Profile

Professor John Horne

Professor of Sport and Sociology

School of Sport, Tourism and The Outdoors

Greenbank Building, Room 328

+44 (0) 1772 894235

JDHorne@uclan.ac.uk

Education

PhD (by Research Publications), University of Edinburgh, 2002
Certificate in Japanese Studies and Language, Institute of Applied
Language Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1996
Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Keele University, 1979
MA in Sociology, University of Essex, 1978
BA (Hons.) in Social Science, First Class, Bristol Polytechnic, 1977

Professional background

1998-2008 The University of Edinburgh: Reader/Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer, Department of Physical Education, Sport & Leisure Studies
1993 –1998 Moray House Institute of Education: Lecturer, Leisure Studies
1992 – 1993  Staffordshire University: Senior Lecturer in Sociology
1980 – 1992  (North) Staffordshire Polytechnic: Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Sociology
1979 – 1980  Matlock College of Higher Education: Lecturer in Education

Visiting Professorships/Fellowships

April – May 2007 Visiting Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
May - June 1990 Visiting Professor in Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport, Department of Physical Education and Sports Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Current Teaching Activities

Research postgraduate degree supervision; taught postgraduate degrees.

Research

Current Research Projects

1. Sport and Social Theory – a commissioned book (Sage) in preparation
2. Sports Mega-Events – several ongoing projects, including a book, a workshop, journal articles and book chapters
3. Independent Schools & Social Capital
4. Global Sport - Alter-globalization and sport; Sports mega-events, representational legacies and memory in Europe
5. Sport in East Asian Societies – football and communities in Japan; sports mega-events, representational legacies and memory in East Asia
6. Sport in Consumer Culture - sport and consumer lifestyles, ethnic minorities and sport and leisure

Completed Research Projects

‘Scottish Independent Schools Project (SISP)’, funded by the Schools and Social Capital (SSC) Network of the Applied Educational Research Scheme (Scottish Government Education Department/Scottish Funding Council) 2006-2008.

‘Hosting Sports Mega-Events in Australia’, funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 2007.

‘Hosting Sports Mega-Events in Asia and Europe’, funded by the European Alliance for Asian Studies/Asia-Europe Foundation, 2005.

‘Hosting Sports Mega-Events in Canada’, funded by the Government of Canada Faculty Research Program, 2004.

‘Co-hosting the 2002 football World Cup in Japan’, funded by the Japan Foundation and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 2001-2002.

Grants

Research & Travel Grants
 
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland: £2,500, 2007;
Government of Canada Faculty Research Program: CAN$ 2,300, 2004;
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland: £624, 2004;
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland: £1,500, 2001;
Moray Foundation Trust, University of Edinburgh: £1,370, 2001;
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland: £500, 2001.

Symposia Awards

European Alliance for Asian Studies/Asia-Europe Foundation Workshop Series 2004/2005: US$15,000, 2005;
The Japan Foundation: 270,883 Austrian Schillings (approximately £12,700), 2002.

Other Travel Awards

United Kingdom Sports Council, International Conference Committee: £1,405, 2002.

Research Degree Supervision

Current (principal supervisor):

PhD.  “A comparative analysis of tennis coaching and talent identification”, M. Seibold, The University of Edinburgh, 2004-2009.
PhD. “An analysis of new media sports audiences”, D. Wong, The University of Edinburgh, 2005-2008.

Publications

Books

Sport in Consumer Culture, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2006.

Sports Mega-Events: Social Scientific Analyses of a Global Phenomenon (Edited with W. Manzenreiter) Sociological Review Monograph Series, Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.

Football Goes East: Business, Culture and the People’s Game in China, Japan and Korea (edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge, 2004.

Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup (edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge, 2002.

Journal Articles

‘Snowsport in the British Print Media: Is it downhill all the way?’ (With J. Stone) Journal of Sport and Social Issues Vol. 32, No. 1, Feb. 2008, pp. 94-112;

‘Football, komyuniti and the Japanese ideological soccer apparatus’ (with W. Manzenreiter), Soccer and Society Vol.9, no. 3, July 2008, pp. 359-376;

‘The “Four Knowns” of Sports Mega-Events’, Leisure Studies, 2007, Volume 26, No. 1 pp. 81-96;

‘Moving with the bat and the ball: preliminary reflections on the migration of Japanese baseball labour’ (with Y. Takahashi), International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2006, Volume 41, No. 1 pp. 79-88;

‘Levando o jogo pos-fordista ao Extremo Oriente: a futebolizacao da China, do Japao e da Coreia do Sul’ (‘Playing the Post-Fordist Game in/to the Far East: The Footballisation of China, Japan and South Korea’, with W. Manzenreiter), in Análise Social 2006, Vol. XLI, No 179, pp. 499-518;

‘Race Equality and Leisure Policy Discourses in Scottish Local Authorities’ (with A. Swinney), Leisure Studies, 2005. Volume 24, pp 271-289;
 
'Sport and the mass media in Japan’, Sociology of Sport Journal, 2005, Volume 22, No.4 pp. 415-432;
‘The global game of football, the 2002 World Cup and regional development in Japan’, Third World Quarterly, 2004, Volume 25, pp. 1233-1244;

‘Accounting for mega-events: forecast and actual impacts of the 2002 Football World Cup Finals on the host countries Japan and Korea’ (with W. Manzenreiter), in International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2004, Volume 39, pp. 187-203

Chapters in edited books

‘Consumer Culture’ in D. Malcolm ed. (2008) Sage Dictionary of Sport Studies London: Sage, pp. 54-56;

