Sport&EU Conference 2014

Preliminary Program

Thursday, 26 June 2014

• until 9.00 am: Arrival and Registration
• 09.00 am: Welcome and Introduction
  • Heiko Strüder (President of the German Sport University)
  • Jürgen Mittag/Arne Niemann/Alexander Brand (Organising Committee)
• 09.30 – 11.00 Section 1: Historical Approaches to Sport and Sport Governance in Europe
  • Meyer, Jean Christophe (Université de Strasbourg): Television Broadcast Football and its Reception by the Press in France and Germany (1952-1962): Laying the Foundations of the “Great Stadium” as a Conveyor of National and European Identity
  • Salm, Christian (University of Portsmouth): A European Prelude: The European Parliament’s Public Hearing on Violations of Human Rights in Argentina before the FIFA World Cup 1978
  • Quin, Gregory (De Montford University, Leicester): Europe between Tradition and Sportivization: Rhythmic Gymnastics – A Sporting Activity between Western and Eastern Europe (1961-1989)
  • Vonnard, Philippe (University of Lausanne): When Does Europeanization of Football Begin? Some Preliminary Elements
  • Jürgen Mittag: Chair
• 11.00 Coffee Break
• 11.15 – 12.45 Section 2: The European Union as an Actor in Sport Governance
  • Geeraert, Arnout (KU Leuven): A Principal-Agent-Perspective on Good Governance in International Sports: The European Union as Ex-post Control Mechanism
  • Meier, Henk Erik (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) & García, Borja (Loughborough University): The EU as Regulator of Global Sports
  • de Wolff, Mats (Loughborough University): Explaining Institutional Design: Establishing Procedures for the Coordination and Representation of European Union Positions in the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Council of Europe
  • Kerth, Gabriel (Esslingen): Opportunities and Boundaries of a Sport Policy in the European Union
  • Arne Niemann: Chair
• 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
• 14.15 – 15.45 Section 3:  EU Law and Europeanization
  • Nikolaou, Kyrillos (Panteion University Athens): Are EU Member-States’ Migration Policies for Foreign Athletes Always Compatible With EU Law? A Case Study of the Non-Schengen States Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania
  • van Rompuy, Ben (T.M.C. Asser Institute): Biting the Hand that Feeds? EU State Aid Law and Public Support for Sport
  • Melzer, Marius (German Sports University Cologne): Europeanization and Changes in Youth Development in German Basketball: Unintended Consequences?
  • Baravik, Pavel & Günther, Clemens & Koubova, Anna & Tandeck, Maysia & Wentker, Alexander (Studienkolleg zu Berlin): Power Games: The Europeanization of the Civil Society in the Context of Mega Sport Events in the Post-Soviet Space
  • N.N. (Sportrecht): Chair
•  15:45 Coffee Break
•  16.00 – 17.45 Section 4:  Sport Events and Media
  • Licen, Simon (Washington State University): EuroBasket 2013: Perceived Impact and Potential Legacy
  • Reiche, Danyel (American University of Beirut): Motives to participate in the Olympics - the U.S. and EU Member States in comparison
  • Cattaneo, Andrea (Edge Hill University): The Importance of Consumers’ Benefit in Broadcasting Rights Agreements
  • Pendlebury, Adam (Edge Hill University) & Carpenter, Kevin (Hill Dickinson): ‘Tweeting the Game into Disrepute’: Regulating the Use of Social Media in Sport
  • Geey, Daniel (Field Fisher Waterhouse): The Financial Fairplay: Regulations, Overlappings and Potential Conflicts
  • Jörg-Uwe Nieland: Chair
• 18:00 Public Viewing: FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil (USA vs. Germany / Portugal vs. Ghana)

