SPM121 Sustaining sport for development and peace programs (10 ECTS) 

Course facts

Introduction

The course aims at how programs and activities of organizations involved with Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) contribute to sustainable development in the communities in which they operate. The course provides students with the opportunity to reflect on the United Nations' (UN) recognition that sport enables sustainable development. In this way, students learn how SDP programs and activities contribute to the UN SDGs in their communities.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• introduce students to SDP at the international, national and local community levels.
• explain the different viewpoints of “sustainability” and “sustainable development”
• apply sustainability initiatives in SDP project planning and management process.
• explain how SDP programs and activities can contribute to UN SDGs in different contexts.
• reflect on the different theories of sustainability and how they can impact SDP events in local communities.
• discuss the opportunities and challenges of delivering sustainable outcomes

Learning styles and activities

The course is entirely organized online, and it consists of four modules. The learning material includes video clips and texts, that will aid students to self-reflect on the topics of the modules.  Even though this is an online course, students must maintain contact with the course teachers should the need arise.

Mandatory assignment

A regular visit to CANVAS to follow the course instructions. CANVAS performs an automatic check of the visits. It also contains all the assignments, learning materials, and presentations by teachers.

Students will deliver periodic assignments after reflecting on each of the four modules. There will be feedback on each of the assignments.

The assignments are requirement for the final exams.

Assessment

The final exam entails a maximum of 4000 words. The grading ranges from A-F.

The exam will be delivered in WISEflow and run through plagiarism control program.

Core material

Core material
1 book:
Darnell, S. C., Field R., & Kidd, K. (2019). The history and politics of sport-for-development: Activists, ideologues and reformers (Global Culture and Sport Series). Palgrave Macmillan. You may borrow the book from the Library.
The book is also available online.
NB! To open the electronic books off campus, you need to install a VPN client.

Parts from 4 e-books:
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Coalter, F. (2007). A wider role for sport: Who's keeping the score? Routledge.
Please read chapter 2, 3 and 5. You may borrow the book from the Library.
The book is also available online.

Lindsey, I, Kay, T., Jeans, R. & Banda, D.(Eds). (2017). Localizing global sport for development. Manchester University Press.
Please read chapter 1, 2 and 3. You may borrow the book from the Library.
The book is also available online.

McCullough, B. P., Kellison. T. & Melton, E. N. (2022). The Routledge handbook of sport and sustainable development. Routledge.
Please read chapter 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47 and 50. You may borrow the book from the Library.
The book is also available online.

Rodríguez, P., Késenne, S. & García, J. (2009). Social responsability and sustainability in sports. Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo. Please read chapter 1, 2, 7, 10 and 9. You may borrow the book from the Library. (Only 1 copy of the book)
NB! This book is no longer available, out of stock.

3 book chapters - available in Canvas (3 PDF):
Doherty, A., & Misener, K. (2008). Community sport networks. In M. Nicholson, & R. Hoye (Eds.), Sport and social capital (pp. 113-141). Butterworth/Heinemann.

Dudfield, O. (2018). SDP and the sustainable development goals. In H. Collison, S. C. Darnell, R. Giulianotti & P. D. Howe (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport for development and peace (pp. 116-127). Routledge.)

Green, B. C., (2008). Sport as an agent for social and personal change. In V. Girginov (Ed.), Management of sport development (pp. 129-145).Taylor & Francis.

10 electronis articles:
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Berg, B. K. (2016) Sustaining local physical activity programmes: Lessons from the United States. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 8(2), 245-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2015.1108353

Campillo-Sánchez, J., Segarra-Vicens, E., Morales-Baños, V., & Díaz-Suárez, A. (2021). Sport and sustainable development goals in Spain. Sustainability, 13(6), 3505. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063505

Charway, D., Antwi, B. B. & Seippel, Ø. (2022). Sport and sustainable social development in Ghana: Analysing the policy-implementation gap. Sport in Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2022.2130051

Darnell, C. & Black, D. R. (2011) Mainstreaming sport into international development studies. Third World Quarterly, 32(3), 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2011.573934

Giulianotti, R., Darnell, S., Collison, H. & Howe P. D. (2018). Sport for development and peace and the environment: The case for policy, practice, and research. Sustainability, 10(7), 2241. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072241

Giulianotti, R .(2021). Greening sport for development and peace: A socio-ecological approach. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, 660743. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.660743

Lindsey, I. (2008). Conceptualising sustainability in sports development. Leisure Studies, 27(3), 279-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614360802048886

Peachey, J. W., Cohen, A., & Shin, N. (2020). Constraints and strategies to scaling up in Sport for Development and Peace organizations: Evidence from the field. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49(3), 611–630. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764019877253

Perić, M., Đurkin, J., & Wise, N. (2016). Leveraging small-scale sport events: Challenges of organising, delivering and managing sustainable outcomes in rural communities, the case of Gorski kotar, Croatia. Sustainability, 8(12), 1337. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121337

Raw, k., Sherry, E. & Schulenkorf, N. (2022). Managing sport for development: An investigation of tensions and paradox. Sport Management Review, 25(1), 134-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2020.09.002

3 reports:
Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group. (2008). Harnessing the power of sport for development and peace: Recommendations to Governments. Right to Play. https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/publication/harnessing-power-sport-development-and-peace-recommendations-governments

United Nations General Assembly. (1987). Report of the World Commission on environment and development: "Our common future". Forty-second session. A/42/427. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/139811#record-files-collapse-header

United Nations General Assembly. (2015). Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015: Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Seventieth session. A/RES/70/1. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld/publication

Anbefalt litteratur

Recommanded reading
Parts from 1 book:
Wilson, R., & Platts, C. (Eds.). (2018). Managing and developing community sport. Routledge.
Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13. You may borrow the book from the Library.
The book is also available online.
NB! To open the electronic book off campus, you need to install a VPN client.