Investigating the role of special events in sport-for-development
Project Member(s): Schulenkorf, N.
Start year: 2014
Summary: This project provides a strategic empirical investigation into two different types of events that surround current sport-for-development initiatives in the Pacific Islands. First, the School Sports Festivals (SSFs) that form part of the Just Play initiative staged across nine Pacific Island countries; and second, the Pacific Youth And Sports Conference (PYASC) that brings together young sportspeople for an educational forum that included capacity building workshops, seminars and development sessions in Noumea / New Caledonia in late 2013. The overarching purpose of the project is to investigate the role of special events in a sport-for-development context.
Publications:
Schulenkorf, N & Schlenker, K 2017, 'The role of highlight events in sport-for-development' in Dodds, M, Heisey, K & Ahonen, A (eds), Routledge Handbook of International Sport Business, Routledge International Handbooks, USA, pp. 356-363.
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Edwards, D, Cheng, M, Wong, IA, Zhang, J & Wu, Q 2017, 'Ambassadors of knowledge sharing', International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 690-708.
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Schulenkorf, N & Schlenker, K 2017, 'Leveraging Sport Events to Maximize Community Benefits in Low- and Middle-Income Countries', Event Management, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 217-231.
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Schulenkorf, N, Schlenker, K & Frawley, SM 1970, 'Leveraging Sport Events to Maximise Community Benefits in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Experiences from Samoa', ”, 22nd European College of Sport Science (ECSS) Congress, Essen.
Misener, L & Schulenkorf, N 2016, 'Rethinking the Social Value of Sport Events Through an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Perspective', JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 329-340.
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Schulenkorf, N 2016, 'The Contributions of Special Events to Sport-for-Development Programs', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 629-642.
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Keywords: Sport-for-Development, Special Events, Community Development, Sport Management
FOR Codes: Sport and Leisure Management, Organised Sports