CCSE Professor addresses international conference on human rights and sport

Professor David McGillivray, Co-Director of CCSE, has delivered a keynote address at an international conference in Cape Town on the need for major sport events to take a more responsible approach to human rights and social justice. Professor McGillivray spoke at the World Association for Sport Management conference, where he set out the case for stronger accountability, better governance and a clearer focus on the impact major events can have on workers, communities and host cities.

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11th March 2026 0

CCSE representation at The Football Collective, November 2025

In the last week of November 2025, The Football Collective’s annual conference took place at the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park. The conference was hosted by Ulster university and provided the opportunity for over 120 attendees (academic and other interested parties) to come together to listen, learn, and debate on some of the contemporary issues within the football (soccer) landscape. The theme of the conference was Shaping critical agendas in football.

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6th January 2026 0

CCSE Visiting Scholar Dr Trudie Walters wraps up her Special Olympics project

For the past 3 months Dr Trudie Walters from Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki/Lincoln University in Aotearoa New Zealand has been a Visiting Scholar in the CCSE at UWS. She has been exploring the importance of Special Olympics involvement for intellectually disabled athletes, along with their wider network of family, coaches, club administrators and other volunteers, and support workers. In this blog post, she tells us a little about the project…

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15th September 2025 0

CCSE Deputy Director debates the social value of sporting and cultural events

On August 5th, as part of the famous Edinbrugh Festivals, CCSE Deputy Director, Professor David McGillivray, was invited to participate in the inaugural Centre for Events and Festivals (CEF) debate. Debate panellists were asked to consider, “Do large scale cultural festivals deliver more social value than major sporting events?” with David and his partner, Iain Edmondson, on the opposition side, arguing for the value of sporting events, against Professor Jane Ali-Knight and Lyndsey Jackson, from the Edinburgh Fringe making the case for cultural festivals.

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20th August 2025 0