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Dr Jack Sugden

Liverpool Business School

Faculty of Business and Law

Email: J.T.Sugden@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 5221

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A senior lecturer in sport sociology, governance and law at LJMU since 2021 Jack also has 13 years’ experience working in the development and peace field. He has managed, coordinated and researched such projects in Israel/Palestine, South Africa, West Africa, Jordan, Northern Ireland, and Colombia.

Jack is a founding member of the 'Action for Refugees’ network and has conducted participant ethnographies into rugby and identity in Fiji and mental health in mixed martial arts. Jack has also been working closely with the Fans Supporting Foodbanks movement, as part of a British Academy funded project to help them measure their impact and grow their influence through the '#Right to Food' campaign, he is now a trustee and advisor to the movement. Most recently Jack is leading a funding bid alongside UNESCO and the African Union due to his role as special advisor to the African Traditional Sports and Games Council.

Prior to teaching at LJMU Jack was a lecturer in sport management and development at Edge Hill University which he joined in 2016. Prior to this, he was a peace and development practitioner in various global fields, which led to a scholarship to study a PhD in sport, culture and integration in the Pacific Islands while at The University of Technology, Sydney.

Degrees

2017, The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, PhD
2012, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom, Masters in Comparative Ethnic Conflict
2009, The university of Manchester, United Kingdom, BA Hons International Politics

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