This library aims to gather together research papers on all forms of sport participation, community sport delivery and related material. If you have a report or paper which is relevant, please get in touch and we will add it to the library.
RESEARCH & OSS
Inactivity is Scotland’s biggest health challenge. Research shows that sport can play a significant part in addressing that crisis at all age levels, and it is doing so across Europe. OSS' strong networks of stakeholders and academics work together to support the Scottish Government’s drive to create a healthier, more active nation, and educate on how we grow and widen access to all forms of sport activity - for everyone in every part of Scotland - to achieve that.
OSS Research Papers Library
- Gender diversity in leadership moving in right direction, but still 25 years from equality - Media coverage – Scotland on Sunday The National 29 October 2021 THE presence of women in leadership roles in Scottish sport has been growing in recent years,...
- Annual deaths due to physical inactivity still outstrip Covid - Worldwide progress to improve physical activity has stalled; overall deaths associated with inactivity remain at more than 5 million people per year (1m more than...
- Scots’ activity falls through pandemic, reports study - SPIKES in sport and exercise during Covid-19 lockdowns have been the exception rather than the rule in Scotland with a new survey suggesting that most...
- Covid-19 has made life more difficult for people with disabilities - New research has revealed Covid’s negative impact on the mental health of people with disabilities, with many people also reporting that they have felt more...
- Time to plan sport’s role in improving health of older population - Scotland is facing a boom in the ageing population over the next 30 years and new sport strategies targeting older people could hold the key...
- Scottish sport encouraged to grasp opportunity to engage older people -
- Poverty identified as main barrier to sport in Scotland - THE MAIN difference between people who play sport in Scotland in the 21st century and those who don’t lies in levels of deprivation, according to...
- Investigating the disability barriers to sport - THE Observatory for Sport in Scotland is launching a review of research into disability sport in Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Disability Sport (SDS)...
- Exercise halved obesity levels in new research - Sport activity is often tossed aside when discussing Scotland’s rising obesity problem as if it has little or no role to play, but new research...
- More intelligent data needed to inform and improve Scottish sport - PEOPLE working across different areas of sport in Scotland have told the OSS that there is a need for improved use and availability of data...
