Tag: Research Profile

Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical inactivity and potential policy solutions

Dr David Meir, Lecturer in Sport & Physical Education

I have worked at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) for 8 years as a lecturer in sport and physical education. Over the last two years I have been involved in the production of two articles that explore sport and physical activity policy in Scotland. The first of these articles was entitled Country Profile: Sport and Physical Activity Policy in Scotland. Country profiles are a specific publication format for the International Journal of Sport Politics and Policy, and their intention is to increase awareness of the global diversity of sport policy and politics. I have written previously about this article for CCSE should you wish to explore the findings further.

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Mega sport events and human rights focus of new CCSE film

Mega sporting events and human rights are at the centre of a new documentary film produced by Professor David McGillivray and other CCSE colleagues, in collaboration with an international group of academic and non-academic partners.

The film, titled EventRights: Progressing Human Rights in Sport Events was produced by UWSโ€™ FIRE base, as an outcome of the EventRights research project, and explores the potential for mega sport events like the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup to shine a light on and advocate positively for progressive social change, within host communities and beyond.

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CCSEโ€™s Annual Symposium: โ€œCultural Regeneration, Policy, Impact & Supporting the Sector.โ€ Future Paisley & Beyond.

Itโ€™s possible that, for many of those gathered in Paisley Town Hallโ€™s Jacquard Suite on Tuesday afternoon, Future Paisley has been a fixture in their lives for longer than they might care to admit.

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A Whistle Stop Tour of Events Right at the Heart of the Cycle Messenger World Champs, Yokohama, JPN ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

I have just finished a research project in Japan. While travelling around, I had the opportunity to attend the Cycle Messenger World Championships taking place in Yokohama and, to attempt to form an understanding of these events through the lens of a community-based tourism that re-enforces the right to the city for bicycle messengers. ย 

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Measuring Wellbeing: Gauging (Mental) Wellbeing Benefits of Arts & Cultural Participation

As part of CCSE’s ongoing collaboration with Renfrewshire Council, and relating to their wide ranging Future Paisley Programme, CCSE is committed to developing a suite of resources to assist Council colleagues with their ongoing work and, to contribute to Future’s Paisley‘s legacy.

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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Soft Power or Soft Disempowerment?

In the past 3 and half years, I have been investigating the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a soft power tool. I have taken a holistic approach in the context of understanding my case study, this holistic research approach arose because I have never travelled to Japan and I have never experienced the Japanese culture in reality.

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