June 17 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) is expanding its Global University Network (GUN) via a platform to harness the collective wealth of knowledge, expertise and synergies to further advance Sport Integrity worldwide.
SIGA already has cooperation agreements and a number of academic and research institutions, including George Washington University, UNICRI, the Institute of Legal-Political Sciences of the Law School of Lisbon, the High Institute of Economic, Finance and Fiscal Law of the Law School of Lisbon, and the High Institute of Law and Economy of Spain.
SIGA says the primary purposes of initiative comprise:
Knowledge Transfer: to ensure Sport Integrity becomes a key component of University Curriculum, including, by means of example, via the development of Integrity-related Executive Education Courses.
Research: to design, develop and deliver multi-stakeholder research, attain cross-industry support, generate industry leading content and data that underpins thought leadership initiatives and to attract funding from various sources.
Future Leaders Programme: to deliver integrated development, recognition and enrichment opportunities that create a bridge between the university and practitioner environments, specifically tailored to help shape the leaders of tomorrow.
Dr Iain Lindsay, Director of Research, Knowledge and Innovation, and scientific coordinator of the SIGA GUN, said: “We live in increasingly uncertain times. As a global society widespread reform has never had a broader, more immediate, mandate. In the coming COVID-related restrictive financial climate research funding will inevitably become scarcer and more heavily scrutinized.
“It is imperative that we, and all those involved within the wider global research industry, demonstrate quantifiable return on investment with exceptional research and thought leadership initiatives that deliver immediate, impactful results. To succeed in these difficult times high-quality outputs delivered in conjunction with extensive and inclusive industry-wide cohesion is vital. To navigate these challenges we aim to usher in a new productive era of multi-stakeholder collaboration that will help supercharge the Sport Integrity reform agenda via the creation of the SGUN.”
This is the 28th in a set of 30 boosting measures and initiatives being developed by SIGA.
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