Henne, Kathryn2021-07-122379-9978http://hdl.handle.net/1885/240382This article analyses sport for development and peace (SDP) governance, focusing specifically on the role of indicator culture. It examines how different actors inform SDP governance, drawing upon data collected as part of a larger, multi-sited ethnographic research project. It utilises actor–network theory as its analytical guide, which enables deeper consideration of how bureaucratic mechanisms, measurement and evaluation practices, political and funding mandates, and postcolonial ideologies converge in the development of SDP initiatives in the Pacific. Findings point to tensions within the broader embrace of indicator culture and how SDP is uniquely positioned to illuminate the dilemmas that result.The research for this article was made possible by a research development grant awarded by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.application/pdfen-AU© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupGovernancesportactor–network theoryindicator culturedevelopment201710.1080/23802014.2017.13538922020-11-23