Edoardo G.F. Rosso is a social geographer with an interest in sociological and psychological aspects of sport and physical activity, in particular for vulnerable people. This encompasses sport and development, community development, social capital and sport coaching. He holds a position as a Research Fellow: Sport and Development in the University of South Australia’s Division of Health Sciences (Adelaide). Born and raised in Turin, Italy, he moved to Australia in his early twenties and lived in Sydney, the Northern Territory and Adelaide. He completed his PhD at Flinders University. Edoardo has considerable expertise in working with community partners towards interventions around sport, physical activity and well-being,... Read more
About me
Edoardo G.F. Rosso is a social geographer with an interest in sociological and psychological aspects of sport and physical activity, in particular for vulnerable people. This encompasses sport and development, community development, social capital and sport coaching. He holds a position as a Research Fellow: Sport and Development in the University of South Australia’s Division of Health Sciences (Adelaide). Born and raised in Turin, Italy, he moved to Australia in his early twenties and lived in Sydney, the Northern Territory and Adelaide. He completed his PhD at Flinders University. Edoardo has considerable expertise in working with community partners towards interventions around sport, physical activity and well-being, especially in areas with high proportions of newly-arrived migrants, low socio-economic status households, Indigenous people and - generally- people at risk of social exclusion.
About me
Australian and New Zealand Association For Leisure Studies (ANZALS), Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), The International Platform for Sport and Development, Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN), Royal Geographical Society of South Australia (RGSSA), Football Federation Australia (FFA)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts Flinders University
Research Fellow: Sport and Development
University of South Australia, December 2012 – Present. Driving sport-based development and education projects in the Division of Health Sciences by building partnerships and creating opportunities for community engagement, student engagement, research and education through sport.
Course Coordinator - Sport, Coaching and Community Development
University of South Australia, January 2014 – Present. The course Sport Coaching and Community Development (HLTH 2028) aims to enable students to develop an understanding of the relationship between sport, coaching and community development and to build planning and leadership skills to engage with various practical applications of community development through sport.
Project Coordinator
University of South Australia, June 2011 – December 2012 (1 year 7 months). Run "Football United-UniSA", a social development program that promotes social inclusion through football (soccer), student engagement and research opportunities.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS
Rosso, E., 2016. "Brief Report: Coaching adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a school-based multi-sport program". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(7), 2526-2531.
Rosso, E. and McGrath, R., 2016. "Promoting physical activity among children and youth in disadvantaged South Australian CALD communities through alternative community sport opportunities". Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Early Online Publication, 29 February 2016.
Rosso, E., McGrath, R., Immink, M. and May, E., 2016. "Sport for Development (S4D) as ‘core university business’? Modelling university participation in sport-based social development." Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 7(1),... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
2016 - Multi-sports program for adolescents in the SA youth correctional system, in partnership with the Adelaide Youth Training Centre - (Department of Communities and Social Inclusion).
2016 - Supporting Success: Multi-sports program for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in partnership with Modbury Special School and the City of Tea Tree Gully.
2015-16 - One Netball Program, in partnership with Netball SA and the Office for Recreation and Sport.
2015 - Supporting Success: Multi-sports program for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in partnership with Modbury Special School.
2015 - Sport for Rural Health (S4RH): Coaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in partnership with Whyalla Special Education Centre and the UniSA Department of rural Health (Whyalla).
2015 - Kicking Goals for Community, in partnership with Northern Refugee United Social Club and the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion.
2014 - West Torrens FUn: Community Development through Football, in partnership with the City of West Torrens,
2014-16 - Education and Development through Sport, in partnership with UniSA College and the Australian Department of Education and Training.
2013-14 - Kicking Goals for Diversity, in partnership with 5 local schools and the Australian Department of Social Services.
2013-14 - Kicking Goals for the Future, in partnership with Northern Refugee United Social Club and the South Australian Office for the Youth.
2013-14 - Playford Refugee Playing for Change, in partnership with Anglicare SA Communities for Children, Northern Refugee United Social Club and the Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
2013-14 - Football Skills for Life: Building Life Skills, Leadership and Wellbeing through Sport, in partnership with Coca-Cola Australia Foundation and Northern Refugee United Social Club.
2012-13 - Football United in South Australia, in partnership with the Football United program (University of News South Wales).
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2014 |
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2009 |
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Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
1
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2017 |
Open access
13
8
2
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2016 |
Open access
18
17
7
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2016 |
Open access
17
16
2
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2016 |
2
3
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2015 |
1
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2014 |
Open access
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2013 |
13
14
4
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2010 |
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2010 |
15
12
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2008 |
8
7
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Year | Output |
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2019 |
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CONFERENCES:
Rosso E. Building capacity to increase opportunities for community-based physical activity and sport in South Australia.12th Biennial ANZALS Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 10-12 December 2015.