Friday, 27 June 2014

•  9.00 – 10.30 Section 5: Labour Relations and Human Rights
  • Parrish, Richard (Edge Hill University) & Smokvina, Vanja (University of Rijeka): Labour Relations in Professional Football
  • van der Harst, Marco (T.M.C. Asser Institute): SGBs Limiting the Economic Freedom of Athletes: Excessive or Not?
  • Gauthier, Ryan (Erasmus University of Rotterdam): The Olympic Games and Human Rights: Should the IOC Be Accountable for All the World’s Ills?
  • Sarazhynski, Bahdan (European Humanities University Vilnius): Discrimination on the Basis of Nationality in Sport: The Case of Alexander Martynovich
  • Alexander Brand: Chair
• 10.30 Coffee Break
• 10.45 – 12.15 Section 6: Crime and Corruption as Topics for Sport Governance
  • Anderson, Jack (Queen’s University Belfast): Crime and the Corruption of Sport
  • Chappelet, Jena-Loup & Mrkonjic, Michael (University of Lausanne): Towards a Reduced Set of Better Sport Governance Indicators: Experience from the European Sport Governing Bodies
  • Gardiner, Simon (Leeds Metropolitan University): Evaluation of the Creation of a Global Sports Anti-Corruption Body
  • Dickmann, Daniel (Universität Potsdam): Continuity and Change in German Anti-Doping Policy
  • Sven Güldenpfennig: Chair
• 12.30 – 13.45 Lunch
• 13.45 – 14.45 Public Debate on the State and Future of Sport Governance in Europe
  • EU-Commission (Jacob Kornbeck)
  • Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (Volker Hellmund)
  • Bundesministerium des Inneren (Karl-Heinz Schneider)
• 14.45 Coffee Break
• 15.00 – 16.30 Section 7: (Selected Features of) Sports Systems across the EU
  • Llopis-Goig, Ramon (University of Valencia): What Difference Does It Make? A Comparative Analysis of Sport Participation in 28 EU Member States
  • Putzmann, Ninja (German Sports University Cologne): Changes and Challenges of the Spanish Sport System. System-theoretical Approaches for the Analysis of Political Sport Systems
  • Welford, Jo (Loughborough University) & Dunn, Carrie (Manchester Metropolitan University): “The Worst Governed Sport in the UK”? Gender Equity and Governance in Women’s Football
  • Ziesche, Daniel (German Sports University Cologne): Clubs in Distress? New Alignments of Stake- and Shareholders in German and English Football Culture
  • Karen Petry: Chair
• 17.00 Concluding Remarks
• 17:30 Snack to go
• Departure & Social Program
  • Visit of the Doping Labor Cologne
  • Cologne: Sightseeing-Program  

Preliminary Program

Thursday, 26 June 2014

• until 9.00 am: Arrival and Registration
• 09.00 am: Welcome and Introduction
  • Heiko Strüder (President of the German Sport University)
  • Jürgen Mittag/Arne Niemann/Alexander Brand (Organising Committee)
• 09.30 – 11.00 Section 1: Historical Approaches to Sport and Sport Governance in Europe
  • Meyer, Jean Christophe (Université de Strasbourg): Television Broadcast Football and its Reception by the Press in France and Germany (1952-1962): Laying the Foundations of the “Great Stadium” as a Conveyor of National and European Identity
  • Salm, Christian (University of Portsmouth): A European Prelude: The European Parliament’s Public Hearing on Violations of Human Rights in Argentina before the FIFA World Cup 1978
  • Quin, Gregory (De Montford University, Leicester): Europe between Tradition and Sportivization: Rhythmic Gymnastics – A Sporting Activity between Western and Eastern Europe (1961-1989)
  • Vonnard, Philippe (University of Lausanne): When Does Europeanization of Football Begin? Some Preliminary Elements
  • Jürgen Mittag: Chair
• 11.00 Coffee Break
• 11.15 – 12.45 Section 2: The European Union as an Actor in Sport Governance
  • Geeraert, Arnout (KU Leuven): A Principal-Agent-Perspective on Good Governance in International Sports: The European Union as Ex-post Control Mechanism
  • Meier, Henk Erik (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) & García, Borja (Loughborough University): The EU as Regulator of Global Sports
  • de Wolff, Mats (Loughborough University): Explaining Institutional Design: Establishing Procedures for the Coordination and Representation of European Union Positions in the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Council of Europe
  • Kerth, Gabriel (Esslingen): Opportunities and Boundaries of a Sport Policy in the European Union
  • Arne Niemann: Chair
• 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
• 14.15 – 15.45 Section 3:  EU Law and Europeanization
  • Nikolaou, Kyrillos (Panteion University Athens): Are EU Member-States’ Migration Policies for Foreign Athletes Always Compatible With EU Law? A Case Study of the Non-Schengen States Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania
  • van Rompuy, Ben (T.M.C. Asser Institute): Biting the Hand that Feeds? EU State Aid Law and Public Support for Sport
  • Melzer, Marius (German Sports University Cologne): Europeanization and Changes in Youth Development in German Basketball: Unintended Consequences?
  • Baravik, Pavel & Günther, Clemens & Koubova, Anna & Tandeck, Maysia & Wentker, Alexander (Studienkolleg zu Berlin): Power Games: The Europeanization of the Civil Society in the Context of Mega Sport Events in the Post-Soviet Space
  • N.N. (Sportrecht): Chair
•  15:45 Coffee Break
•  16.00 – 17.45 Section 4:  Sport Events and Media
  • Licen, Simon (Washington State University): EuroBasket 2013: Perceived Impact and Potential Legacy
  • Reiche, Danyel (American University of Beirut): Motives to participate in the Olympics - the U.S. and EU Member States in comparison
  • Cattaneo, Andrea (Edge Hill University): The Importance of Consumers’ Benefit in Broadcasting Rights Agreements
  • Pendlebury, Adam (Edge Hill University) & Carpenter, Kevin (Hill Dickinson): ‘Tweeting the Game into Disrepute’: Regulating the Use of Social Media in Sport
  • Geey, Daniel (Field Fisher Waterhouse): The Financial Fairplay: Regulations, Overlappings and Potential Conflicts
  • Jörg-Uwe Nieland: Chair
• 18:00 Public Viewing: FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil (USA vs. Germany / Portugal vs. Ghana)

