Dr Jan Ludvigsen
Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: J.A.Ludvigsen@ljmu.ac.uk
Dr Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics with Sociology. He is also Programme Leader for the MA International Relations programme. He holds a BA (Hons) Sociology (First Class), MA International Relations & Security (Distinction) and a PhD (critical approaches to international security issues at sport mega-events).
Jan’s research fields are in the political and social study of sport. This includes the re-constructions of security policies through the lens of sport mega-events and football. He is also interested in how supporter social movements and fan networks contest security, surveillance and social control mechanisms across European fields, thus capturing the intersections between politics, risk, crime, social theory and sport.
Jan’s research has been frequently published in internationally recognized journals and he is the author of four books: 'Sport Mega-Events, Security and Covid-19: Securing the Football World' (Routledge, 2022); 'Sport and Crime: Towards a Critical Criminology of Sport' (co-authored with Peter Millward and Jonathan Sly, Routledge, 2022); 'Football and Risk: Trends and Perspectives' (Routledge, 2022); and, 'The UEFA European Football Championships: Politics, Media Spectacle and Social Change' (with Renan Petersen-Wagner, Routledge, 2022). Further, he serves a number of editorial positions and has edited several special issues and collections.
Jan has taught widely across the School of Humanities and Social Sciences on modules related to – but not limited to: critical security studies; sport, crime and politics; International Organizations; International Relations Theory; Sociological Theory; qualitative methods and global issues.
Languages
Bokmål Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål
English
German
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk Norwegian
Degrees
2021, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
2017, University of Liverpool, UK, Master of Arts International Relations & Security (Distinction)
2016, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, BA (Hons) Sociology (First Class)
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer International Relations and Politics with Sociology, International Relations and Politics, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Lecturer, School of Justice Studies, LJMU, 2020 - 2021
Research Assistant, Sociology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - 2019
Sessional Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - 2020
Highlighted publications
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. 2024. Between global events and local reverberations: Globalization, local media framing and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, :1-15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2024. Contestations over risk expertise, definitions and insecurities: The case of European football Current Sociology, :1-19 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Turner M, Ludvigsen J. 2023. Generations, events, and social movement legacies: Unpacking social change in English football (1980-2023) British Journal of Sociology, 75 :93-107 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Journal article
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. 2024. Conceptualizing a ‘power game field’ through the case of ‘Padrão FIFA’: Bridging together Beckian and Bourdieusian insights Globalizations, :1-18 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J, Byrne S. 2024. In the shadow of sport mega-events: A critical analysis of the nexus between evictions, displacements, securitized gentrification and children’s right International Review for the Sociology of Sport, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J, Tsoukala A, Byrne S, Rookwood J, Ross WJ. 2024. A roundtable discussion on the politics of Euro 2024: A collective commentary Soccer and Society, :1-10 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Feather DJ, Hazzard C, Ludvigsen J, Cont S, Taylor K. 2024. A Wellspring for New Pedagogical Approaches: The Importance of Foundation Years for Universities Journal of the Foundation Year Network, 6 :19-27 Publisher Url Public Url
McKenzie JA, Ludvigsen JAL, Scott-Bell A, Hayton JW. 2024. The framed and contested meanings of sport mega-event 'legacies': a case study of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games International Review for the Sociology of Sport, :1-20 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen JAL. 2024. Beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fans: exploring the mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a stakeholder in the management of circulations Soccer and Society, 25 :647-659 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. 2024. Between global events and local reverberations: Globalization, local media framing and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, :1-15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2024. Contestations over risk expertise, definitions and insecurities: The case of European football Current Sociology, :1-19 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J, Wise N. 2024. Re-activating ‘feel-good’ effects as an intangible hosting vision Managing Sport and Leisure, :1-15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. 