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Dr Brian McCullough

Dr Dr Brian McCullough

Associate Professor
Texas A&M UniversityUnited States
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Research focus

Dr. Brian P. McCullough is an Associate Professor of Sport Management in the Health and Kinesiology Department at Texas A&M University. Dr. McCullough teaches a broad range of graduate and undergraduate courses in sport management and has developed a graduate curriculum focused on the application of environmental sustainability to the business of sport. His research focuses on the bidirectional relationship between sport and the natural environment in a subdiscipline of sport management called sport ecology. He has written over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, edited two books, authored one book, and presented his research over 60 times at national and international conferences. Dr. McCullough developed and assisted in the creation of the United Nation\'s Sport for Climate Action Framework and is currently working with the Commonwealth Secretariat for Sport Development and Peace integrating the United Nation\'s Sustainable Development Goal 13 into sport throughout the Commonwealth. He is also the co-director of the Sport Ecology Group.

SDG targets

12.2

Sustainable management and use of natural resources

12.4

Responsible management of chemicals and waste

12.5

Substantially reduce waste generation

12.6

Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and sustainability reporting

12.8

Promote universal understanding of sustainable lifestyles

12.B

Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable tourism

13.2

Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning

13.3

Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

13.A

Implement the UN framework convention on climate change

13.B

Promote mechanisms to raise capacity for planning and management

17.6

Knowledge sharing and cooperation for access to science, technology and innovation

17.17

Encourage effective partnerships

17.18

Enhance availability of reliable data

17.19

Further develop measurments of progress

Projects

Routledge handbook of sport and sustainable development