Routledge Handbook of the Global South in Sport for Development and Peace (ePub)

Billy Graeff is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil, teaching on the sociology of sports and Olympic studies. He is also a Research Fellow within the Centre for Sport Leadership at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and part of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA - Executive Board), the International Olympic Academy Participants Association (IOAPA), the Latin American Association of Sociocultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE) and the Brazilian College of Sports Sciences (CBCE).

Simona safaríková is a Lecturer at the Palacky University Olomouc in the Czech Republic, teaching courses focused on development opportunities in the Asian region, qualitative research, and sport and development. Simona is also an Advisory Board member of ISSA (International Sociology of Sport Association), and a Research Fellow within the Centre for Sport Leadership at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Simona's research focuses on the role of sport in contributing to social change and in achieving non-sporting goals, with research experience from Latin America (mainly Colombia), Africa (South Africa and Uganda) and the Middle East (Saudi Arabia).

Lin Cherurbai Sambili-Gicheha is a Programme Manager within the Commonwealth Secretariat, Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) helping the 56 member countries to enhance the positive contribution that sport can make to sustainable development, health and building peaceful and just societies - including their alignment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and SDGs. Lin is committed to connecting policy to practice and providing opportunities for these two interconnected worlds to speak to each other in order to advance sport for sustainable development.