On June 9, 2023 (Friday), as part of the 'Identity Politics Series', the K-Academic Diffusion Research Center hosted the 7th Colloquium of 2022-23 K-Academic Project with Professor David Black from Dalhousie University in Canada. Professor David Black illustrated "Sports Mega-Events and World Order Change: Implications for Korea", followed by a discussion on the strategies of emerging countries that seek to (re)establish their positions in the international order through hosting sports mega-events, as well as the direction and challenges of Korea's sports public diplomacy strategy based on these strategies.