News
2010
The group is co-sponsoring a one-day conference at the University of Birmingham - Fit for London, 2012? An assessment of UK sport policy in comparative contexts.
The group's 2011 annual conference is to be hosted by the University of Birmingham. Further details will be released in the near future.
The group agreed a constitution and officers for a period of 3 years. These are Jonathan Grix (chair), Russell Holden (treasurer), Paul Gilchrist (secretary), Barrie Houlihan (officer).
The group hosted a panel on critical issues in sporting governance at the Political Studies Association annual conference, Edinburgh, on 1 April 2010.
Leeds Metropolitan University hosted the group's 4th annual conference on 'Critiquing sport: theory and practice' on 26 February 2010. Conference report available here.
Reports of the activities of the PSA Sport and Politics study group can be found in the following issues of the PSA News:
- PSA News, 16(2), June 2005, p.7.
- PSA News, 18(2), June 2007, pp.12-14.
- PSA News, 19(3), September 2008, p.13.
- PSA News, 20(4), December 2009, p.16.
For a history of past events, seminars and panels click here.