Key Information
Year:
2021Education Establishment:
Loughborough UniversityName of Chair Lead:
Professor Richard GiulianottiSport, physical activity and education are being used increasingly by diverse agencies to promote sustainable development, for example in relation to health, peacebuilding, social inclusion, and environmental protection. Through the UNESCO Chair, the team at Loughborough University is committed to advancing knowledge, policy and practice, on how sport, physical activity and education can be used successfully for development purposes.
The work of this Chair
Led by Professor Richard Giulianotti, the UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development is generating a variety of projects to advance knowledge and understanding, and to influence policy and practice, in how sport, physical activity and education may be used most effectively for development purposes. This work is especially important for development activity with young people, marginalized social groups (such as ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, refugees, and women and girls), and communities in the global South.
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About the Chair Lead
Richard Giulianotti is Professor of Sociology in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. He has been visiting or guest professor at many institutions, including Harvard University, International Olympic Academy, Johan Cruyff Institute, Seoul National University, University of California (Berkeley), University of South-Eastern Norway, Texas A & M University, and University of Warsaw.
His research and teaching specialisms are in sport, development, peace, globalization, mega-events, migration, and youth. This has led to the delivery of diverse policy and practice reports to a host of policymakers, NGOs, and other stakeholders in the field of sport development. Alongside the permanent UK Delegation to UNESCO, Professor Giulianotti represents the UK in its role as Vice-Chair of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS).
