Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Professor Emily Ryall Philosopher of Sport, Play and Games ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://emilyryall.net/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Home](https://emilyryall.net/) - Dr Emily Ryall is a philosopher in sport, games and play. She has written many academic articles and books and has given lectures and been on panel discussions. - [Keynote Lectures and Conference Papers](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=453) - Invited Keynote Lectures ‘Sporting Beauty: Art, Aesthetics and the Value of Sport’. IAI Academy Lecture at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-On-Wye, May 2026.‘Inclusion and Categorization in Sport: Exploring Belonging, Fairness and Justice’. Keynote speaker at the European Association for the Philosophy of Sport. Istanbul, Turkey. May 2025.‘The Ontological Significance of Being in Games’. Penelope Mackie Research Information on Keynote Lectures and Conference Papers - [Panel Debates](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=385) - Panel Debates All the World's a GameA panel debate at HowTheLightGetsIn, the biggest philosophy and music festival in the world, held at Hay-On-Wye. Panel consisted of Roy Baumeister, Ruth Kinna, Jonny Thomson and Emily Ryall Should we be watching the Qatar FIFA World Cup?A public debate held by the University of Gloucestershire prior to the - [List of publications](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=412) - List of Published Works Ryall, Emily S, and Alistair Brown. 2026. “A Core–Periphery Framework to Evaluate Dangerous Actions in Sport.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, April, 1–15. doi:10.1080/00948705.2026.2652331.Ryall, Emily S and Olivier, Steve (2026) Ethical issues in coaching dangerous sports (2nd Edition). In: The Ethics of Sports Coaching. Routledge, London. 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Learn how to organize claims, evidence, and references for clearer debates and discussions. - [Social Media](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=238) - Emily Ryall's blogsite 'Philosophical Thoughts'; Facebook page; and LinkedIn page where she posts about her work and professional activity. - [Philosophy of Football / Soccer](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=288) - Philosophy of Football (Soccer) 'Good Games and Penalty Shootouts'This paper considers what makes football the 'beautiful game' and why penalty shootouts should not be part of it. Good Games as Athletic BeautyThis book chapter develops the argument set out in 'Good games and penalty shootouts' as to why football is rightly called the 'beautiful game'. - [Media](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=434) - Media Dr Emily Ryall has regularly appeared on national and international media, including the BBC, ABC, New York Times and the Guardian among others. Below is a selection of her media engagement. BBC Radio Ulster discussion on The Enhanced Games Interview for Penn State University on Foundational Topics in Sports Ethics Interviewed on The Performance - [Sport Ethics](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=293) - Sport Ethics Borrie, A., and Ryall, E. (2025). Reimagining Talent Development in Sport: Seeing a different world. Routledge.This book takes a fresh look at the processes, systems and fundamental beliefs about talent. It brings together researchers, practitioners and former Olympic athletes to re-imagine the way talent development programmes work and the foundational values they are - [Written](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=231) - Written Sport Ethics Sport Aesthetics Philosophy of Football (Soccer) Philosophy of Play Philosophy of Games - [Collaboration](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=419) - Collaboration As part of a partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the BBC, academic researchers Dr Emily Ryall and Professor Hugh Montgomery worked with Producer, Becky Ripley and writer, James Fritz to produce this award nominated radio drama, Eight Point Nine Nine. BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020– Best Original Drama – Finalist ARIAS 2020 – - [Sport Aesthetics](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=368) - Sport Aesthetics Sport is not just about athleticism: beauty matters tooCommissioned article for Aeon magazine. March 2016. Watching Sport During Covid19Ryall, Emily S and Edgar, Andrew (2022) Watching sport during Covid-19. In: Philosophy, Sport, And the Pandemic. Ethics and Sport . Routledge, London, pp. 139-151. ISBN 9781032102139 - [Philosophy of Games](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=320) - Philosophy of Games Ryall, E. (2021) Agential Layering, the Absurd and the Grind in Game-Playing. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. 48:3, 425-435, DOI: 10.1080/00948705.2021.1948339 Ever wondered why we continue to play a game despite the fact that we are completely bored with it and just end up doing the same task over and over - [Philosophy of Play](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=252) - Philosophy of Play (book series) The Philosophy of Play book series developed from a biannual international conference on the Philosophy of Play first held at the University of Gloucestershire in 2011 and organised by Dr Emily Ryall, Dr Wendy Russell and Dr Malcolm MacLean alongside colleagues in Play and Playwork at the University.The edited collection - [Spoken](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=140) - Speaking events, invitations and engagements: Media Keynotes and conference speeches Panel debates - [Contact](https://emilyryall.net/?page_id=38) - Contact Please use the contact form below for any queries: