We are delighted to announce that the PSA’s 2022 Annual Lecture will take place online on Thursday 15 December at 7pm GMT, in partnership with SAGE Publishing. We are pleased that Laura McAllister, Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales at Cardiff University’ has agreed to give this year’s lecture with the BBC’s Political Correspondent Emma Vardy returning to chair the event.
An expert in sports governance, and a former Wales international football captain, Professor McAllister’s lecture coincides with the 2022 Men’s Football World Cup. She will draw upon her considerable experience in public policy to reflect on the issues of governance and exceptionalism that surround sport, and football in particular, and the opportunities and risks of holding sporting events in states like Qatar.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session where audience members will be able to participate by submitting their questions for discussion.
You can book to attend this event by following the ‘Register Online’ button at the bottom of the page. We will circulate the Webinar link just prior to the event.
If you have any queries, please email events@psa.ac.uk and we will be happy to help.
Speaker
Laura McAllister is a Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales, Cardiff University. Professor McAllister is an expert on devolution, Welsh politics and elections, public policy and leadership, gender and political representation. She is the Director of the Football Association of Wales Trust and Deputy Chair of the UEFA Women’s Football Committee. Professor McAllister was also a former board member for UK Sport and the former chair of Sport Wales.
Chair
Emma Vardy is the BBC’s Ireland Correspondent covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the BBC’s flagship news programmes. Emma’s reports can be seen/heard on the BBC Six and Ten o’clock news as well as on BBC World, the Today programme and other outlets.
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