Projet EventRights (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Major sporting events (MSEs) have been the subject of increasing levels of critique in recent years for the social costs associated with their bidding, planning and delivery. The rationale used by cities and countries for hosting MSEs is often the potential for an event to generate positive economic and social transformation within the host area (Brittain, Bocarro, Byers and Swart, 2017). However, research has repeatedly demonstrated actual impacts of hosting MSEs fall short of these lofty claims and in reality often result in detrimental effects for host populations. The negative impacts of MSEs have variously been reported as: exacerbating human rights abuses; facilitating corruption; supporting elite beneficiaries over those most in need; and transforming host destinations’ urban environment by displacing vulnerable populations. Recent mega sport events (a specific category of the largest MSEs, such as the Olympic Games and World Cup; Muller, 2015) have been the subject of international condemnation for being the catalyst for forced evictions (Beijing 2008; Rio de Janeiro, 2016), restricting media freedom through censorship (Sochi, 2014), abuse of migrant labour in the construction of facilities (Sochi, 2014; Qatar, 2022) and increased political repression (Beijing, 2008). Human Rights Watch has suggested that “Time after time, Olympic hosts have gotten away with abusing workers building stadiums, and with crushing critics and media who try to report about abuses…the right to host the Olympics needs to come with the responsibility not to abuse basic human rights” (Minky Worden, Director of Global Initiatives, HRW). The EventRights project will explore and produce recommendations as to how MSEs can influence MSE organizing committees and other stakeholders to ensure that progressive social opportunities to address inequality, enhance diversity and facilitate greater dialogue are enshrined in the planning, delivery and legacy plans for the events themselves.

Mots clés : mega sports events, diversity, inclusion, human rights, equality

Participants :
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 13800.0 €
- University of Peloponnese (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 23000.0 €
- University of the West of Scotland (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 112240.0 €
- Coventry University (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 159160.0 €
- Waseda University (Japon) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Western University (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Universität Innsbruck (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 39560.0 €
- University of Bath (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 16560.0 €
- Meiji University (Japon) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Technical University of Munich (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 271400.0 €
- University of Gothenburg (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 84640.0 €
- George mason research foundation, inc (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brésil) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of North Carolina System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Surrey (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 52440.0 €