Simon Darnell is a Lecturer in Sport in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University, UK. His main research focus is the social and political dimensions of sport-for-development. He also conducts research into international sport policy, with a focus on Cuba, as well as the role of sport in promoting global citizenship. He is the author of Sport for Development and Peace: A Critical Sociology (2012, Bloomsbury Academic). His work has also been published in the Sociology of Sport Journal, Development in Practice, and the Journal of Global Citizenship and Equity Education.