Impact

Find out more about our research themes past and present.

Research Themes

Books, articles and reports, policy briefs and advisory papers and blogs.

Browse the Academy of Sport's documents on the University's research portal

Response to UK Parliament/DCMS Inquiry on Women in Sport – football – Response submitted 2 February 2023 (230.37 KB PDF)

Scottish Football and the Wellbeing Economy Report, December 2022 (1.55 MB PDF)

Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Youth Sport in Canada and Scotland, December 2022 (585.87 KB PDF)

Qatar World Cup 2022 Briefing Paper November 2022 (324.53 KB PDF)

Sport and Mental Health Research Report for the World Innovation Summit on Health October 2022 (3.04 MB PDF)

Pdf Power of Sport Address to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games July 2022 (510.12 KB PDF)

Pdf 2022 Hibernian Fan Football Engagement Report April 2022 (2.33 MB PDF)

Letter to International Olympic and Paralympic Committees calling for a ban on Russia and Belarus involvement [27 February 2022] (79.24 KB PDF)

Research Report - Aberdeen Football Club [January 2022] (581.96 KB PDF)

 > Aberdeen Football Club Building Back Better: Research Report 2021

Research Report - Heart of Midlothian Football Club [January 2022] (583.19 KB PDF)

 > Heart of Midlothian Football Club Building Back Better: Research Report 2021

Research Report - Motherwell Football Club [January 2022] (581.58 KB PDF)

 > Motherwell Football Club Building Back Better: Research Report 2021

Research Report - Hibernian Football Club (December 2021) (584.79 KB PDF)

 > Hibernian Football Club Building Back Better: Research Report 2021

Briefing Paper - Scottish Women's Football (September 2021) (2.41 MB PDF)

Briefing Paper - International Engagement through Scottish Football Clubs (September 2021) (4.31 MB PDF)

 >  Briefing Paper - Geo-Spatial Analysis of Scottish Football Fans (September 2021 - on SharePoint)

Briefing Paper - Scottish Football Building Back Better (September 2021) (2.4 MB PDF)

Response to UK Government Consultation on Opportunities for Global Britain (May 2021) (128.55 KB PDF)

Sport Observations Briefing Paper - Sport and the 2021 Scottish Elections (May 2021) (297.58 KB PDF)

Response to Holyrood Health and Sport Committee Consultation on Covid and Sport (7 December 2020) (174.08 KB PDF)

Sport Observations Briefing Paper - Discrimination of Girls and Women with Disabilities in Sport (December 2020) (436 KB PDF)

Response to DCMS sport in the community consultation (16 November 2020 - Reference number UEN886597) (231.34 KB PDF)

Research Report - Welsh Sports Diplomacy (2.27 MB PDF)

Research Briefing - Sport, Presidents and the US Election 2016-2020 (322.59 KB PDF)

Response to UK Government Review of Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (2020) (174.41 KB PDF)

Sport, Protest and Black Lives Matter (2020) (257.78 KB PDF)

 >  The Value of Scottish Football Report (2020) - pdf on scottishfa.co.uk)

 >  The Scottish Sporting Landscape Review (2019 - pdf on www.gov.scot)

Scottish Parliament Education and Skills Committee: Widening Access to Education through Sport (2018) (169.89 KB PDF)

Handa Young Leaders Fellowship Program for Sport, Peace, and Development Report (2017) (401.51 KB PDF)

Sport, Poverty and Education March (2016) (889.7 KB PDF)

FIFA Elections 2016 (112.39 KB PDF)

World Sports Values Summit Report 2015 (6.35 MB PDF)

Response to DCMS consultation on sport (September 2015) (122.73 KB PDF)

Details of our current seminar series presented by Edinburgh Social and Political Sports Research Group in partnership with Academy of Sport & Moray House School of Education.

Current Seminar Series