Friday, 27 June 2014

•  9.00 – 10.30 Section 5: Labour Relations and Human Rights
  • Parrish, Richard (Edge Hill University) & Smokvina, Vanja (University of Rijeka): Labour Relations in Professional Football
  • van der Harst, Marco (T.M.C. Asser Institute): SGBs Limiting the Economic Freedom of Athletes: Excessive or Not?
  • Gauthier, Ryan (Erasmus University of Rotterdam): The Olympic Games and Human Rights: Should the IOC Be Accountable for All the World’s Ills?
  • Sarazhynski, Bahdan (European Humanities University Vilnius): Discrimination on the Basis of Nationality in Sport: The Case of Alexander Martynovich
  • Alexander Brand: Chair
• 10.30 Coffee Break
• 10.45 – 12.15 Section 6: Crime and Corruption as Topics for Sport Governance
  • Anderson, Jack (Queen’s University Belfast): Crime and the Corruption of Sport
  • Chappelet, Jena-Loup & Mrkonjic, Michael (University of Lausanne): Towards a Reduced Set of Better Sport Governance Indicators: Experience from the European Sport Governing Bodies
  • Gardiner, Simon (Leeds Metropolitan University): Evaluation of the Creation of a Global Sports Anti-Corruption Body
  • Dickmann, Daniel (Universität Potsdam): Continuity and Change in German Anti-Doping Policy
  • Sven Güldenpfennig: Chair
• 12.30 – 13.45 Lunch
• 13.45 – 14.45 Public Debate on the State and Future of Sport Governance in Europe
  • EU-Commission (Jacob Kornbeck)
  • Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (Volker Hellmund)
  • Bundesministerium des Inneren (Karl-Heinz Schneider)
• 14.45 Coffee Break
• 15.00 – 16.30 Section 7: (Selected Features of) Sports Systems across the EU
  • Llopis-Goig, Ramon (University of Valencia): What Difference Does It Make? A Comparative Analysis of Sport Participation in 28 EU Member States
  • Putzmann, Ninja (German Sports University Cologne): Changes and Challenges of the Spanish Sport System. System-theoretical Approaches for the Analysis of Political Sport Systems
  • Welford, Jo (Loughborough University) & Dunn, Carrie (Manchester Metropolitan University): “The Worst Governed Sport in the UK”? Gender Equity and Governance in Women’s Football
  • Ziesche, Daniel (German Sports University Cologne): Clubs in Distress? New Alignments of Stake- and Shareholders in German and English Football Culture
  • Karen Petry: Chair
• 17.00 Concluding Remarks
• 17:30 Snack to go
• Departure & Social Program
  • Visit of the Doping Labor Cologne
  • Cologne: Sightseeing-Program