Could you or your organisation contribute to important research on how sport can engage communities in climate awareness by highlighting practical, social, cultural and theoretical considerations?

A call for papers has been issued by the Frontiers in Sports and Active Living journal. ‘Environment, Embodiment, and Emotions: The Role of Sport in Promoting Climate Action’ is being led by David Scott from Abertay University, Eva Soures Moura from Charles University in Prague, and Ramon Spaaij from Victoria University in Australia.

The deadline for manuscript summary submission on January 31, and final submissions due by May 30.

The team explained: “The climate crisis is becoming increasingly apparent within all areas of society.

“How this crisis presents itself differs from region to region, as well as from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, meaning that efforts to mitigate these impacts need to be simultaneously globally aligned and adapted to each local context. There is a need for grassroots organisations to be empowered to enable communities to reflect on their changing environments and consider their own lived experiences when developing solutions.”

It added: “While there are increasing efforts from the broader social science and humanities disciplines to enact this, particularly through arts-based methods, one potential method that has been underexplored is the use of sport.

“We invite scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines and regions to contribute to this research topic.”

To find out more, visit ‘Environment, Embodiment, and Emotions: The Role of Sport in Promoting Climate Action’