Consultancy and services
The ESDN offers advice, consultancy or commissioned research to community groups and organisations in need of sports development and physical activity guidance and help. We can work with companies as consultants using our expertise to solve challenges they may be facing. It is also a point of contact for identifying potential academics and policy research specialists for those interested in commissioning research. As a collective, the ESDN can put together research project teams to fit with the demands of a research brief that cut across academic, public and private sector organisations.
Consultancy is an important part of transferring knowledge from an academic environment to industry and commerce. Likewise, the ESDN is interested to develop a stronger practitioner input and build closer links with policy communities.
In addition, it benefits the ESDN by enabling us to use our knowledge and expertise on ‘real-life’ problems. As a member-funded organisation we will take on commissioned work via local authorities, National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) or Government.
Contact us to learn how our consultancy and services can help your organisation.
Our partners
We work in partnership with many organisation from multinational organisations to local business. Our key partners include:
- Leisure Studies Association (LSA)
- The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)
- Idrotts Forum (Scandinavian Sports Research Group)
- Sport&EU (The Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union)
The ESDN works in partnership with UK and foreign universities and has developed links with HEI universities in Holland, Germany, Japan, America and Canada. Future developments are looking at furthering such working relationships around cross-national lines through webinars, podcasts and internet-based collaborative ventures.
