Examining Stakeholder Outlooks on Football Policing and Security: The Case of Euro 2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 019372352110436
Author(s):  
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Stakeholder Perceptions ◽  
Related Event ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
European Football ◽  
The Postponement

In the case of the 2020 Union of European Football Associations European Championship in men's football (‘Euro 2020’), this article investigates stakeholder perceptions on the ‘policing’ of fans. On a European-wide scale, the policing of fans is a contested topic. Meanwhile, the policing and security efforts required for sport mega-events like Euro 2020, uniquely planned to be staged in 12 different countries, require years of planning and enormous resources. Adding to this, the Championship's timeline was prolonged following the coronavirus disease-2019-related event postponement. Drawing from original insights from documentary research and qualitative interviews conducted before the postponement, this article argues that stakeholders strongly advocated for a communication and dialogue-based approach to fans. More specifically for Euro 2020, consistency in the policing approaches across all 12 countries was highlighted by stakeholders as being of paramount importance for fans’ security perceptions. The study thus extends existing insights into football policing and the wider understanding of security and policing in the present-day world.

scholarly journals When ‘the show’ cannot go on: An investigation into sports mega-events and responses during the pandemic crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 101269022110201
Author(s):  
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
European Football ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship between sports mega-events and the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Focusing primarily on the 2020 Summer Olympics and Union of European Football Associations Euro 2020 in football – representing two mega-events that were postponed due to the pandemic – this article explores the emerging discourses from sport governing bodies, and how these organisations communicated their initial responses to the pandemic between February and May 2020. The article takes a digital qualitative research approach and draws upon frame analysed media sources and public communications. As it proceeds, this article first illuminates how global sports entered a temporary standstill and, second, how sport governing bodies positioned themselves with regard to responding to the global crisis from within the sporting sphere. Subsequently, this article emphasises how the relevant responses, as communicated by sport governing bodies, reflected the broader reactive and adaptive pandemic responses apparent within socio-political fields.

scholarly journals Mega-events, expansion and prospects: Perceptions of Euro 2020 and its 12-country hosting format

2021 ◽  
pp. 146954052110260
Author(s):  
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Mega Event ◽  
First Time

Mega-events occupy important roles within global consumer societies, and so, this article aims to advance the sociological understanding of mega-events by using UEFA Euro 2020 as a case. Traditionally, sport mega-events have been staged in one or two countries. However, for the first time ever, 12 European countries shared the hosting rights for Euro 2020, which was postponed for a year following COVID-19. In global sports, this temporary shift was highly remarkable and the 12-country format’s implications raised a host of sociological questions. Drawing upon qualitative interviews, documentary analysis and media sources, this article examines this mega-event’s distinctive format and its broader implications. The article explores the socio-political conditions under which Euro 2020’s format became a reality and examines stakeholder outlooks on this event format. It is argued that the event’s format was considered to limit negative ‘legacies’ for host cities, yet the format was perceived to generate logistical and financial difficulties for potential mega-event consumers. In an epoch characterized by growing opposition to mega-event hosting, such findings are particularly important.

Rituals, Emotional Entrainment and National Identification

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian von Scheve ◽  
Sven Ismer ◽  
Marta Kozłowska ◽  
Carolina Solms-Baruth
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Multidimensional Measurement ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
National Identification ◽  
National Symbols ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
European Football ◽  
People’S Attitudes

Abstract Although the effects of nationalized mega-events on national identification have been theorized and examined by a number of studies, little is known about the specific mechanisms that bring about changes in people’s attitudes towards their country. The authors hypothesize that during nationwide rituals, in particular sports mega-events, participants experience collective emotional entrainment in the context of national symbols and practices that in turn increases their identification with their nation. The authors present results of a naturalistic quasi-experimental study around the 2012 uefa European Football Championship with participants from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland. Using a multidimensional measurement of national identification, the authors show that the experience of emotional entrainment is associated with changes in symbolic, civic, and solidary facets of identification in ways specific to the different national contexts.