2023. Staging Olympic sustainability? A critical analysis of the IOC’s framing of sustainable practices on YouTube Annals of Leisure Research, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Turner M, Ludvigsen J. 2023. Generations, events, and social movement legacies: Unpacking social change in English football (1980-2023) British Journal of Sociology, 75 :93-107 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Byrne S, Ludvigsen JAL. 2023. An Olympic embrace? A critical evaluation of the IOC’s commitment to human rights International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, :1-18 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Wise N, Ludvigsen J. 2023. New notions of soft power: Impact rhetoric in mega-event bid documents Local Economy, 38 :306-311 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2023. Locating the Supporter Liaison Officer in the football field: Bridges, brokers and the ‘supporter gaze’ International Review for the Sociology of Sport, :1-17 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Byrne S, Ludvigsen J. 2023. The scope for greater alignment between the Council of Europe and the European Union in sport through the Saint-Denis Convention Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 21 :1-6 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Turner M, Ludvigsen J. 2023. Safety and Security Battles: Unpacking the Players and Arenas of the Safe Standing movement in English Football (1989-2022) Sociological Research Online, :1-18 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Byrne S, Ludvigsen J. 2023. Further towards the right to ‘safe leisure’: a case study of the Council of Europe’s 2016 Saint-Denis Convention Annals of Leisure Research, :1-18 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2023. The definers and standard setters of security: Mapping the security field’s regulators through European football World Leisure Journal, :1-18 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Byrne S, Ludvigsen J. 2023. The Duty of Engagement: An analysis of the 2016 European Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Events Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 21 :1-12 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2023. Football fans’ contestations over security: Between offline and online fan spaces and channels Sport in Society, :1-16 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. 2023. The Paralympics on YouTube: Alternative content creation and the digital consumption of the Paralympics International Review for the Sociology of Sport, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Turner M, Ludvigsen J. 2022. Theorizing surveillance and social spacing through football: The fan-opticon and beyond Sociology Compass, 17 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Byrne S, Ludvigsen J. 2022. Olympic planning, profit and participation: Towards a children’s rights-based approach to sport mega-event research? International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 5 :465-487 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. 2022. Digital transformations in a platform society: A comparative analysis of European football leagues as YouTube complementors Convergence: the international journal of research into new media technologies, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J, Petersen-Wagner R. 2022. From television to YouTube: digitalised sport mega-events in the platform society Leisure Studies, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Byrne S, Ludvigsen JAL. 2022. Sport mega-event governance and human rights: The ‘Ruggie Principles’, responsibility, and directions Leisure Studies, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen JAL. 2022. The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as neo-coloniality of power? Fan negative reactions to VAR in the 2018 FIFA Men’s World Cup Sport in Society, :1-15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2021. Examining stakeholder outlooks on football policing and security: The case of Euro 2020 Journal of Sport and Social Issues, :1-20 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen JA. 2021. Mega-events, expansion and prospects: Perceptions of Euro 2020 and its 12-country hosting format Journal of Consumer Culture, :1-19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. 2021. When ‘the show’ cannot go on: An investigation into sports mega-events and responses during the pandemic crisis International Review for the Sociology of Sport, :1-18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wise N, Lee Ludvigsen JA. 2021. Uniting, disuniting and reuniting: towards a ‘United’ 2026 Sport in Society, :1-10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J, Parnell D. 2021. Redesigning the Games? The 2020 Olympic Games, Playbooks and New Sports Event Risk Management Tools Managing Sport and Leisure, :1-13 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Woods J, Ludvigsen J. 2021. The changing faces of fandom? Exploring emerging ‘online’ and ‘offline’ fandom spaces in the English Premier League Sport in Society, :1-16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bond AJ, Cockayne D, Ludvigsen JAL, Maguire K, Parnell D, Plumley D, Widdop P, Wilson R. 2020. COVID-19: the return of football fans Managing Sport and Leisure, :1-11 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J, Hayton J. 2020. Toward COVID-19 secure events: considerations for organizing the safe resumption of major sporting events Managing Sport and Leisure, :1-11 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. 