Íþróttir og utanríkisstefna í alþjóðlegu samhengi

J. Simon Rofe

Þriðjudaginn 21. maí verður haldið málþing um íþróttir og hlutverk þeirra í utanríkisstefnu ríkja á vegum Sagnfræðistofnunar Háskóla Íslands. Sjónum verður sérstaklega beint að hagsmunaaðilum og hlutverki þeirra í að nýta íþróttir í menningarlegum, efnahagslegum og pólitískum tilgangi. Enska hugtakið sports diplomacy er lagt til grundvallar umræðunni og það notað til að greina hlutverk og atbeina ólíkra hagsmunaaðila, eins og t.d. íþróttafélaga, íþróttasamtaka, fjölmiðla og fleiri.

Einn helsti sérfræðingur heimsins í sports diplomacy, dr. J. Simon Rofe, dósent við Háskólann í Leeds, mun halda lykilerindi um hugtakið og framkvæmd þess í vistkerfi íþróttanna.

Málþingið er hluti af rannsóknarverkefninu „Risaviðburðir í íþróttum og pólitískt minni þeirra: Samanburðarrannsókn á Evrópumeistaramótum í knattspyrnu árin 2016, 2018 og 2020“ sem Vitaly Kazakov stýrir. Horft verður til Íslands, Danmerkur, Rússlands og fleiri landa í stuttum erindum en þarna gefst einstakt tækifæri til að ræða íþróttir og tengsl þeirra við utanríkisstefnu í alþjóðlegu samhengi.

Málþingið fer fram á ensku. Hægt verður að taka þátt í málþinginu bæði í sal og á netinu. Öll velkomin!

Dagskrá:

  • 1:00 p.m. Welcome: Vitaly Kazakov

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Iceland time (2:00 p.m. UK, 3:00 p.m. Denmark, 4:00 p.m. Finland). Panel 1: Different Types of Sport Diplomacy in the International Arena  

  • 1:05 p.m. Rósa Magnúsdóttir. (Professor of History, University of Iceland). Sport Diplomacy Actors: Cases of Russia and Iceland
  • 1:15 p.m. Vitaly Kazakov (RANNÍS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Iceland). Sport Diplomacy Actors: Cases of Russia and Iceland (continued).
  • 1:25 p.m. Colin Sawatzky. (Canadian Foreign Service Institute, former Legal and International Affairs Analyst at Canada's Library of Parliament). Sport Diplomacy and International Law: the Cases of Taiwan, China, and Asia.
  • 1:25 – 1:40. Panel 1 Q&A and short break

1:40 – 2:15 p.m. Iceland time (2:40 p.m. UK, 3:40 p.m. Denmark, 4:50 p.m. Finland). Panel 2: “Power Play” through Sport: Geopolitics, Political Economy, and Sport Diplomacy  

  • 1:40 p.m. Christoph Winterbach
    (Data and Factchecking teams, Der Spiegel, Germany). International Legacies of the “Football Leaks” Investigation
  • 1:50 p.m. Stanis Elsborg (Senior Analyst, Play the Game, Denmark). The Power Players behind Saudi Arabia's Sports Strategy.
  • 2:00 p.m. Matthias Fett (Data and Factchecking teams, Der Spiegel, Germany). Economic Connections Generated by the FIFA World Cups
  • 2:10 - 2:30 Panel 2 Q&A and coffee break

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Iceland time (3:30 p.m. UK, 4:30 p.m. Denmark, 5:30 p.m. Finland).

  • Keynote Address. “Sport in the Age of Geopolitical Crisis: Sports Diplomacy in Four Dimensions.” J Simon Rofe. World-leading expert in Sports Diplomacy based at University of Leeds. 

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break

3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Iceland time (4:45 p.m. UK, 5:45 p.m. Denmark, 6:45 p.m. Finland). Panel 3: Icelandic Sport Diplomacy and its Actors.

  • 3:45 p.m. Viðar Halldórsson (Professor of Sociology, University of Iceland). Sociocultural Factors behind International Success of Icelandic Sports: Lessons from “Small Nations”
  • 3:55 p.m. Úlfar Hinriksson (Football operations and lead on international competitions, FC Breiðablik). Breiðablik’s Story in Europe.
  • 4:05 p.m. Berglind Margo Þorvaldsdóttir (Horses of Iceland Project, Business Iceland | Visit Iceland). Icelandic Horse as a Sport Diplomat: Nation Branding through “Horses of Iceland” Project
  • 4:05 – 4:20 p.m. Panel 3 Q&A and short break

4:20 – 5:00 p.m. Iceland time (5:20 p.m. UK, 6:20 p.m. Denmark, 7:20 p.m. Finland). Panel 4: Sport Diplomacy through Additional Channels: Iceland and Beyond

  • 4:20 p.m. Milos Petrovic (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Iceland). Sport Science as a Channel for Diplomacy: A Practitioner’s Experience.
  • 4:30 p.m. Sports Reporter TBC. Broadcasting International Sporting Events to Icelandic Audiences (TBC).
  • 4:40 p.m. Pia Koivunen (Senior Lecturer in European and World History, University of Turku). Friendship Games: Russia’s Efforts at Creating an Alternative Sport Events Order.
  • 4:50 – 5:00 p.m. Panel 4 Q&A

5:00 p.m. Thank you and farewell beverage

J. Simon Rofe