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The 2024 SPU Annual Report is now available. Compiled by Dr Nicolas Scelles (@Scenic82), the report details the work and engagements that we have carried out throughout the year. Link to the report: linkedin.com/posts/spummu_2…
🚨To all disabled supporters from Greater Manchester football clubs 🚨 ❗FANS FIRST: RETHINKING THE MATCHDAY EXPERIENCE FOR DISABLED FANS IN GREATER MANCHESTER⚽ 🗓️ Date: 3 November 2025 🕒Time: 6:30-9:00PM 📍HOME Manchester M154FN @charliebeest @SPU_MMU #manchester #football
Dr Paul Widdop (@Fire_and_Skill) was quoted extensively in NRK (Norway’s public broadcasting media company) on FIFA, President Trump, and Israel. Read here: nrk.no/sport/tror-fif…
Drs Enrico Michelini and @NorritoAlessio have written a paper titled, "Organised sport in Niamey’s refugee sites: A multilevel analysis of changes between 2019 and 2022," recently published in the @IntJSPP . Link to full paper: lnkd.in/e_JfM24r
Drs @NorritoAlessio & Enrico Michelini have published an article titled "Understanding cross-cultural interactions and diversity in professional sports organizations: the case of football and forced migration in Germany and Italy" in @EuroSportManQ. Link: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
The upcoming @playthegame_org conference will feature Prof Jonathan Grix, head of the Sport Policy Unit. Prof Grix will discuss the British elite sport system and the acquisition of soft power through the hosting of sporting events. Full programme here: lnkd.in/ep4Sz-Uc
Dr Paul Widdop (@Fire_and_Skill) was quoted in The Guardian on West Ham Football Club and their fans' desire for club owners to sell, but stadium issues and poor performances leading to the club’s lower valuation in comparison to rivals. Link: telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Drs @Qi_Peng2015 and @Scenic82 and Prof @yuhei_inoue presented their work titled, "Exercising agency: Pregnant women's strategic navigation of prenatal exercise constraints in China and the UK" to the UK Maternity Network Group today.
A journal article titled, "Estimation of the burden of disease averted by leisure center membership across Spain" co-authored by @DrLarissaDavies has been published in Frontiers in Sport and Active Living. Link to full paper: frontiersin.org/journals/sport… @MMU_Research @McrInstSport
Congratulations, Dr @Qi_Peng2015 for securing a place in the 2025-26 cohort of "Future Research and Innovation Leaders" (FRILs) programme hosted by @MMU_Research & Innovation at Manchester Metropolitan University.
New publication from Drs @NorritoAlessio and Yvanna Todorova titled, "A practical framework to foster climate action through sport for development and peace" in Frontiers in Sport and Active Living. Link to full paper: lnkd.in/eXdmaEhc
The Sport Policy Unit was well represented at the 2025 European Association for Sport Management conference in Budapest, Hungary. PhD candidate, Thi My Le Le, Drs @Swarali_Patil2, Ryuta Yoda, @NorritoAlessio, and @DrLarissaDavies shared their work at the conference.
Hearty congratulations to SPU's Dr Nicolas Scelles (@Scenic82) for being named 2025's "Best Reviewer" for European Sport Management Quarterly journal at EASM2025! #ResearchAwards #BestReviewer
Congratulations to SPU team members, Dr Lorraine Bedwell @DR_B_21) , Dr Dominic Conricode, Billy Fleury (@BFleuryPhD_), Dr Alessio Norrito (@NorritoAlessio ) , and Dr Swarali Patil (@Swarali_Patil2) on their promotion to Senior Lecturer. Best wishes in your new role!
Drs Paul Michael Brannagan, Jonathan Grix & Alessio Norrito have published "Demystifying sportswashing: An assemblage theory perspective on authoritarian states’ investment in global sport" in The British Journal of Politics & International Relations: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
Congratulations to Dr @mariannapavan_ for being awarded with the UEFA Academy Research Grant for her project that will explore the consumer experiences of football fans with disabilities in Scotland and England. Best wishes on the project!
Dr @mariannapavan_ participated in a roundtable on sport and human rights with institutions and policy makers, organised by the LND - Lega Nazionale Dilettanti in collaboration with SFS - Social Football Summit. Details here: linkedin.com/posts/marianna…
Dr Alessio Norrito delivered two presentations at the 2025 European Association for Sociology of Sport: (1) China and Sport for Development and Peace & (2) Understanding Community Sports' Contribution to Livelihood Development. More details here: lnkd.in/ehGd4-9j
The latest Sport Policy Unit seminar series featured The Manchester Metropolitan University's Global Chair, Prof Ramon Spaaij from Victoria University and Dr Landy Lu from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. More details here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
PhD student, Zhengyang Li & supervisors, Drs Qi Peng (@Qi_Peng2015) & Nicolas Scelles (@Scenic82) have published a paper, "Esports business ecosystem and its lifecycle: a case study of Zhongxian Esports Town in China" in Internet Research Journal. Link: emerald.com/insight/conten…
Former PhD student, Thomas Newham and co-authors Drs Nicolas Scelles (@Scenic82) and Maurizio Valenti (@MauValenti) have published an article titled, "The classification of esports events: definitions, sizes and composite index development." Link: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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