Breaking the Code (of Silence) in Lithuania: Understanding Safe Sport as an Ideoscape

Authors

  • Laura G. Purdy Liverpool John Moores University and Vytautas Magnus University
  • Geoffery Z. Kohe University of Kent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15823/p.2025.159.5

Keywords:

safe sport, athlete welfare, Lithuania, sport education, sport governance, interpersonal violence in sport

Abstract

Global attention on interpersonal violence in sport has raised calls for safe sport. In Lithuania, safe sport is not well-known. This study explores how individuals within Lithuania’s sport system understand and conceptualise safe sport discourses. Data were generated via interviews with 18 Lithuanian student-athletes/coaches who revealed selective and hesitant approaches engaging to in safe sport ideas. Ultimately, we highlight how safe sport ideoscapes in Lithuania sit within sport governance modernisation agendas.

Author Biography

Laura G. Purdy, Liverpool John Moores University and Vytautas Magnus University

Dr Laura Purdy is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Business at John Moores University in the United Kingdom. She is also a member of the Institute of Educational Research (ETI), Education Academy, Vytautas Magnus University.

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Published

2025-12-20

How to Cite

Purdy, L. G., & Kohe, G. Z. (2025). Breaking the Code (of Silence) in Lithuania: Understanding Safe Sport as an Ideoscape. Pedagogika, 159(3), 107–126. https://doi.org/10.15823/p.2025.159.5

Issue

Vol. 159 No. 3 (2025): Pedagogika

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2025 Laura G. Purdy, Geoffery Z. Kohe

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.