Speakers:
Richard Arnold is Associate Professor of Political Science at Muskingum University, where he teaches courses on International Sports and Politics, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, and Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism.
Olga Iakimova is Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Marketing Communications and Branding at the Ural Federal University, Russia.
Marina Mikhaylova is Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Teaching/Instructional) and Affiliated Faculty of Global Studies at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). Marina’s research and teaching interests include political anthropology, linguistic anthropology, youth, and transnationalism. Her current research focuses on local reactions to global media events, such as FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Michael Cole is a PhD candidate at the University of Tartu, Estonia, an Early Stage Researcher in the Marie Curie Horizon 2020 project ‘FATIGUE’, and a Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. His research interests include the relationship between football and far-right politics and the normalization of radical right-wing discourses on social media.
Andrew Foxall is Director of the Russia and Eurasia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society, a London-based international affairs think tank.
Manuel Veth authored his PhD on Soviet and post-Soviet football economics and is now a full-time journalist. Currently employed by Transfermarkt, Manuel runs the outlet’s North America operations. He also contributes to various outlets, writing about football and economics in general, and the German Bundesliga, in particular.