Dikaia Chatziefstathiou

Professor Dikaia Chatziefstathiou is a leading academic at Bournemouth University, affiliated with the School of Psychology and Life Sciences. Her research spans Olympic studies, sports ethics, human rights in sport, and social capital. She has pioneered work on athlete safeguarding, Olympic governance, and legacy analysis.

• Co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Principal investigator in EU-funded Marie Curie research on Olympic legacies
• Advocate for athlete welfare and anti-corruption frameworks

Research Trends: Recent publications focus on:

• Human rights and anti-corruption in Olympic governance (2024)
• Child athlete safeguarding frameworks in Uganda (2023)
• Rethinking Olympic legacies through urban regeneration (2022)
• Equity in sports medicine and participation (2021)
• Historical analysis of Coubertin's Olympic ideology

Methodological Innovations: Combines Foucauldian governmentality analysis, archival research, and participatory design in projects like UrbanDig.