Owen willis

Biography

Dr. OWEN WILLIS is affiliated to Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University. Dr. OWEN WILLIS is currently providing services as . Dr. OWEN WILLIS has authored I145and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and International conferences. Dr. OWEN WILLIS contributions have acclaimed recognition from honourable subject experts around the world. Dr. OWEN WILLIS is actively associated with different societies and academies. Dr. OWEN WILLIS academic career is decorated with several reputed awards and funding. Dr. OWEN WILLIS research interests include My academic interests include the areas of sport and development as well as religion and development. These two themes may not seem particularly interrelated, but I suggest both are congruent in terms of the universal search for meaning. Had Marx lived in our generation, he might have substituted “sport” for “religion” in his famous quote: “Religion is the opium of the people.” Sport has always been a fascination of mine, and the opportunity to analyze it from an academic perspective has been especially invigorating. I am interested in how sport may be of use in the development process, though I caution against investing sport with unrealistic and universalistic properties..

Research Interest

My academic interests include the areas of sport and development as well as religion and development. These two themes may not seem particularly interrelated, but I suggest both are congruent in terms of the universal search for meaning. Had Marx lived in our generation, he might have substituted “sport” for “religion” in his famous quote: “Religion is the opium of the people.” Sport has always been a fascination of mine, and the opportunity to analyze it from an academic perspective has been especially invigorating. I am interested in how sport may be of use in the development process, though I caution against investing sport with unrealistic and universalistic properties.