A pleasure to be awarded a research grant from the International Olympic Committee with Niki Koutrou, PhD, SFHEA and Geoff . Going back to the routes, investigating the legacies of Athens 2004. Interviewing my ex coworkers in the 2004 Organising Committee!

Are mega-events a solution to address physical inactivity? Great to see my paper with Prof. Sakis Pappous is now officially published in European Journal for Sport and Society. 50 Free eprints available via the link 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Paralympics #Legacy #London2012 #Tokyo2020

Our new paper with Dr Christopher Brown titled 'Are mega-events a solution to address physical inactivity? Interrogating the London 2012 Paralympic sport participation legacies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

For anyone interested in media and the Paralympics here is a guide I did with Dr Ian Brittain. Prefaces written by Andrew Parsons the President of IPC and JPC chairman Junichi Kawai. Also available in Japanese! figshare.com/articles/book/… doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig…

Listening to "The Paralympic Games: History and Development" at disabilitysportinfo.buzzsprout.com/1901085/9691372 Great job Dr Christopher Brown ! It was a pleasure contributing

8 new academic posts in our Business School in Bournemouth, deadline April the 13th bournemouth.ac.uk/bournemouth-un…

Making a difference working hand in hand with Bournemouth Uni and Prof. Sakis Pappous Prof. Sakis Pappous 'Live Events': students to produce life-changing sustainable projects 🌎🌱

Confidence is quiet. Arrogance is not. on.inc.com/hcI86aw

New article about the 2012 #paralympics #legacy by myself & Prof. Sakis Pappous in Managing Sport and Leisure Journal. Paper is Open Access. Check it out below 👇 Leveraging the London 2012 Paralympic Games to increase sports participation: the role of voluntary sports clubs tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

England did it! #Lionesses 💪Here's our paper, with data collected from 8 countries in the context of 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Points to the importance of media exposure in countering stereotypical gender perceptions journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… #RepresentationMatters #WomensEuro

Timely paper: 10 years on! Getting out some empirical data about the legacy of the London 2012

It would be really good if people could promote this fully funded PhD opportunity to come work with us investigating disability rights in sport participation. Scottish Disability Sport Observatory for Sport in Scotland @Drfaull Rebecca Foster MBE Miki Matheson,PLY(she/her) Prof Simon Darcy Centre for Culture, Sport and Events #uwsresearchmatters

Louis was the person who believed in me, supported me and welcomed me in the UK 13 years ago. Thanks Louis for your generosity, amazing sense a humour and the the shared dreams and laughs. Thanks for making me a better person, I will never forget you!

I will always remember him not only for his scientific contribution but, personally, for his infectious smile and kindness

A message from Louis Passfield’s family We are so grateful for all of the messages of love, respect and condolences from Louis’ friends, colleagues and distant admirers. We are seeing everything, it is almost overwhelming how much love is flowing. The love he has for all of 1/

Loving my job: Pausing my lecture today on symbolic interactionism delivered to a group of Iranian female students to see LIVE their reactions when players refused to sing their national hymn: ‘They are with us, they are are heroes, they are supporting us!’ #jinjiyanazadi

A small contribution celebrating the life of a great human @ multidisciplinary scientist. Blessed by your friendship Louis. Always in our memories and hearts!

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frontiersin.org/journals/sport… One year after #Paris2024 , our study of Italian Paralympians shows they're satisfied with increased media visibility, but still want coverage to focus more on their athletic performance. Our results connect to the IPC’s report: paralympic.org/press-release/…