Main Event
Education
, , United Kingdom
2026-06-04 - 2026-06-04
info@psa.ac.uk
Event Insights : Gain more knowledge on PSA Sport and Politics Conference 2026 - for publication and research. First, we have seen the role of government policy in areas such as health, tourism and the economy, or international relations and diplomacy, that has drawn on sport as a vehicle to achieve wider political ends and enact change. This is the approach that many states in the Middle East are using: sport events and sport tourism are ways in which to diversify from the reliance on fossil fuels and to move towards a more sustainable long-term future. Second, we have seen the application of soft law mechanisms and voluntary regulations that have sought to influence the way that sports organisations are governed (organisational governance) as part of the process of modernization and improving the effectiveness of public-sector funded sport. This involves mechanisms that seek to guide and steer sports organisations – in the UK, the implementation of the Code of Governance for Sports is a clear example of this. Third, and particularly in the context of the growing commercialization of professional sport, we are seeing the increasing role that legislation (and in particular competition law) is playing in determining the shape of the sports industry.
