeks before the event, given their statement and told whether they were arguing for or against the statement. They then used the time before the event to meet online and prepare their arguments. At the event, moderated by project partner leads and accompanied by an expert judge from one of the partners, each debate consisted of each team presenting their arguments alternatively with each member being given exactly five minutes. Once all six team members had presented they were then given 10 minutes to ask each other questions on the opposing teams presentations and debate the statement further. Finally, each team was given one minute to provide a summing up statement in support of their argument. Both teams were then given feedback on both the content of their presentations and their style of presentation from the expert judge.
International Olympic Academy Sessions for Young Participants and the session for Directors of National Olympic Academies: Dr. Brittain was able to persuade the Honorary Dean of the International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Greece and EventRights Partner Lead for UoP, Prof Kostas Georgiadis for the IOA to make ‘EventRights: Human Rights, Diversity and Inclusion in Sport’ the main theme for all of their sessions to be held in 2020. Although due to the pandemic the sessions all had to be held online with smaller audiences than usual EventRights had two project members (Prof McGillivray, UWS) and Dr Mike Duignan (CU) invited as lecturers for the Session for Young Participants with Dr Brittain invited as an observer. Dr Brittain was also invited as a lecturer at the session for Directors of National Olympic Academies.
EventRights Poster Exhibition: Following the addition of the new Japanese partner we were able to complete our poster exhibition for the project which covers eleven different issues connection to human rights, diversity and inclusion in connection with sporting mega events as well as an explanation of the project and terminology. It can be accessed at: http://eventrights.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Event-Rights-Posters-compressed-.pdf. There is also an accompanying booklet that goes with the exhibition that gives more detail regarding each issue and recommended further reading. It can be accessed at: http://eventrights.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Events-Rights-Notebook.pdf
Despite the pandemic and loss of mobilities we have already managed around twenty publications, as well as a number of online conference and symposium presentations by project personnel. These include:
Articles:
Brittain, I. (2019) The Impact of Resource Inequality upon Participation and Success at the summer and winter Paralympic Games. Journal of the Nippon Foundation Paralympic Research Group, Vol. 12(Sept); p. 41-67.
Duignan, M.B. (In Press). Leveraging Tokyo 2020 to Re-Image Japan and the Olympic City, Post-Fukushima. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management.
Koenigstorfer, J. (2020). Human rights issues in host countries of the Olympic Games and resulting differences in consumer evaluations. European Sport Management Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2020.1850825
Lange de Souza, D. & Brittain, I. (2020) The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: The Visibility of People With Disabilities in Brazil as a Possible Legacy. Communication and Sport Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479520942739
McGillivray, D., Edwards, M., Brittain, I., Bocarro, J. & Koenigstorfer, J. (2018) A Conceptual Model and Research Agenda for Bidding, Planning and Delivering Major Sport Events that Lever Human Rights-Based Progressive Social Opportunities. Leisure Studies, Vol. 38(2), 175-190.
Neri, M. (Ed.), Evaluating the Local Impacts of the Rio Olympics, Routledge, U.K.
Conference Presentations
Brittain, I., 2020, Can the Paralympic Movement make society more inclusive? Iranian Paralympic Academy Symposium (Online), 26th November. Invited Keynote.
Duignan, M., 2020, Balancing Local and Global Interests in Mega-Event Cities: How Rio's Host Communities Leveraged the 2016 Olympic Games. 60th International Olympic Academy Session for Young Participants, Ancient Olympia, Greece (Online), 4th – 10th September. Invited Lecturer.
Koenigstorfer, J., 2019, The legacy of mega-events against the background of human rights issues, Impulse Summit of the Sports Business Forum, University of St. Gallen, 30th October. Expert Speaker.
McGillivray, D., 2020, Mega sport events and public space. 60th International Olympic Academy Session for Young Participants, Ancient Olympia, Greece (Online), 4th – 10th September. Invited Lecturer.
Articles:
Brittain, I. (2019) The Impact of Resource Inequality upon Participation and Success at the summer and winter Paralympic Games. Journal of the Nippon Foundation Paralympic Research Group, Vol. 12(Sept); p. 41-67.
Duignan, M.B. (In Press). Leveraging Tokyo 2020 to Re-Image Japan and the Olympic City, Post-Fukushima. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management.
Koenigstorfer, J. (2020). Human rights issues in host countries of the Olympic Games and resulting differences in consumer evaluations. European Sport Management Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2020.1850825
Lange de Souza, D. & Brittain, I. (2020) The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: The Visibility of People With Disabilities in Brazil as a Possible Legacy. Communication and Sport Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479520942739
McGillivray, D., Edwards, M., Brittain, I., Bocarro, J. & Koenigstorfer, J. (2018) A Conceptual Model and Research Agenda for Bidding, Planning and Delivering Major Sport Events that Lever Human Rights-Based Progressive Social Opportunities. Leisure Studies, Vol. 38(2), 175-190.
Neri, M. (Ed.), Evaluating the Local Impacts of the Rio Olympics, Routledge, U.K.
Conference Presentations
Brittain, I., 2020, Can the Paralympic Movement make society more inclusive? Iranian Paralympic Academy Symposium (Online), 26th November. Invited Keynote.
Duignan, M., 2020, Balancing Local and Global Interests in Mega-Event Cities: How Rio's Host Communities Leveraged the 2016 Olympic Games. 60th International Olympic Academy Session for Young Participants, Ancient Olympia, Greece (Online), 4th – 10th September. Invited Lecturer.
Koenigstorfer, J., 2019, The legacy of mega-events against the background of human rights issues, Impulse Summit of the Sports Business Forum, University of St. Gallen, 30th October. Expert Speaker.
McGillivray, D., 2020, Mega sport events and public space. 60th International Olympic Academy Session for Young Participants, Ancient Olympia, Greece (Online), 4th – 10th September. Invited Lecturer.