November 2011

CfP on Security & Surveillance at Sport Mega-Events (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, July 3-5 2012)

By Adam Molnar November 22, 2011

RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 3 to 5 July 2012, University of Edinburgh (Conference theme: geography of security/security of geography)

Special Session on: Security & Surveillance at (Sport) Mega-Events

Convened by Pete Fussey, University of Essex (UK), and Francisco Klauser, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).

Security issues weigh heavily on the successful staging of (sport) mega-events. With two of the most globally coveted sport happenings forthcoming in 2012 - the London Olympics and the European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine - there is a substantial need for critical enquiry into the functioning, interests and wider urban implications of security governance at sport mega-events.

The session seeks to assess the current state of research and expertise in security & surveillance issues surrounding (sport) mega-events. We welcome submissions on any aspect of this broad area, but would particularly encourage papers on:

- Anti-Terror legacies and human-rights issues

- Urban policy mobilities in the field of mega-event security Read more +

Special Issue of Urban Studies 48(15) on "Security and Surveillance at Sport Mega Events", November 2011

By Adam Molnar November 7, 2011


Urban Studies Special Issue 48(15)Friends of the Security Games web project will be pleased to know that a special issue of Urban Studies on "Security and Surveillance at Sports Mega-Events", has just been released. Edited by Richard Giulianotti and Francisco Klauser, the volume features eleven articles addressing four main streams of research focusing on a range of empirical and theoretical concerns associated with urban-centred security governance.  

The collection draws together a series of articles on the relation between urban regeneration / gentrification processes and security issues synonymous with the transformations of global cities common to hosting major sporting events. It is at the nexus of urban development and security governance that many papers in the collection reflect on a range of ways that mega-events have become important catalysts in wider socio-economic, urban, political transformations. Read more +

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