The research is investigating the potential of informal team sport to foster social resilience and build social capital among vulnerable new and temporary migrants. In so doing, it will help us understand the everyday settings that shape migrant incorporation into our communities in modern multicultural Australia. It situates informal sport within public space and the built environment to understand the material and institutional resources that shape the social outcomes new migrants might access through social sport. We adopt an international comparative approach to gain insight into where Australia is doing well and where it can do better by investigating informal team sport in Sydney and Singapore –cities that receive large intakes of immigrant arrivals, from permanent settlers, refugees and asylum seekers to temporary migrants such as international students and low waged migrant workers. The project will deliver theoretical innovation and policy relevant findings around the connection between inclusive urban environments, social resilience and leisure cultures in diverse cities and the alternative ways vulnerable groups of migrants are incorporated into the wider society.

Project Owner: Macquarie University
Year commenced: 2022
Anticipated completion: 2025
Status: Active; Ongoing
Project ID: ID-231026-2315