Research report

Participation versus performance: Managing (dis)ability, gender and cultural diversity in junior sport

This report presents the results of the three-year research project titled ‘Participation versus performance: Managing (dis)ability, gender and cultural diversity in junior sport’ (2014–2017). The research was conducted collaboratively by Victoria University, Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University and Monash University, in partnership with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Australian Football League (AFL) and the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY).

This research was generously funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects funding scheme (Project Number LP130100366) and by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth).