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Rhine-Ruhr Et. Al. (2025)

Events

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  • Speaker: Jörg Förster (Germany)

  • Organisation: German University Sports Federation

  • Topic: The FISU World University Games, sport and university sport: A preview of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games

  • Speaker: Simon Chadwick  (France, Great Britain, Qatar)

  • Organisation: Emylon Business School

  • Topic: Major sporting events in the Gulf region – economic opportunity or political play? 

  • Speaker: Wei Wei  (China)

  • Organisation: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Chengdu Sport University

  • Topic: Chengdu 2023 FISU World University Games and major sporting events in China

  • Speaker: Karla Borger (Germany)

  • Topic: The FISU World University Games from the athletes’ perspective 

  • Speaker: Frauke Hachtmann, Jason Stamm & Brian Petrotta (USA)

  • Organisation: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Topic: Major sporting events and Gender and media in the US: a focus on the world record for spectators in women's volleyball in 2023 

  • Speaker: Tendai Chari  (Thohoyandou/South Africa)

  • Organisation: Venda University

  • Topic: Major sporting events and soft power in Africa: Spotlight on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

  • Speaker: Matheus Simoes Mello (Brazil)

  • Organisation: Federal University of South and Southeast of Pará

  • Topic: Major sporting events in South America: Football vs. sport, the future and importance of sport and media events in Brazil and South America

  • Speaker: Thomas Horky (Germany) & Jörg-Uwe Nieland  (Austria)

  • Organisation: Hochschule Macromedia (Hamburg)/University of Klagenfurt

  • Topic: Major sporting events and politics: Berlin 1936 - Munich 1972 – Rhine-Ruhr 2025 – Olympics 2040? Sport in Germany between mediatization and staging 

  • Speaker: Brian Wilson & Liv Yoon  (Canada)

  • Organisation: University of British Columbia

  • Topic: Sustainability, environment, and sports - the example of sports journalism and major sporting events

  • Speaker: Johanna Pirker  (Austria)

  • Organisation: LMU München, TU Graz

  • Topic: Major sporting events and technology: Virtuality, gamification, (media) technology as a driver of sports development using the example of the virtualization of major sporting events 

  • Speaker: Peter English (Australia)

  • Organisation: University of the Sunshine Coast

  • Topic: An outsider Olympics in Australia

  • Speaker: Verena Burk (Germany)

  • Organisation: FISU, University of Tübingen

  • Topic: FISU and the World University Games: History, legacy and future