Tag: Conferences

The Sport and Politics Research International Network (SPRING) invites submissions for its fourth international conference, to be hosted at the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, University of Galway on 1–2 July 2027. This conference will examine the dynamic interplay between sport and identity across regional, national, and global contexts. We welcome contributions from scholars across disciplines, including (but not limited to) media and communication studies, film studies, sociology, political science, history, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Sport is a powerful social arena — a place in which social relations are both reproduced and transformed. Despite significant progress in women's participation in sport, gender inequalities persist across domains such as power, governance, media representation, economic resources, and career opportunities. This conference aims to foster interdisciplinary, critical dialogue on gender and sport in contemporary societies, linking historical perspectives with present-day challenges. Special emphasis is placed on understanding social change, as well as identifying structural constraints and transformative possibilities within the field of sport.

The 2027 Global Sport Business Association Conference invites participants to examine what is emerging, what is accelerating, and what must be reimagined. As sport continues to connect with entertainment, technology, tourism, health, education, and entrepreneurship, new opportunities are emerging across every level of the industry. These changes raise important questions about how sport is created, experienced, monetized, governed, and studied. Sessions may explore topics such as global sport markets, athlete entrepreneurship, sport technology, fan engagement, sponsorship and branding, sport tourism and more.

The 15th Annual International Conference of Czech Philosophy of Sport will take place at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport (FTVS), Charles University, Prague. We plan as usual to organise an in-person meeting, with no online presentations this year. The conference will be in English. We cordially invite you to participate in this event.

The 2026 NASSS conference in Calgary centers and explores the importance of time to how we imagine, experience, and make sense of sport and physical cultures. We often measure the body’s performance in increments of time, for instance in the seconds of the 100-meter dash or the basket scored just before the shot clock expires. Sport has a duration: the 90 minutes of a soccer match, for example, or the 80 minutes of rugby union. And sport often has a temporal rhythm, unfolding through seasons and off seasons that structure our investments of time, emotion, and (often) money. Here, time is a resource, and the ability to have and use time for sport or physical activity reflects broader structural inequalities of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, age, ability, and social class.

World Players Institute 2026 (WPI 2026) welcomes abstract and research proposal submissions which align with this year’s theme: ‘Where research takes the field: Informing decision making, bargaining, and practice in sport’. The selection process will heavily favour presentations and proposals which have clear pathways for impact through collective bargaining, advocacy, and policy change. Submissions from postgraduate students, early-career researchers, and scholars from the Global South are welcomed and encouraged.

From September 24 to 25, 2026, the international ENSE Forum will take place at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol. In times of global challenges – from climate change and social polarization to increasing physical inactivity – sports education is becoming increasingly important as the key to health, wellbeing and connection. The European Network of Sport Education (ENSE) is an international non-profit organization and has been active in the field of sport education in Europe since 1989.

Join us at Breaking Barriers, a transformative conference exploring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Sports. Unveil the power of equality and sustainability, disrupting norms in the sports industry. Gain insights, forge collaborations, and be part of shaping a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future for sports. Break barriers with us! This conference offers not only innovative papers and engaging keynotes but also industry-expert led workshops and discussion panels. It is open to both academics and professionals, creating a unique platform for dialogue and collaboration.

Sport is everywhere in social life, yet for decades it remained marginal in Geography. Early works were mostly descriptive, while only from the 1990s onward did scholars such as John Bale and Gilmar Mascarenhas begin to treat sport as an analytical object. Even today, its full recognition as a legitimate field of geographic inquiry is still emerging. These seminars seek to advance a critical geography of sport. We present contributions that use geographic categories rigorously to analyze sport as a spatial, territorial, scalar, and identity-based phenomenon.

The TechSportLab Workshop explores the intersection between technologies, sports training, and performance optimization; analyzes how emerging technologies, ranging from artificial intelligence to biometric analysis, are revolutionizing training methods, injury prevention, and performance assessment; and emphasizes how the synergy between technology and human movement can drive innovation in sports performance and training methodologies.