The Effect of Real-Time Feedback Using a Smartwatch on the Clinical Behavior of Novice Student Clinicians

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Courtney G. Scott ◽  
Trina M. Becker ◽  
Kenneth O. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Clinical Behavior ◽  
Stimulus Response ◽  
Treatment Data ◽  
Computer Monitors

The use of computer monitors to provide technology-based written feedback during clinical sessions, referred to as “bug-in-the-eye” (BITi) feedback, recently emerged in the literature with preliminary evidence to support its effectiveness (Carmel, Villatte, Rosenthal, Chalker & Comtois, 2015; Weck et al., 2016). This investigation employed a single-subject, sequential A-B design with two participants to observe the effects of implementing BITi feedback using a smartwatch on the clinical behavior of student clinicians (SCs). Baseline and treatment data on the stimulus-response-consequence (S-R-C) contingency completion rates of SCs were collected using 10 minute segments of recorded therapy sessions. All participants were students enrolled in a clinical practicum experience in a communication disorders and sciences (CDS) program. A celeration line, descriptive statistics, and stability band were used to analyze the data by slope, trend, and variability. Results demonstrated a significant correlative relationship between BITi feedback with a smartwatch and an increase in positive clinical behaviors. Based on qualitative interviews and exit rating scales, SCs reported BITi feedback was noninvasive and minimally distracting. Preliminary evidence suggests BITi feedback with a smartwatch may be an effective tool for providing real-time clinical feedback.

Die Früherkennung von Problemspielern: Entwicklung eines Screening-Instrumentes

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 323-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Hayer ◽  
Jens Kalke ◽  
Sven Buth ◽  
Gerhard Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Item Pool

Einführung: Nach aktuellen rechtlichen Bestimmungen ist das Personal von Spielhallen in der Früherkennung problematischen Spielverhaltens zu schulen. Bisher werden von den Schulungsinstitutionen allerdings sehr heterogene und wissenschaftlich nicht überprüfte Checklisten eingesetzt. Zielsetzung: Das Forschungsprojekt verfolgte das Ziel, in einem systematischen Entwicklungsprozess ein empiriegestütztes Früherkennungsinstrument zu konzipieren, das einerseits die wichtigsten psychometrischen Gütekriterien erfüllt und gleichzeitig anwenderfreundlich sowie praxistauglich ist. Forschungsdesign: Das Instrument wurde in einem komplexen methodischen Prozess entwickelt, der im Kern folgende, aufeinander aufbauende Einzelschritte umfasst: Literaturrecherche, qualitative Interviews, Fokusgruppen-Gespräche, Befragung von Spielern und Spielstättenpersonal. Im Verlauf dieses Prozesses ließ sich der Item-Pool von 71 auf 18 Kriterien reduzieren. Ergebnis: Das Früherkennungsinstrument besteht aus insgesamt 18 Beobachtungsmerkmalen, die in erster Linie eine Kombination aus Kriterien der Verhaltensänderung, des aktuellen (Spiel‐)Verhaltens und des Umgangs mit Geld darstellen. Ausblick: Das Instrument müsste zukünftig in einem Praxistest mit einer angemessenen Stichprobengröße validiert werden. Zudem ist es erforderlich, die bisher in der Praxis angewendeten heterogenen Kriterienkataloge weiter zu vereinheitlichen.

Young, Single and Employed: Jordanian Women’s Voices on Impact of Work

1970 ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Mary Kawar
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Urban Working

There is an increasing visibility of young urban working women in Amman, Jordan. As compared to previous generations, this group is experiencing a new life cycle trajectory of single employed adulthood. Based on qualitative interviews with young women, this paper will reflect on their experiences and perceptions regarding work, social status and marriage.

"Jedes starre Konzept ist schlecht und passt net' in diese Welt"

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (148) ◽  
pp. 369-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer ◽  
Ariadne Sondermann ◽  
Olaf Behrend
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Public Employment Service ◽  
New Public ◽  
Recent Reform ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
New Procedures

The recent reform of the Bundesagentur fijr Arbeit, Germany's Public Employment Service (PES), has introduced elements of New Public Management, including internal controlling and attempts at standardizing assessments ('profiling' of unemployed people) and procedures. Based on qualitative interviews with PES staff, we show that standardization and controlling are perceived as contradicting the 'case-oriented approach' used by PES staff in dealing with unemployed people. It is therefore not surprising that staff members use considerable discretion when (re-)assigning unemployed people to one of the categories pre-defined by PES headquarters. All in all, the new procedures lead to numerous contradictions, which often result in bewilderment and puzzlement on the part of the unemployed.

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