Research

2018–19: Race and Sport Around the Globe

Sport and race have historically walked hand-in-hand, both on the field and off, at all levels of competition. The goal of our Race and Sport research is to examine the role that race can and does play in sport in a variety of contexts. For example, topics could include race-based perspectives toward sports participation, the role that race may play in access to sports, fan behavior toward players of different races, underrepresentation within coaching ranks and team ownership, and teams’ uses of Native American names and images.

The Global Sport Institute is no longer accepting seed grant applications for the 2018-2019 academic year and research theme of Race and Sport Around the Globe. Please check back in the Fall for the 2019-2020 theme.

2017–18: Sport 2036

During our inaugural year, the Institute is examining the global future of sport via the research theme Sport 2036. The goal is to formulate a progressive vision for what sport could and should look like in the future. Why focus on 2036? This date will mark the beginning of the Institute’s 20th year, but more importantly, it is also the 100-year anniversary of Jesse Owens’ remarkable 1936 Summer Olympics victories in Berlin, achieved while using track spikes that were hand-crafted by adidas founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler.