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PtG Comment 27.03.2023
Coe and Bach: United in history, divided by history
PtG Article 10.03.2023
Spree of buying clubs threatens football integrity
Trondheim
PtG Article 20.02.2023
Next Play the Game conference to be held in Trondheim, Norway, 4-7 February 2024
Rainy football pitch
PtG Article 02.02.2023
Play the Game launches guide and academy course on sport and climate change
Olympic rings
PtG Article 02.02.2023
A thought experiment: Estimating global sports’ total carbon emissions
Skiers
PtG Article 02.02.2023
Sport and the environment: A very short history
PtG Comment 23.01.2023
Match-fixing in handball: A reminder of the need for a World Anti-Corruption Agency
PtG Article 12.01.2023
The expansion of Saudi investments in sport: From football to esport
PtG Article 11.01.2023
Play the Game employs new analyst to strengthen analytical competencies
Football player
PtG Article 22.12.2022
A global map of Qatar’s sponsorships in sports
Alex Schwacer walking
PtG Article 16.12.2022
Race walker Alex Schwazer continues his fight against sport's jurisprudence system
Football players getting off a plane
PtG Article 30.11.2022
A sportswashing Qatarstrophe
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Special journalistic investigations

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Research projects

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Power relations in international sport
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The financing of grassroots sport in Europe
Athletes
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Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport (SAPIS)
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National Sports Governance Observer (NSGO)
Swimmers
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Sports Governance Observer (SGO)
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Publications

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Skiers
PtG Publication February 2023
Mapping the sport and climate space
Speaker at a conference
PtG Publication January 2023
Evaluation of Play the Game 2022 - is there a cure for sport?
Trophys
Idan Publication June 2022
Elite sports in Finland
Badmintonspiller. Foto: GettyImages/Lintao Zhang
PtG Publication January 2022
A vote with a weight
The CAS building in Lausanne
PtG Publication November 2021
Tipping the scales of justice - the sport and its "supreme court"
Grass. Photo: GettyImages/Jurgita Vaicikeviciene/EyeEm
PtG Publication November 2021
National Sports Governance Observer 2: Benchmarking governance in national sports organisations
Basketball players. Photo: Getty Images/Icon Sportswire
PtG Publication September 2021
Strengthening athlete power in sport - A multidisciplinary review and framework
Runners. Photo: Getty Images/Alan Thornton
PtG Publication June 2021
National Anti-Doping Governance Observer - final report
Runner winning by far. Photo: GettyImages/Paul Bradbury
PtG Publication May 2021
National Anti-Doping Governance Observer - indicators and instructions
Race walker Alex Schwazer
PtG Publication April 2021
Schwazer vs. sport: A race walker’s long and winding route towards doping rehabilitation
Others Publication June 2020
Playing against the clock
Conference panel. Photo: Thomas Søndergaard
PtG Publication February 2020
Evaluation of Play the Game 2019 – Athlete power on the rise
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