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This conference will bring together a diverse and multi-stakeholder group and use the spotlight of the Commonwealth Games to explore how sport can not only acknowledge historical wrongs but also build solidarity and move towards meaningful, sustained action. Grounded in the principles of reparatory and transformative justice, this is a moment to engage, challenge, and lead. Your presence at the conference will ensure that the knowledge shared and lessons learned extend beyond the conference, shifting the debate towards meaningful, sustained, and transformative action.

RF-SISU Västra Götaland och Göteborgs universitet bjuder in till konferensen Kvinnors situation inom idrotten – från pionjärer till mästare i samband med 100-års jubileet av "Damolympiaden" som ägde rum i Göteborg. Läs gärna Helena Tolvheds feature från 2006 om det historiska evenemanget.  Detta är en konferens för alla som är engagerade i, arbetar med eller är nyfikna på idrott, oavsett om du finns inom idrottsrörelsen, politiken, kommun/region, näringslivet eller akademin, eller om du helt enkelt har ett stort idrottsintresse.

This year’s conference aims to bring together researchers, journalists, football practitioners, policymakers, sporting organisations, supporters, and community groups to explore the impact and achievements of those reformers, activists, leaders and agents of change who have shaped the contemporary women's game. From grassroots initiatives and community activism to media innovation, leadership, governance reform, and commercial investment, women’s football continues to be shaped by people prepared to push boundaries.

The University of Salford is hosting a one-day symposium to explore the past, present and future of sports journalism in this context. Proposals are sought for individual papers (up to 15 minutes) or themed panels made up of 2-4 presentations, from anyone who has original research into sports journalism which they would like to share. Presentations are welcome from early career researchers, PGRs, independent researchers, journalists and other non-academics. This symposium will take place 100 years to the day since the first live commentary of a sporting occasion on BBC radio, of England v Wales in rugby union’s Five Nations Championship.

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.

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.

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.