Introduction
Dr J. Simon Rofe is Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies in the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, the School’s Academic Head of Online Learning, and Programme Director for MA Global Diplomacy, at SOAS University of London. His research focuses upon diplomacy, international and global history, with a particular focus upon diplomacy and sport. He is the author and editor of a number of books and academic and non-academic articles. Articles include: 'Sport and Diplomacy: A Global Diplomacy Framework.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 27 (2). pp. 212-230. 2016; '"Strenuous Competition on the field of play, Diplomacy off it" – The 1908 London Olympics, Theodore Roosevelt, Arthur Balfour, and Transatlantic Relations'. w/ Alan Tomlison, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, (15) 1, pp 60-79, 2016; and 'It is a squad game: Manchester United as a diplomatic non-state actor in international affairs.' Sport in Society, 17 (9). pp. 1136-1154. 2014. Selected books include: Sport and Diplomacy: Games within Games (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018): The London Embassy – 70 Years in Grosvenor Square 1939-2009, with Alison Holmes (Palgrave: London, 2012); International History and International Relations, with Andrew Williams and Amelia Hadfield (Routledge: Basingstoke, 2012).
Expert
Dr J. Simon Rofe is Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies in the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, the School’s Academic Head of Online Learning, and Programme Director for MA Global Diplomacy, at SOAS University of London. His research focuses upon diplomacy, international and global history, with a particular focus upon diplomacy and sport. He is the author and editor of a number of books and academic and non-academic articles. Articles include: 'Sport and Diplomacy: A Global Diplomacy Framework.' Diplomacy and Statecraft, 27 (2). pp. 212-230. 2016; '"Strenuous Competition on the field of play, Diplomacy off it" – The 1908 London Olympics, Theodore Roosevelt, Arthur Balfour, and Transatlantic Relations'. w/ Alan Tomlison, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, (15) 1, pp 60-79, 2016; and 'It is a squad game: Manchester United as a diplomatic non-state actor in international affairs.' Sport in Society, 17 (9). pp. 1136-1154. 2014. Selected books include: Sport and Diplomacy: Games within Games (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018): The London Embassy – 70 Years in Grosvenor Square 1939-2009, with Alison Holmes (Palgrave: London, 2012); International History and International Relations, with Andrew Williams and Amelia Hadfield (Routledge: Basingstoke, 2012).
Fields of expertise: Education, Policy design and delivery, Sustainable Development Goals