Program & Flyer

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
    • Matthias Voigt: 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 – 11.00 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
  • 11.00 Coffee Break
  • 11.45 – 12.15 Section 6: Crime and Corruption as Topics for Sport Governance
    • Anderson, Jack (Queen’s University Belfast): Crime and the Corruption of Sport
    • Gardiner, Simon (Leeds Metropolitan University): Evaluation of the Creation of a Global Sports Anti-Corruption Body
    • Michael Groll: 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)
  • 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
    • 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

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