Mission

The Centre brings together sport philosophers, sport ethicists, MAISI students, doctoral students, visiting scholars and associated members to promote collaborative research on contemporary ethical and conceptual issues in sport.

The mission of the centre is:

- to promote collaborative research on contemporary ethical problems in sport.

- to contribute to public discussion and policy development at national and international levels;

- to develop research outputs of high quality;

- to participate in national and international sports ethics projects.

Themes

The team focuses on applied sports philosophy and applied sports ethics, especially topics such as the categorization of athletes in sport (sex, age, weight, dis/ability), issues in parasport, contemporary problems in female sport, ethical problems in the use of social media by athletes, corruption in sport, sport and technology, democratic governance of sport organizations, moral education and theory of Olympism, body ecology and the quality of athletes’ experiencing in sport, and ethics of the outdoors and martial arts/combat sports.

Members

Academic Staff

Irena P. Martínková

Jim Parry

Klara Daďová

Michal Vágner

Doctoral Candidates at FTVS

Doctoral candidates elsewhere

Visiting Scholars

Associate Members

International cooperation

Collaborative Teaching 2020-2022

1. MAOS, University of the Peloponnese, Greece - Master’s Degree Programme in Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events. Teaching Unit M1.4 - Philosophy and Ethics

2. MAHPA, University of Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - Master’s Degree Programme in Health and Physical Activity. Teaching on Research Methodology module.

3. International Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, Greece – teaching at various sessions: Postgraduate Session, Main International Session, and Session for NOCs and NOAs.

Projects

1. Collaboration (teaching and admin) on the Erasmus Mundus MA in Sports Ethics and Integrity (2017-2025), alongside 5 partners: KU Leuven, JGU Mainz, UPF Barcelona, UoPeloponnese, Swansea, UK. Funded by a €7million EU grant.

2. Research collaboration within the Cooperatio project (funded by Charles University) on fundamental ethical problems of contemporary sport, from the perspective of analytic philosophy

3. Grant Agency of Charles University (GAUK) funded projects 2022-2023

   Whitney Bragagnolo:	Power, Sex & Corruption in Sport
   Breana McCoy:	Towards Democratic Sports Systems – Examining the Concept of Stakeholder Democracy
   Qian Wang:	What does the body mean to us? Merleau-Ponty's concept of Embodiment in understanding esports and traditional Chinese movement practices

4. Post-GAUK funded project 2022-2023

   Olivia Howe:

   The Impact of Coercive Sex Segregation in Women's "Basket" Sports

5. Strategic partnership projects of Charles University with University of Melbourne 2018-2022

International Publications 2017-23

2024

• Impiö, J. & J. Parry (2024). Freeride skiing – the values of freedom and creativity. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport (online first)

• Martínková, I. (2024). Ultra sports as nature sports (propre). Journal of the Philosophy of Sport (online first)

• Martínková, I. & Wang, Q. (2023). A phenomenological perspective on embodiment in sports and esports. In A. Hofmann, M. Reeves & P. Camara (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on Esports. London: Routledge. (in print)

2023

• Martínková, I. (2023). Inclusion as the value of eligibility rules in sport. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 50 (3), 345-364.

• Parry, J. & J. Giesbrecht. (2023). Esports, real sports and the Olympic Virtual Series. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 50 (2), 208-228.

• Howe, O.R. (2023). Netball and the interpellation of feminine body comportment. Sport in Society 26 (10), 1647-1664.

• Campos, M., J. Parry & I. Martínková (2022). WADA’s concept of the ‘Protected Person’. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (1), 58-69.

• Parry, J. (2023). On the Definition of Sport. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (1), 49-57.

• Martínková, I., J. Parry & M. Imbrišević (2023). Transgender Athletes and Principles of Sport Categorization: Why Genealogy and the Gendered Body Will Not Help. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (1), 21-33.

• Krein, K., J. Parry, I. Martínková, G. Breivik & R. Humphreys. (2023). Book Symposium: Kevin Krein’s Philosophy and Nature Sports. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 17(2), 240-274.

• Giesbrecht, J. (2023). In Defense of Lightweight Rowing. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 17(3), 290-305.

2022

• Martínková, I. & J. Parry (2022). Mixed Martial Arts is not a Martial Art. In Holt, J. & Ramsay, M. (Ed.), The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts: Squaring the Octagon (pp. 4-16). London: Routledge.

• McCoy, B. & I. Martínková (2022). Democracy, philosophy and sport: animating the agonistic spirit. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 49 (2), 246-262.

