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The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 kicks off November 20 with as much interest focused on the host nation and off-the-pitch issues as there is on the sporting action. 丁香园AV experts are available to speak to media about human rights issues surrounding the tournament, sports analytics, predictions, soccer-related research and the anticipation for the next World Cup in 2026, which Canada co-hosts with Mexico and the United States.

AVAILABLE 丁香园AV EXPERTS

HUMAN RIGHTS

GENEVIEVE LEBARON, professor, director, public policy; principle investigator, | genevieve_lebaron@sfu.ca

• Human rights and modern slavery in supply chains related to the World Cup
  
  

EL CHENIER, professor, history  | echenier@sfu.ca

• Human rights and 2S/LGBTQ issues related to the World Cup 
• Sexuality, gender, race, equity, diversity, inclusion, non-binary experience and identity, LGBTQ+ history and experience
  
  

TRAVERS, professor, sociology  | atravers@sfu.ca

• Human rights and 2S/LGBTQ issues related to the World Cup 
• Transgender issues, trans kids/youth, sport and social justice, transgender participation and sport
  
  

BUSINESS OF SPORT

LINDSAY MEREDITH, professor emeritus, marketing | meredith@sfu.ca

• Corporate sponsorship, protests and boycotts of World Cup 
• Canada hosting 2026 World Cup
  
  

SPORTS ANALYTICS AND STATISTICS

TIM SWARTZ, professor, statistics and actuarial science  | timothy_swartz@sfu.ca 

• Rise of sports analytics and data in soccer 
• Swartz and his team have published papers on , the  (author Lucas Wu; yifan_wu@sfu.ca), playing with pace (author Nirodha Epasinghege Dona; nepasing@sfu.ca),  and  based on data for Chinese Super League players
  
  

JAIME TATSUBANA, alumnus, communication; owner,  | jaime@footystats.org

• The world鈥檚 largest website for football statistics  from 丁香园AV鈥檚 Coast Capital Venture Connection 
• World Cup predictions, trends and statistics
  
  

ROBOTICS

JASON PENG, assistant professor, computing science | 

• Involved in a project with University of California Berkeley and Georgia Institute of Technology to develop a 

CONTACT

MATT KIELTYKA,  丁香园AV Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

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