Kihl receives 2022 International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award

Lisa A. Kihl, Ph.D.
Lisa A. Kihl, PhD

Lisa A. Kihl, PhD, associate professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations (GIRSO), received an “International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award 2022” in the Safeguarding Sports from Corruption category December 8, 2022. Dr. Kihl traveled to Doha, Qatar, to receive the award in its first year of offering at the Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani International Excellence Award Ceremony sponsored by the Rule of Law and Anti-corruption Center and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. The award was presented in conjunction with International Anti-Corruption Day. The award recognizes individuals and entities that have: worked to safeguard sport against local-, regional-, or national-level corruption; or who have made a measurable impact on reducing the risk of corruption occurring in a particular sport or in sport in general; or who have conducted research related to the effect of corruption on sport; or who have fought to reduce the impact of existing corruption on a particular sport or sport in general.