Tag: CfP Online seminar series

First seminar abstract: Everyone says that referees need to be “consistent”, but players, coaches, pundits, and fans all have different ideas about what this ideal entails.  In this talk, I’ll present my current account of what consistency is in soccer refereeing, which centers on the expertise of the referee.  I argue that consistency in refereeing has to allow for the wide-ranging differences in context and management styles, as well as nuance in the application and enforcement of the Laws of the Game.

Registration for the 2025 Cultures of Mountain Biking (CoMTB) online seminar series is now open. CoMTB are an interdisciplinary, culturally diverse, and global group of researchers whose aim is to understand the social, cultural, and political significance of mountain biking in contemporary societies. In February, presentations focus on the role of mountain biking in addressing discrimination, inequality and injustice in contemporary societies. In April, we will be presenting the latest cutting-edge research on trail building and trail building practices.

Join us on 26th March at 7-7:30pm (GMT) for the first in a series of free Network webinars where members will share their research findings. To launch the series, a presentation on The Hundred from Bournemouth University featuring Raf Nicholson and Keith Parry: “Levelling the playing field: The impact of The Hundred on the landscape of English cricket”.

This multidisciplinary project (which combines history, information and communication sciences, international relations, and political science) aims to facilitate conversations between specialists in sport and those in diplomacy, and in particular soft power, at a time when the French government, the various ministries, and the organising committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are organising an event of global importance in France.