Milanese E. & Rosso E. Developing good practice coaching strategies for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a multi-sport program. 12th Biennial ANZALS Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 10-12 December 2015.
McGrath R., Rosso, E. & Bouyesi J. Rippling out: social outcomes from a Sport for Development project. 12th Biennial ANZALS Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 10-12 December 2015.
Rosso E. Sport, play and exercise for all? Increasing physical activity of adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Play the Game 2015 – Global sport: Reform or Revolution? Aarhus, Denmark, 25-29 October 2015.
Rosso E. ‘Supporting Success’: coaching adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a school-based multi-sport program. 29th Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) International Conference. Prince Albert College, Adelaide, 13-15 April 2015.
McGrath R. & Rosso E. Win-Win-Win: Learning through a Community Service Approach. 11th Biennial 11th ANZALS Biennial Conference, Monash University, Frankston (Vic), Australia, 4-6 December 2013
Rosso E. Promoting physical activity in disadvantaged South Australian communities through alternative community sport opportunities. 2013 Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, Phuket, Thailand, 23-25 October 2013.
Rosso E & Lievano K. Bringing people and communities together through football: Sport for social development in South Australia. 13th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 26-28 June 2013.
Lievano K & Rosso E. Student-volunteer perspectives on participation in a sport-based social development program. 13th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 26-28 June 2013.
McGrath R & Rosso E. Local Government as a facilitator of sport and recreation opportunities: A Case Study of the Street Sport Project. 17th Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management, Prague, Czech Republic, 10-12 April 2013.
Rosso E. Implementing the Football United® (FUn) program in South Australia – A four-tiered strategic approach to university involvement with sport-based social programs. Third International Conference of Sport and Society, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, 23-25 July 2012.
McGrath R & Rosso E. Digging beneath the surface – A case study of football (soccer) administration in South Australia. 16th Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management, University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 11-13 April 2012.
Rosso E. Social capital and the development of elite athletes. First International Conference of Sport and Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 8-10 March 2010.
Research
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS
Rosso, E., 2016. "Brief Report: Coaching adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a school-based multi-sport program". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(7), 2526-2531.
Rosso, E. and McGrath, R., 2016. "Promoting physical activity among children and youth in disadvantaged South Australian CALD communities through alternative community sport opportunities". Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Early Online Publication, 29 February 2016.
Rosso, E., McGrath, R., Immink, M. and May, E., 2016. "Sport for Development (S4D) as ‘core university business’? Modelling university participation in sport-based social development." Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 7(1), 77-90.
Rosso, E., 2015. "The 'inverse relationship' between social capital and sport: A qualitative exploration of the influence of social networks on the development of athletes". Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 6(1), 57-76.
Rosso E., 2014. Taking the Next Step: Social Capital and Athlete Development. Common Ground Publishing, Champaign, IL, USA.
George, E., Rosso, E., Burnard, K. and Drew, E., 2014. "'Spark Awareness, Brighten Futures': Raising aspirations to tertiary education in disadvantaged communities through sport". Education and Health, 32(3), 80-84.
Rosso E. and McGrath R., 2013. “Beyond recreation: Personal social networks and social capital in the transition of young players from recreational football to formal football clubs”. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 48(4), 451-468.
Rosso, E., 2010. "‘Taking the next step’: Social capital and the development of elite women’s football players in South Australia." The International Journal of Sport and Society, 1(2), 71-86.
Rosso, E., 2010. "From informal recreation to a geography of achievement: Women’s soccer in South Australia." Geographical Research, 48(2), 181-196.
Rosso, E., 2009. Geography of Women's Soccer in South Australia: the Changing Spatial Organisation of the Sport in Adelaide, 1978-2006. Cologne: Lambert Academic Publishing.
Rosso, E., 2008. "The spatial organisation of women’s soccer in Adelaide: Another tale of spatial inequality?" Geographical Research, 46(4), 446-458.
Rosso, E., 2007. "Changes in the ethnic identification of women’s soccer clubs in Adelaide: The case of Adelaide City Women’s Football Club." Flinders University Language Group Online Review (FULGOR) (online). Available at http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/deptlang/fulgor/, 3(2), 67-86.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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ACH Group | AUSTRALIA |
TAFE SA | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Sport and Development, Sports Coaching, Experiential Learning
Teaching & student supervision