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McSweeney and colleagues publish in Sport Management Review

The article discusses how we can learn from failed social innovations such as the use of a digital application in sport-based development programs.

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Mitchell McSweeney, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and in the Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations (GIRSO), and colleagues in Europe published a paper in Sport Management Review titled "The dark side of social innovation: integrating a digital application for sport-for-development programmes." Led by Sophia Harith (University of Luxembourg and Ghent University), the article discusses how we can learn from failed social innovations such as the use of a digital application in sport-based development programs.