About the project
The University of the West of Scotland is offering an exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD studentship to explore the sustainability of reforms to the Olympics bidding process.
Interest in hosting mega-sporting events like the Olympic Games has declined in recent years, particularly in democratic contexts, as the scale of these events clashes with sustainability agendas. From the decision to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously to the pausing of the contest for the 2030 Winter Olympics, both due to a shortage of potential host cities, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) faces a serious challenge to its modus operandi. This project will examine the way the Olympic Games is responding to these challenges with changes to the bidding process. In particular, it will consider how the process of reform is shaped by those involved, whose voices are included in the process, and how discourses of sustainability are deployed.
The aim of the project is:
· To evaluate the process of reform to Olympic Games bidding and its effects on sustainable development in future host cities.
The objectives of the project are:
· To critically understand the role of a wide variety of stakeholders in influencing reform to the bidding process
· To map the institutional logics shaping change in the Olympic Games bidding process
· To interrogate the multi-faceted discourses of sustainability used to legitimate reform to the bidding process
The successful candidate will join the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events and be supervised by researchers from the centre with experience in sport management, event management, and sociology. The successful candidate will join a growing team of doctoral researchers working on themes of mega-events, sustainability and human rights and will have the opportunity to participate in international mobilities through the existing EU-funded EventRights project.
The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Adam Talbot, Prof David McGillivray and Dr Chloe Maclean. Informal enquires should be sent to [Email Address Removed]
Eligibility criteria:
· A strong first degree (2.1 or a first class honours) in a relevant subject area
· A Masters degree is desirable (but not essential)
· To be UK or EU nationals, have been ordinarily resident in the UK for three years at the time of application (‘ordinarily resident’ excludes those whose main purpose of residence was full-time education) or ‘settled’ in the UK or EU (i.e. granted Right of Abode or Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK or have the right of permanent residence in the UK under EC law).
Application Deadline - 30/06/2023
Start Date - 01/10/2023
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