2020. The ‘troika of security’: merging retrospective and futuristic ‘risk’ and ‘security’ assessments before Euro 2020 Leisure Studies, 39 :844-858 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. 2020. ‘The more, the merrier?’ Euro 2020, transnational collaboration, opportunities and challenges Leisure / Loisir, :1-24 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. 2020. The Premier League-Globalization nexus: notes on current trends, pressing issues and inter-linked "-ization" processes Managing Sport and Leisure, 25 :37-51 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. 2019. Between security and festivity: The case of fan zones International Review for the Sociology of Sport, :1-19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ludvigsen JAL. 2019. Lessons learned and tables turned: '(in)security' and media representations in the 2018 World Cup Soccer and Society, 20 :986-999 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J, Millward P. 2019. A Security Theatre of Dreams: supporters’ responses to ‘safety’ and ‘security’ following the Old Trafford ‘fake bomb’ evacuation Journal of Sport and Social Issues, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen JA. 2019. “Continent-wide” sports spectacles: The “multiple host format” of Euro 2020 and United 2026 and its implications Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, 20 :163-181 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen JA. 2019. ‘Safety first’: towards a security legacy and fan-oriented research agenda in the English Premier League Sport in Society, :1-22 DOI Publisher Url
Lee Ludvigsen JA. 2018. Sport mega-events and security: the 2018 World Cup as an extraordinarily securitized event Soccer & Society, 19 :1058-1071 DOI Publisher Url
Lee Ludvigsen JA. 2018. Transnational fan reactions to transnational trends: Norwegian Liverpool supporters, ‘authenticity’ and ‘filthy-rich’ club owners Soccer & Society, 19 :872-890 DOI Publisher Url
Lee Ludvigsen JA. 2017. ‘Foreign ownerships’ in the Premier League: examining local Liverpool fans’ perceptions of Fenway Sports Group Soccer & Society, :1-24 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen JAL. Sport Mega-Events and Security: the 2018 World Cup as an extraordinary securitized event Soccer and Society,
Ludvigsen J, Byrne S. Towards a children’s rights-based approach to EU sports policy: Further room for development? Sport in Society, Public Url
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. Challenging (platformisation) invisibilities through humour: The Paralympics, TikTok and social change? Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies,
Editorial/letter to the editor
Byrne S, Ludvigsen J. 2024. Human Rights and Leisure: Welfare, Wellbeing and Social Justice International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, :1-4 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J, Harrison K, Millward P, Ogden C. 2023. Lockdown Leisure Leisure Studies, 42 :1-7 DOI Publisher Url
Parnell D, Rookwood J, Bond A, Widdop P, Ludvigsen J. 2022. ‘It’s a whole new ball game’: Thirty Years of the English Premier League Soccer and Society, DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J, Rookwood J, Parnell D. 2022. The sport mega-events of the 2020s: Governance, Impacts and Controversies Sport in Society, :1-7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Manoli AE, Anagnostopoulos C, Ahonen A, Bolton N, Bowes A, Brown C, Byers T, Cockayne D, Cooper I, Du J, Geurin A, Hayday EJ, Hayton JW, Jenkin C, Kenyon JA, Kitching N, Kirby S, Kitchin P, Kohe GZ, Kokolakakis T, Leng HK, Ludvigsen JAL, MacIntosh EW, Maxwell H, May A, Misener K, O’Gorman J, Parnell D, Parry KD, Peng Q, Plumley D, Power MJ, Ramchandani G, Rayner M, Scelles N, Taylor T, Webb T, Winand M. 2022. Managing sport and leisure in the era of Covid-19 Managing Sport and Leisure, 27 :1-6 DOI Publisher Url
Books (authored)
Turner M, Ludvigsen J. 2024. Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture Routledge. Oxon 9781032591223 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J, Rookwood J, Parnell D. 2023. The Sport Mega-Events of the 2020s: Governance, Impacts and Controversies Ludvigsen J, Rookwood J, Parnell D. Routledge. Abingdon 9781032593814 Author Url Publisher Url
Ludvigsen JAL, Harrison K, Millward P, Ogden CA. 2023. Lockdown Leisure Routledge DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J, Petersen-Wagner R. 2022. The UEFA European Football Championships: Politics, Media Spectacle and Social Change Routledge. London 9781032416489 DOI Publisher Url
