JSFD Editors

Sport for Development and Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean

The aim of this special issue for the Journal Sport for Development (JSFD) is to encourage critical discussions on sport for development and peace (SDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Despite a growing body of SDP evidence, there is a lack of research on the social dimension of sport in the LAC, where sport has been purposely employed as a social catalyst for more than two decades. Given the importance that SDP programmes are customized to local contexts, greater research specific to the LAC region is needed.

Call for papers as PDF available here

Potential topics to be covered in this special issue include but are not limited to:

The use of sport to promote social cohesion in underserved communities
Stakeholder perspectives and experiences in SDP
SDP programme design and implementation
SDP programme evaluation/assessment
Translating theory into practice
Social policy in relation to SDP
The use of sport and sport-based programmes for peace and conflict resolution, social inclusion, and/or urban violence
Sport and health
Sport and gender
Sport and inclusion of people with disabilities
Social legacy of sport mega events
Methodologically diverse/innovative research

Key dates and details for submissions:

To be considered for the special issue, upload your manuscript through JSFD’s online portal (www.jsfd.org) by Monday 16 January 2017. Please indicate that the manuscript should be considered for this special issue in your cover letter. All submissions will be reviewed by the guest editors prior to going through double-blinded peer review. We expect the special issue to be published in 2018. To discuss a potential submission, feel free to contact any of the special issue guest editors.

Contact details for guest editors and languages spoken:

Daniel Parnell, Manchester Metropolitan University (d.parnell@mmu.ac.uk), English
Alexander Cárdenas, Open University of Catalonia (alexcarmen@yabhoo.com), Spanish/English
Paul Widdop, Leeds Beckett University (p.widdop@leedsbeckett.ac.uk), English
Pedro-Pablo Cardoso-Castro, Leeds Beckett University (p.p.cardoso-castro@leedsbeckett.ac.uk), Spanish/English
Sibylle Lang, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (sibyllelang@gmx.de), German/English/French/Spanish.