The FIFA World Cup runs June 11 to July 19, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. The following experts are available to media for comment on the wider impact of the games.
Adam Ali
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
• Human rights and sport
• Racism, sexism and sport
• Sportswashing
• Sport and colonialism
• Sport and geopolitics
• Sport and Canadian identity
Oğuzhan ‘Ozzy’ Keleş
PhD candidate, Kinesiology
• Historical and cultural dimensions of soccer in the Middle East, Europe, United States and Canada
• Development of soccer in North America
• Sportswashing
Laura Misener
Frank Hayden Endowed Research Chair in Sport and Social Impact; Director and Professor, Kinesiology
• Social impact of mega sporting events
• Sport events and social change
• Sport governance
• Global sport leadership
• Safe sport practices
Angela Schneider
Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies; Professor, Kinesiology
• FIFA and ethics
• Athletes’ rights
• Sport medicine ethics
• Genetic doping in sport
Georgia Teare
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
• Social impact of sports
• Demonstration effect (spectators being inspired by elite sport to participate themselves)
Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven
PhD Candidate, Political Science
• Sport and nation building
• Sport and social justice causes
• Sportswashing
• Sport and politics
MEDIA CONTACT: Jacquelyn Mitchell, Media Relations Officer, Western University, (226) 386-9683, j.mitchell@uwo.ca
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