“How This World Cup Has Amplified the Challenges that Global Football Needs to Face”
Moderator: David Conn, Award-winning Guardian Writer and Author of The Fall of the House of FIFA.
Panelists:
Gareth Farrelly, Sports Lawyer, CAS Arbitrator, and Former Irish International Footballer; WIGH Global Fellow 2022.
Lise Klaveness, President Norwegian Football Association, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate, Former Norwegian International Footballer
Stiliyan Petrov, Director Player 4 Player, Player Advocate and Former Bulgarian International Footballer
As the World Cup—the most important football tournament in the world--continues many questions remain about the state of the game. How prevalent is corruption? Why is the governing body not more willing to advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights and for worker well-being? What is future of a sport in which inequality continues to grow? How concerned is the sport about player welfare?
Sponsored by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH), Harvard University; the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; and the Ifill College at Simmons University.
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