Journal article

McKenzie J, Ludvigsen J, Scott-Bell A, Hayton J. 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, :1-19 DOI Publisher 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

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,

Feather D, Hazzard C, Ludvigsen J, Cont S, Taylor K. A Wellspring for New Pedagogical Approaches: The Importance of Foundation Years for Universities Journal of the Foundation Year Network, Public Url

Books (authored)

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

Turner M, Ludvigsen J. Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture Routledge

Turner M, Ludvigsen J. Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture Routledge

Editorial/letter to the editor

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

Chapters

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 Publisher Url

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

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

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

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:

Experts demand UK Government reverses "political" decision to ban football fans. Published on 13 November 2020 2020

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.