Marianna Pavan
Lecturer in Sports
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Biography
Biography
Marianna is a Lecturer in Sports within the Sport Policy Unit at MMU. She has been previously involved in teaching at the University of Padua (Italy), University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and the Univesité Général Lansana Conte de Sofonia (Guinea). Her research areas include questions on social change, sport for development and addresses the promotion and protection of human rights through and in sport.
Marianna has presented her research in numerous international settings like the conference of the Leisure Studies Association, the European Association for the Sociology of Sport, the Sport & EU Association and Sport & Society amongst others.
She has consulted for range of organisations, including the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Italian Third Division Football Association (Lega Pro) and the EU Commission - EACEA Agency.
Membership of External Bodies
Trustee at Scottish Para Football
Teaching
For the 2023/2024 Academic Year, I am Unit leader for :
- L4 Global Sports
- L5 Contemporary Issues in Sport
Research outputs
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Chapters in books
Pavan, M. (2023) 'FOOTBALL CONSUMERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Awareness among World Cup spectators.' The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights. pp. 403-414.
Pavan, M., García, A. (2019) 'The Cube of Love Experience at School: Fostering Peaceful Societies Through a Pedagogy of Dialogue.' Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Volume: 10. Brill,
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Reports
Pavan, M., Gravina, M., Brazzarola, L. Toolkit: Guide to implementation of the SOS modules.
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Journal articles
Pavan, M. (2021) 'Shall We Speak Football?: “Scottish Accent You Know–It’s Not Easy”.' The International Journal of Sport and Society, 12(2) pp. 199-218.