After the final whistle: What’s next for World Cup host cities
July 20, 2026
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup wrapped up Sunday, July 19, but the impacts of the tournament will last long after the games are done.
is a network of scholars, activists, and journalists dedicated to documenting how mega-events like the World Cup affect host cities and communities. Their work covers increasingly intrusive surveillance, displacement, over-policing, environmental harm, and worker exploitation in host countries Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
The platform offers direct access to expert analysis – in-depth research, essays, and interviews from academics and community organizers, as well as community voices – firsthand accounts from workers and residents affected by World Cup preparations.
The coordinating committee includes Carolyn Prouse, a professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´, who brings extensive research experience studying sport mega-events in South Africa and Brazil, with a focus on racialized violence, land dispossession, and surveillance technologies. She is now applying that expertise to the North American context with colleagues from universities including York, Toronto, Fordham, Universidad Iberoamericana, and more.
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