Dr Udo Merkel PhD, MA
Senior Lecturer
contact:
Sport and Service Management
Darley Road
Eastbourne
BN20 7UR
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643627
Email: U.Merkel@brighton.ac.uk
Biography
Udo Merkel holds degrees in the Social Sciences and Sport Sciences from the University of Cologne and the German Sport University. His MA in the Sociology of Sport is from the University of Leicester and his PhD from the University of Oldenburg.
In the early 1990s he contributed to the establishment of a new Research Centre for Comparative European Sport and Leisure Studies at the German Sport University in Cologne. Subsequently he spent nine years at the University of Brighton’s Chelsea School.
After leaving Brighton in 2003 he worked at several universities in Latin-America and East Asia. Before joining the School of Service Management in May 2008, he taught at Roehampton University in London.
At the School of Service Management he is part of the Events Management team focusing on the social-scientific analysis of the events industry. His research and teaching interests are in the Sociology and politics of international sports events and spectacles; International politics/foreign policy and sport in Europe and South-East Asia; The socio-historical development of the Soccer World Cup and European football cultures; Divided societies, inequalities, power and conflicts.
He has written widely about these areas, particularly evaluating the role of sport events as a foreign policy/diplomatic tool, and is currently preparing a book offering critical, social-scientific analyses of "Power, Politics and International Events" that will be published by Routledge in 2013.
Research Publications
MERKEL, UDO (2012) Sport and physical culture in North Korea: resisting, recognizing and relishing globalization Sociology of Sport Journal, 29 (4). ISSN 0741-1235
MERKEL, UDO (2012) North Korean media accounts of the Olympic and Asian Games: the fatherland's friends and foes International Journal of the History of Sport, 29 (16). ISSN 0952-3367
Merkel, U. (2012) Football fans and clubs in Germany: conflicts, crises and compromises Soccer & Society, 13 (3). pp. 359-376. ISSN 1466-0970
Merkel, U. and Kim, M. (2011) Third time lucky!? PyeongChang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics–politics, policy and practice The International Journal of the History of Sport, 28 (16). pp. 2365-2383. ISSN 0952-3367
MERKEL, UDO (2011) La vision politique du sport: valeurs, vertus et victimes Sport & Citizenship (14). p. 14. ISSN In progress
Merkel, U. (2010) Bigger than Beijing 2008: politics, propaganda and physical culture in Pyongyang The International Journal of the History of Sport, 27 (14-15). pp. 2467-2492. ISSN 0952-3367
Merkel, U. (2010) Pyongyang Proudly Presents: Mass Displays and Displays of the Masses in North Korea In: Mansfield, L. and Chatziefstathiou, D., eds. Leisure Identities and Authenticity. LSA Publication (10). Leisure Studies Association, Eastbourne, UK, pp. 1-28. ISBN 9781905369218
MERKEL, UDO (2009) Sport, politics and reunification - a comparative analysis of Korea and Germany International Journal of the History of Sport, 26 (3). pp. 406-428. ISSN 0952-3367
Merkel, U. (2008) The politics of sport diplomacy and reunification in divided Korea: one nation, two countries and three flags International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 43 (3). pp. 289-311. ISSN 1461-7218
Merkel, U. (2007) The political risks of hosting mega sport events - A short and selective history Leisure Studies Association Newsletter (47). pp. 32-33.
Merkel, U. (2007) Milestones in the Development of Football Fandom in Germany: Global Impacts on Local Contests Soccer and Society, 8 (2/3). pp. 221-239. ISSN 1466-0970
Merkel, U. (2006) The 1974 and 2006 World Cups in Germany: Commonalities, Continuities and Changes Soccer and Society, 7 (1). pp. 14-28. ISSN 1466-0970
Merkel, U. (2005) Zukunft Freizeit: Sport, Macht und Kultur In: Popp, R., ed. Zukunft - Freizeit – Wissenschaft (Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Horst W. Opaschowski). Lit Verlag, Münster, Germany, pp. 539-555.
Merkel, U. (2003) The Politics of Physical Culture and German Nationalism: Turnen versus English Sports and French Olympism, 1871-1914 German Politics and Society, 21 (2). pp. 69-96. ISSN 0882-7079
Merkel, U. (2002) Sport, Power and the State in Weimar Germany In: Sugden, J. and Tomlinson, A., eds. Power Games - Theory and Method for a Critical Sociology of Sport. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 141-160. ISBN 978-0-415-25101-3
Merkel, U. (2001) The Political Value of Sport in Germany In: Keech, M. and McFee, G., eds. Sport and Values. Meyer and Meyer, Aachen, Germany, pp. 187-206. ISBN 978-1841260556
Merkel, U. (2000) The hidden social and political history of the German football association (DFB), 1900-50 Soccer and Society, 1 (2). pp. 167-186. ISSN 1466-0970
