Experts in Sport: E82 - Safeguarding and interpersonal abuse in sport

Safeguarding and interpersonal abuse in sport – the development and potential impact of the IOC consensus statement.

Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaffirmed its commitment to safe sport by announcing the release of its third consensus statement on safeguarding and interpersonal violence in sport.

In the latest Experts in Sport podcast, hosted Martin Foster is joined by those involved in delivering this initiative.

The panel, featuring Prof Daniel Rhind (Loughborough University), Prof Yetsa Adebodunde Tuakli-Wosornu, (Stanford University), and Kirsty Burrows (Head of the IOC's Safe Sport Unit), discuss the background to the consensus statement, its development, the overarching recommendations and what this means for wider stakeholders. 

Intro 00:00 
Consensus statement importance 2:52  
Research rationale 7:42  
Definitions 9:14 
Methodology 16:31 
Findings 18:06 
Sport and society 28:27 
Intentional interpersonal violence 34:43 
Recommendations 41:28 
What changes do you want to see? 52:02 
Outros 56:01 

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The Experts in Sport podcast is a regular series that brings together experts from across Loughborough University with external thought leaders to discuss the latest research and hot topics in sport and academia with new episodes launched regularly. 

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