By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
Two of the world’s best male footballers, Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, have both reportedly turned down recent approaches from Saudi Arabia to take part in the country’s latest tourism. With the government in Riyadh having embarked upon a multi-billion dollar investment programme, tourism and sport are...
Le monde du sport fait partie des nombreux domaines touchés de plein fouet par la crise du Covid-19. Au-delà des compétitions en elles-mêmes, nombreuses sont les conséquences aussi bien pour les États et leur diplomatie sportive, que pour l’égalité entre athlètes. Entretien avec Estelle Brun, chargée de recherche à l’IRIS....
Sport, “a powerful change agent”: an interview with Richard Lapchick
Interview with Richard Lapchick, founder and director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar and author. Conducted by Estelle E. Brun, Research Associate at IRIS.
Interview with Richard Lapchick, founder and director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar and author. Conducted by Estelle E. Brun, Research Associate at IRIS.
Sport amidst US elections Sport is often imagined as a means to unify and foster a common sense of belonging. Whereas modern presidents of the United States had traditionally used sports to appeal to a wide, bipartisan public in an attempt to unify Americans, Donald Trump deliberately politicised sport to...
Michel Pautot, docteur en droit, avocat au barreau de Marseille, conseille et assiste des sportifs de renom et des structures sportives. Il intervient au Master II Droit du sport à l’Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. Il répond aux questions de Pascal Boniface à l’occasion de la parution de son ouvrage...
The GCC, Qatar/Saudi Relations and the Future Outlook for Sport
Interview with Dr Andrea Krieg, Lecturer at the Kings College (London, UK), and Dr Kristian Ulrichsen from th Rice University (US), led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school interviews Dr Andrea Krieg, Lecturer at the Kings College (London, UK), and Dr Kristian Ulrichsen from th Rice University (US).
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have finally made-up, after almost four years of sometimes bitter diplomatic feuding. Many in sport will consequently be breathing a sigh of relief, not least FIFA (with the World Cup looming) which now will not have to contend with the implications of travel blockades, vicious...
Interview with Madeleine Orr, Founder and Co-Director of The Sport Ecology Group, and Brian McCullough, Co-Director of the Sport Ecology Group, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
Interview with Madeleine Orr, Founder and Co-Director of The Sport Ecology Group, and Brian McCullough, Co-Director of the Sport Ecology Group, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
Sports diplomacy, small nations and the case of Wales
Interview with Gavin Price, an independent expert at Bond University (Australia) focused on sports diplomacy and intercultural relations, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
Interview with Gavin Price, an independent expert at Bond University (Australia) focused on sports diplomacy and intercultural relations, led by Professor Simon Chadwick from emlyon business school
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
By Prof. Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director of Eurasian Sport at EMlyon
This may have been the year of Covid-19 and its brutal consequences, but the virus does not appear to have disrupted one area of activity: football club takeover deals. Indeed, although many clubs and governing bodies across the world have grappled with an absence of fans and ticket revenues, some...
Interview with Simon Chadwick, Professor & Director of Eurasian Sport at emlyon, led by Carole Gomez, Senior Research fellow at IRIS
GeoSport, created by IRIS and EM Lyon, is a home for intelligent, value-adding content on geopolitics and sport, providing informed, expert analyses onf contemporary issues. The key focus of the content will be around diplomacy; international relations; nation branding; politics and soft power, and the link of these areas to...
L’image des 22 joueurs du Paris Saint Germain et du Basaksehir d’Istanbul a fait le tour du monde et la une de nombreux journaux. La mobilisation de ces joueurs contre le racisme témoigne du rôle politique et social de plus en plus important des sportifs et institutions sportives en général,...
SEE-I is an Erasmus+ Sport Project. It explores the structural weaknesses of football clubs in 3 countries (Romania, Bulgaria and Greece) by looking at 3 main threats: corruption, match-fixing and doping.
Sport Lab’ est un projet visant à mieux faire comprendre et connaître à un public lycéen les actions et fonctions de l’Union européenne à travers le prisme du sport.
Sport and Geopolitics is a rapidly growing concern for the academic study of sport and politics. IRIS and emlyon business school collaborate on publishing timely, value-adding content that provides intelligent, informed analyses of contemporary issues in geopolitics and sport.
Sous la direction de Carole Gomez, directrice de recherche à l'IRIS, l'Observatoire géostratégique du sport vise à appréhender l'impact stratégique du sport, élément devenu incontournable des relations internationales.
EPOSM – Evidence-based Prevention Of Sporting-related Match-fixing
L’IRIS est partenaire de l’Université de Ghent sur ce programme Erasmus + destiné à étudier le trucage des matchs dans le sport dans différentes disciplines sportives à un niveau européen et à organiser des formations de sensibilisation.
Sport as a tool of soft power in modern international relations
Webconference organised by IRIS. Opening speech by Marianne Peron-Doise, Director of the Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Observatory at IRIS. Guest Speakers: Pascal Boniface, Director of IRIS ; Joseph Nye, Harvard University Distinguished...