Louisiana State University associate sport management professor Per G. Svensson will give a presentation titled, "Accelerating Impact: Resource Mobilization and Innovation in Sport for Development." Light refreshments served. SKB room 2080 (directly above Diag entrance).

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Abstract: The field of sport for development and peace has attracted significant attention and has become increasingly formalized during the past 25-30 years. These types of organizations intentionally leverage sport for the purpose of achieving a set of social change-focused outcomes. The aim of this presentation is to share my personal journey of seeking to help such community-based sport organizations better serve their social missions. First, I will highlight the unique context of sport for development and peace organizations for studying resource mobilization and organizational capacity. Second, I will explore how these sport organizations have enabled important advances on social innovation within resource-constrained environments. Third, I will discuss the development of experimental ways for advancing knowledge and developing more impactful ways for supporting the future generation of sport for social change organizations. Last, I will reflect on my experience in publishing across top-ranked journals both within and outside of the sport management discipline on non-mainstream topics and contexts. In doing so, I aim to identify key lessons learned for accelerating impact both in practice and in scholarship through sport management research. Additionally, I will endeavor to identify expected future trends in flagship journals within sport management.