Millward P, Ludvigsen J, Sly J. 2022. Sport and Crime: Towards a Critical Criminology of Sport Routledge. Oxon / New York 9781032233222 DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. 2022. Football and Risk: Trends and Perspectives Routledge. Oxon and New York DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. 2022. Sport Mega-Events, Security and Covid-19: Securing the Football World Routledge. New York/Oxon DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. Insecurities in European Football and Supporter Cultures Routledge Publisher Url
Chapters
Turner M, Ludvigsen JAL. 2024. Introduction: Social (Dis)Order and Control Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture :1-8 DOI
Bond A, Parnell D, Ludvigsen J. 2022. Postponement of Events Wise N, Maguire K. A Research Agenda for Event Impacts :193-202 Edward Elgar. UK DOI Publisher Url
Millward P, Ludvigsen J. 2019. Global Elites and Sports Ownership: Emerging Economies 'Foreign' Owners and New Strategies Maguire J. The Business and Culture of Sports 4 Volume Set :167-180 MacMillan Reference Library 9780028664989
Ludvigsen J, Bond A. Managing Risk and Security Chadwick S, Parnell D, Widdop P, Anagnostopoulos C. The Business of FIFA World Cup Routledge
Turner M, Ludvigsen J. Resistance, Opposition, and Campaigns: Extending the 'Fan-opticon' Turner M, Ludvigsen . Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture :100-110 Routledge. Oxon DOI Publisher Url
Silverstone D, Ludvigsen J. Ensuring safety and security at sporting events: Lessons from the 2022 Champions League final in Paris Duignan M. On the social impacts of major events
Book review
Ludvigsen J. 2021. NOlympians: Inside the fight against capitalist mega-sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond, by Jules Boykoff International Review for the Sociology of Sport, :1-4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ludvigsen JAL. 2021. Football, Fandom and Consumption Journal of Consumer Culture, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ludvigsen J. Review: A New Agenda For Football Crowd Management: Reforming Legal and Policing Responses to Risk. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, DOI Publisher Url
Ludvigsen J. Policing Sport Mega-Events: Security, Spectacle, and Camouflage in Rio De Janeiro, by D. Pauschinger The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society, DOI Publisher Url
Thesis/Dissertation
Ludvigsen J. 2021. Perceptions, meanings and constructions of ‘security’ before Euro 2020 Millward P. Public Url
Internet publication
Ludvigsen JAL. The curious case of Policing in the ‘Prem’ Author Url
Ludvigsen JAL. "A ‘Euro for Europe’ and ‘United 2026’: reflections on the new multiple hosts format" Author Url
Silverstone D, Ludvigsen J. Panic, horror and chaos: what went wrong at the Champions League final – and what needs to be done to make football safer Author Url
Ludvigsen J, Talbot A. The Olympic contestation over political meaning: Security, protest and paradoxes Publisher Url
Conference publication
Ludvigsen JAL. Presentation of paper: “The 2018 World Cup as an extraordinarily securitized event” Moments, Metaphors, Memories: Defining Events in the History of Soccer
Ludvigsen JAL. "Spectacular Security"? securitisation processes in the twenty-first century English Premier League Challenging the Narrative
Petersen-Wagner R, Ludvigsen J. VAR (video-assistant-referee) as Neo-Colonialism? Boundaries, Barriers, and (Multiple) Belongings Through Sport, ESA
Report
Byrne S, Ludvigsen J. Paris 2024: A missed opportunity for children's rights? Publisher Url
Other invited event:
Future of Football Conference, Solent University, Southampton, Keynote speech with Joel Rookwood on: Lessons from Paris 2022: The Future Securitisation of Major Football Events. 2022
IRP Perspectives Seminar III, Online (LJMU), Sport mega-events, governance and legacies: Pressing trends and future directions. 2021
Football Collective Sessions: Jan Ludvigsen talks about his research on EURO 2020 and security with Dan Parnell, UK, Talk / session available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMFM2epRFNA&t=432s. 2020
Research Seminar: Perspectives in International Relations - 'Sport and Security', Liverpool, The Euro 2020’s multiple host format and (in)security. 2019
Guest lecture, Liverpool Business School, Guest lecture in BA Event Management L4 on sport mega-events, risk-management.. 2019
Moments, Metaphors and Memories: Defining Events in the History of Soccer, University of Oxford, Rhodes House, Invited to present a paper on sport mega-events, 'safety' and 'security' on a conference that coincided with the 2018 FIFA World Cup.. 2018
Media Coverage:
TV interview with Radio Television Suisse (Switzerland) about Liverpool FC's history, politics and identity 2020
Media interview (Urheilulehti, Finnish media) on football rivalries and derby games 2019
Fellowships:
Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy. 2020
Award:
"Most Promising Young Contributor", Soccer & Society (Journal). 2018
Vice-Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship (PGR), University of Liverpool. 2017
Other Professional Activity:
Assistant Editor, Managing Sport & Leisure (journal).
Editorial Board member (Soccer & Society).
Reviewer for Journal of Global Sport Management.
Reviewer for Sport in Society.
Reviewer, International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
Reviewer, Sociological Research Online.
Membership of professional bodies:
Member, The Football Collective.