• Howe, O. R. (2022). Hitting the barriers – Women in Formula 1 and W series racing. European Journal of Women’s Studies (online first).

• Howe, O. R. (2022). Henley Women’s Regatta and Cultural Preservationism. The International Journal of Sport and Society 13 (1), 71-83.

• Martínková, I., & Q. Wang (2022). Shikantaza – The Practice of ‘Just Sitting’: Ultimate Slowing Down and its Effect on Experiencing. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 16 (2), 221-236,

• Martínková, I., B. Andrieu & J. Parry (2022). Slow Sport and Slow Philosophy: Practices Suitable (Not Only) for Lockdowns. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 16 (2), 159-164.

• Martínková, I., T. Knox, L. Anderson & J. Parry (2022). Sex and gender in sport categorization: aiming for terminological clarity. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 49 (1), 134-150.

2021

• Parry, J. & I. Martínková (2021). The logic of categorisation in sport. European Journal of Sport Science 21 (11), 1485-1491.

• Parry, J. (2021). Esports Will Not Be at the Olympics. Journal of Olympic Studies 2 (2), 1–13.

• Mravec, L. (2021). Match-fixing as a Threat to Sport: Ethical and Legal Perspectives. Studia Sportiva 15 (2), 37-48.

• Quay, J., I. Martínková & J. Parry (2021). Phenomenological Human Science Via Phenomenological Philosophy: A Phenomenomethodological Approach to Education Research. In E. Creely, J. Southcott, K. Carabott and D. Lyons (Eds.), Phenomenological Inquiry in Education: Theories, Practices, Provocations and Directions (pp. 52-67). London: Routledge.

2020

• Martínková, I. (2020). Open Categories in Sport: One Way to Decrease Discrimination. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 14 (4), 461-477.

• Martínková, I. (2020). Unisex sports: challenging the Binary. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 47 (2), 248-265.

• Martínková, I. & J. Parry (2020). Olympic Winter Games, ‘Cold Sports’, and Inclusive Values. The International Journal of the History of Sport 37 (13), 1236-1251.

• Parry, J. (2020). The Concept of Sport in Olympism. Diagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies 4, 131-148.

• Parry, J. & P. Allison (Eds.) (2020). Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education. London: Routledge.

• Reppold, A., I. Martínková & J. Parry (Eds.) (2020). PE & Sport Research in Brazil and the Czech Republic. Porto Alegre: UFRGS Press.

2019

• Parry, J. (2019). E-sports are Not Sports. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 13 (1), 3-18.

• Kříž, P. (2021). Merleau-Ponty’s Discovery of the Pre-objective Body and Its Consequences for Body-Oriented Disciplines. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 15 (1), 122-138.

• Martínková, I., J. Parry & M. Vágner (2019). The Contribution of Martial Arts to Moral Development. IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology 19 (1), 1–8. ISSN 2084-3763.

2018

• Girginov, V. & J. Parry (2018). Protecting or undermining the integrity of sport? The science and politics of the McLaren report. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 10 (2), 393-407.

• Martínková, I. (2018). Education and Olympism: Coubertin’s Unfinished Symphony. Diagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies 2, 47-60.

• Robinson, S. & J. Parry (2018). The impact of corruption on individual athletes, teams, and organisations. In L. A. Kihl (Ed.). Corruption in Sport: Causes, Consequences, and Reform (pp. 91-109). London: Routledge.

• Andrieu, B., J. Parry, A. Porrovecchio, O. Sirost (Eds.) (2018). Body Ecology and Emersive Leisure. London: Routledge.

• Martínková, I. & J. Parry (2018). Heidegger, sport and body ecology. In B. Andrieu, J Parry, A. Porrovecchio, O. Sirost (Eds.), Body Ecology and Emersive Leisure (pp. 136-149). London: Routledge.

2017

• Gardiner, S., J. Parry & S. Robinson (2017). Integrity and the corruption debate in sport: where is the integrity? European Sport Management Quarterly 17 (1), 6-23.

• Martínková, I. (2017). Body Ecology: Avoiding body–mind dualism. Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure 40 (1), 101-112.

• Martínková, I. & Jim Parry (2017). Safe Danger – On the Experience of Challenge, Adventure and Risk in Education. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 11 (1), 75-91,

• Torres, C. & J. Parry (2017). Boxing and the Youth Olympic Games. Diagoras: International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies 1, 169-190.

• Van Dijk, A., K. Daďová & I. Martínková (2017). Intellectual disability sport and Paralympic classification. AUC Kinanthropologica 53 (1), 21–34.