Tag: 2026 FIFA World Cup
Call for Papers | Sport, Psychoanalysis, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup | Cogent Social Sciences
The World Cup offers a rich site for psychoanalytic inquiry. Whether in relation to nationalism, fandom, desire, identification, embodiment, spectacle, media, race, gender, inequality, anxiety, enjoyment, failure, or collective belonging, the tournament continues to generate profound emotional investment across players, fans, nations, and media institutions. This provides an important opportunity to think critically about why sport matters, and why football, in particular, continues to occupy such a powerful place in our social and subjective lives.
Call for Participation | “The 2026 World Cup: Human Rights, Sportswashing, & Authoritarianism”, CCSE Talk | Free online seminar, May 20, 2026, 5pm CEST
The Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland is pleased to announce our next FREE ONLINE SEMINAR, which will take place on the 20th of May at 5pm CEST. The theme for this seminar is “The 2026 World Cup: Human Rights, Sportswashing, & Authoritarian”, featuring Drs Jules Boykoff and Callum McCloskey.
Call for Papers | “The 2026 FIFA World Cup: Performance, Policy, and Global Impact”, Special Issue of Football Studies | Call ends December 1, 2026
This Special Issue of Football Studies explores the multifaceted impact of the expanded FIFA World Cup. It welcomes contributions that address athlete preparation, scheduling and workload management, performance analysis and training methodologies, environmental sustainability, infrastructure and urban planning, media and digital engagement, fan culture and experience, as well as governance, policy, and legacy debates.
