Welcome to Reconcile Digest #22. I’m so glad you’re here.
As you know, the research we bring to light at Reconcile spans many categories, though social justice finds its way into most of the conversations we have. What can we say? Someone needs to prioritise it.
Both the uninitiated AND the die-hard football fans will take something new from this research digest because guess what: it's MUCH more than just a game.
"Ironically, [the World Cup’s original strategy] may have ended how it lived - through accumulation of wealth through dispossession”
A quote from the paper, available to download at the end.
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup forges on, we get into the research on geopolitics, international image, business strategy and dishonest crisis management (!) in football. And to think, we thought the entertainment was watching the games themselves.
Enjoy!
