Our faculty and students produce internationally-acclaimed research on an ongoing basis. A selection of some of these projects can be found below.
Professor Eleni Theodoraki
Finalist of the 2021 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition: Promoting Policies for sustainable mega-sport events
PhD completions
As main supervisor:
- Sustainable development? A critical realist analysis of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park's decision to approve the Cononish goldmine application. 2016. Stephen Taylor (conducted at Edinburgh Napier University)
- Collective memory and identity in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall: Narratives of the 2009 and 2014 anniversary events. 2016. Maren Viol (conducted at Edinburgh Napier University)
- Community participation and mega sport event planning: The case of the London 2012 Olympic Games. 2015. Sarah Snell (conducted at Edinburgh Napier University)
- The significance of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games for elite sport and sport for all in China. 2010. Weiming Wang (conducted at Loughborough University)
- An analysis of the organisational configurations over the life cycle of the Sydney organising committee for the Olympic Games. 2003. Maximos Malfas (conducted at Loughborough University)
As co-supervisor:
- Challenges and critical success factors in the adoption of sustainability footprints by Scottish SMEs. 2015. Lowellyne James (conducted at Edinburgh Napier University)
- Festival images - Defining the brand relationships between the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and its primary stakeholders. 2011. Louise Todd (conducted at Edinburgh Napier University)
- The evolution of Modern Olympism and Olympic Values. 2005. Dikaia Chatziefstathiou (conducted at Loughborough University)
- Olympic solidarity: global order and the diffusion of modern sport between 1961 to 1980. 2003. Mansour Al-Tauqi (conducted at Loughborough University)
Dr Seamus Kelly
PhD completions
As main supervisor:
- An exploration of risk awareness and attitudes to long-term wellbeing in elite rugby from an occupational safety and health perspective. 2021. Yanbing Chen
Dr Joel Rookwood
Keynote address delivered at the 2022 Future of Football Conference - Solent University
(opens in a new window)Global Sport, Development and Peace Conference: This conference was jointly hosted by the European School of Political and Social Sciences in Lille, in partnership with University College Dublin.
PhD completions
As main supervisor:
- Football as Work: The New Realities of Professional Women Footballers in England. 2019. Alex Culvin (conducted at the University of Central Lancashire)