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Transforming SportAuthor: Sport and Leisure Cultures Research Group
Transforming Sport is a podcast run by the Sport and Leisure Cultures research group at the University of Brighton. In it, we feature discussions on the place and role of sport in contemporary society, drawing on the research expertise of our staff and guests. The overall focus of the podcast is on understanding how sport can rise to meet various challenges it faces in the 21st century. In this way, we highlight both transformations that are needed within sport itself, and also the ways sport can help to transform individuals, communities, and societies. Language: en Genres: Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 14: Mobilizing Football Fans for Climate Change with Jennifer Amann
Episode 5
Thursday, 5 May, 2022
In this episode of Transforming Sport, Sean Heath speaks with Jennifer Amann, a rising force in the academic and not-for-profit worlds connecting football and climate change. They speak at length about Jenny’s work in the field of climate change and football, the intersections of sport fandom and climate action, and the requirements to think, and take action, in a holistic manner to work towards environmental sustainability. Jenny discusses her recent work with Pledgeball, a not-for-profit based in the UK, and some of the lessons she has learned while researching the mobilization of football fans to tackle climate change. She has a forthcoming article on this topic which will be published later this year. Jenny is currently working with the not-for-profit community interest company Spirit of Football (https://spiritoffootball.com/) on the “The Ball 2022” project (https://theball.tv/2022/). She also works for the not-for-profit group Pledgeball where she is a research and development consultant. In addition, Jenny has worked as a Research Assistant at the Sport and Leisure Cultures Research Group of the University of Brighton. You can find more information about her research and the critical work she is undertaking transforming football and mobilizing football fans to make positive impacts on climate change on her twitter account @hej_jennifer Contact us: @SportTransform or @SeanmrHeath https://anchor.fm/transformingsport
