This paper considers a relative age effect in association football (soccer) for Republic of Ireland under twenty-one international footballers over two intervals: from November 1981 to November 1994 and from September 2007 to May 2013. As the registration date for organised youth soccer in...

Engineering research plays an important role in realisation of decarbonisation. However, translational change is notoriously challenging. We explore the extent to which a wicked problem framework can be useful in driving real progress. We evaluate decarbonisation programmes via a complex...

Research question Studies considering demand for professional boxing are almost completely absent from the Sport Management/Sports Economics literature. Little is known about consumer preferences for a sport which attracts global attention but is unique insofar as it is exempt from standard...

There is a need to manage and reduce combined sewer overflow discharges (CSOs) to support the resilience of combined sewer systems (CSS) and minimise their environmental impacts. However, the lack of a standardised approach to resilience analysis presents a challenge for developing CSO reduction...