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PROJECT TEAM

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Dr. Ashlyn Hardie

Founder & Executive Director

  • Cross-cultural and cross-sectoral exchanges in SDP

  • Building sustainable programs and partnerships, using sport for positive social change

  • Empowering women in and through sport

PRACTITIONER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC)

MORE DETAILS TO COME SOON

RESEARCH AFFILIATES

Dr. Marlene A. Dixon

Director of Research & Development

  • Coordination of all research resources and needs

  • Budgeting and project costs

  • Work with Executive Director to scope R & D

  • Deliver R & D outputs

Dr. Per Svensson

Sport for Development Researcher

  • Expert in Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) research

  • Focuses on organizational capacity and innovation

  • Supporting SDP growth

  • Guiding evidence-based impact

Dr. Katherine Raw

Sport for Development Researcher

  • Researches innovation and impact in Sport for Development (SFD).

  • Focuses on program design, evaluation, and professionalization.

  • Explores how sport organizations balance performance and social goals.

  • Evidence-based strategy and evaluation.

Olga Khokhryakova

Research Assistant

  • Researching sport-focused social entrepreneurship.

  • Studies early-stage development through an entrepreneurship-as-practice lens.

  • Extensive background in media and project management.

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