Alexander Brand, MA, is lecturer and doctoral researcher at Technische Universitaet Dresden/Dresden University. His PhD-project focuses on media in international relations. Besides, the complex relationship of football and (international) politics is one of his further research interests.
Relevant publications
2006, ‘The Europeanization of German Football’, in: Alan Tomlinson und Christopher Young (eds.), German Football: History – Culture - Society, London: Routledge, 127-142 (with Arne Niemann).
2005, “The Societal/Trans-national Dimension of Europeanisation: The Case of German Football”, Queen's Papers on Europeanisation 2/05, Queen's University Belfast (with Arne Niemann).
Conference papers delivered
2006, ‘Europeanisation in the societal/trans-national realm: What European Integration Studies can get out of analysing football’, paper presented at the Workshop ‘Sport and the European Union, 10 Years After Bosman: Situation and Perspectives’, Loughborough University (UK), July 1, 2006 (with Arne Niemann).
2005, ‘The Societal/Trans-national Dimension of Europeanisation: The Case of German Football’, paper presented at the 46th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention ‘Dynamics of World Politics: Capacity, Preferences and Leadership’, Honolulu (Hawaii/USA), March 3, 2005 (with Arne Niemann).