Tag: sport for development

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: What’s sport got to do with it? A reflection on methodologies in Sport for Development from a German perspective by Katrin Bauer (open access).

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Menstrual Health Education in Sport for Development: A Case Study from Zambia by Sarah Zipp & Lombe Mwambwa (open access).

The primary aim of Derrick Charway’s study was to analyze the policy goals and implementations of state and non-state sport organisations in Ghana and the extent to which they contribute to national development. This study addressed three of the 17 SDGs: healthy living (SDG 3), gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment (SDG 5), and disability (SDG 10). The findings revealed three common concerns that stood out: the non-involvement of local implementing actors, the restricted legitimacy of Sport for Development organisations, and skewed resources distribution to support football.

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Te Papa Tākaro o te Tuakiri: The Field of Identity in Indigenous Māori Rugby by Jack Nelson, Anne-Marie Jackson, Chanel Phillips, Danny Poa & Te Kahurangi Skelton.

Sport for development (SfD) has significantly grown and matured as a field, with thousands of organisations, NGOs and clubs now using sport-based approaches to support a variety of sustainable development objectives. We would like organisations, practitioners and academics to share their experiences and insights on adopting participatory approaches (e.g. participatory action research, co-production, Living Labs) within their programmes. All contributions will be published on the sportanddev website.

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Diving into a new era: The role of an international sport event in fostering peace in a post-conflict city by Jada W. Lindblom, Eric Legg & Christine A. Vogt.

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Preparing for long-term success: Sport for Development’s strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Carrie LeCrom & Tiesha Martin.

We invite you to join the authors of a recent article on this topic for a virtual session to discuss transdisciplinary research in the Sport for Development field. There will be a particular focus on surfacing barriers, brainstorming solutions, sharing ideas, and exploring possibilities as a global community. In other words, come prepared to actively engage with Sport for Development colleagues around the world!

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Exploring the Impact of Soccer Camp on Social Identity for Youth with Cerebral Palsy by Rio James, Skye Gerald Arthur-Banning, Margaret Domka.

This special issue seeks critical examinations of research, policy, and practice that highlight, describe, and challenge racism, racist practices, and racial hierarchies in the SfD field, and in doing so, move closer to improving experiences and outcomes for racial groups facing intersecting oppressions. Race and racism are conceptualized as socially constructed systems of oppression grounded in political and economic domination on the basis of phenotypical and cultural identities and backgrounds.