‘An introduction to the sociology of sports mega-events’ (with W. Manzenreiter), in Sports Mega-Events (Horne/Manzenreiter eds.) 2006 pp. 1-24;
 
‘Underestimated costs and overestimated benefits? Comparing the impact of sports mega-events in Canada and Japan’ (with D. Whitson) in Sports Mega-Events (Horne/Manzenreiter eds.) 2006 pp. 73-89;

‘The “Unknown Knowns” of Sports Mega-Events’, in M. Robertson (ed.) Sporting Events and Event Tourism: Impacts, Plans and Opportunities, Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association Publication No. 91, pp. 1-15 (2006);

‘Gefangen zwischen Kommerz und nationaler Politik? Der Aufstieg des Fussballs in Ostasien als Resultat globalier, nationaler und lokaler Prozesse’’ (Revised version of ‘Playing the Post-Fordist Game in/to the Far East: The Footballisation of China, Japan and South Korea’, with W. Manzenreiter) in Jurgen Mittag & Jorg-Uwe Nieland (eds.) Nur noch ein Spiel? Fussball als politischer und gesellschaftlicher Spielball, Essen: Klartext-Verlag, 2006, pp. 333-349;

‘Public Policy, sports investments and regional development initiatives in contemporary Japan’ (with W. Manzenreiter) in K. Schimmel & J. Nauright (eds.) The Political Economy of Sport Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2005, pp. 152-182;

‘Football, Culture, Globalization: why football is going east’ (with W. Manzenreiter) in Football Goes East (co-edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge (2004), pp. 1-17;

‘Japanese football players and the sport talent migration business’ (With Y. Takahashi) in Football Goes East (co-edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge (2004), pp. 69-86;

‘Anthony Giddens, Structuration Theory, and Sport and Leisure’ (with D. Jary) in Sport and Modern Social Theorists, R.Giulianotti ed. London: Palgrave (2004), pp. 129-144;
 
‘Sport and Leisure in Scotland’ in I. Martin et al (eds.) Renewing Democracy in Scotland, Leicester: niace, 2003, pp. 181-184;

‘Global Governance in World Sport and the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan’ (with W. Manzenreiter) in Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup (edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge, 2002,
pp. 1-25;
 
‘The Development of Football in Japan’ (with D. Bleakley) in Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup (edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 89-105;

‘Japan in the World of Football’ (with D. Bleakley) in Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup (edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 121-129;

‘The World Cup and Television Football’ (with W. Manzenreiter) in Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup (edited with W. Manzenreiter) London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 195-212;

‘Professional Soccer in Japan’ in Japan and Play, M. Raveri & J. Hendry Ed. Routledge, 2002, pp. 199-213.

Conference Papers

‘Sport and alterglobalization’ (with J. Harvey & P Safai), North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, Denver, USA, November 2008;

‘The caged torch relay’ Documenting Beijing, School of Oriental & African Studies, SOAS, London, September 2008;

Sport in UK Universities, Sport in Universities Symposium, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, July 2008;

Euro 08 and Representational Legacies, World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Kyoto University, Japan, July 2008;

Euro 08, the Media and European Identities, Symposium on Sport and Media in East Asia, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, July 2008;

Power, Politics, Protest & Promotion at the Olympic Games, Conference on the Politics of the Olympic Games - invited keynote, Leeds Metropolitan University, July 2008;

The Four Cs of Sports Mega-Events , Symposium on Mega-Events and Civil Society – invited keynote, London (Queen Mary, University of London), June 2008;

Euro 2008 Football Championships and European Identities/Legacies, University of Vienna, June 2008;
Sport and alterglobalization (with J Harvey & P Safai), ‘To remember is to resist’ Conference, University of Toronto, Canada, May 2008;

Sports Mega-Events in East Asia, Conference on Olympic Desires: Building Bodies and Nations in East Asia, invited lecture, University of Kansas, April 2008;

‘Professional sports and communities in Japan’, The Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies, Oxford University, November 2007;

‘Sport and Soft Power’, invited panellist, “Catching the Wave: Connecting East Asia through Soft Power”, Institute of East Asian Studies/Center for Chinese Studies, University of California. Berkeley, October 2007.

‘Sport, socialization and the social construction of identities’, Keynote Lecture, The European Committee for Sport History (CESH) XIth International Congress, ‘Sport and the Construction of Identities’, The University of Vienna, September 2006.

‘Playing the Post-Fordist Game in/to the Far East’, invited speaker, “Globalised Football: Nation and Migration – the City and the Dream” Conference, Instituto das Ciencias Socias, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, May 2006.

The Media and the Growth of Sports Mega-Events in Consumer Culture’, Centre for International Media Analysis, University of Luton (June 2006);

Invited lecture, ‘Sport, mega-events, and the media’, Japan Society for the Sociology of Sport Symposium on ‘Sport and the Media in East Asia’, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University, Osaka (March 2006)

‘The Four “Knowns” of Sports Mega-Events’, Keynote Lecture, Leisure Studies Association  Annual Conference, Napier University, Edinburgh, July 2005.

Invited lecture, ‘Sports Policy, World Cup 2002 Investment and Regional Development Initiatives in Japan’, Centre for Sport Policy Studies, The University of Toronto, April 2004.

‘World Cup 2002 investment and regional development initiatives in Japan’, Workshop on ‘Going Global: the promises and pitfalls of hosting global games’, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, June 2004.

‘Sport and Discourse’, invited discussant, Japan Society for the Sociology of Sport 13th Annual Conference, University of Hokkaido, March 2004.

Invited lecture, Department of Sociology, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, July 2002.
Invited lecture, Department of International Relations, Seikei University, Tokyo, July 2002.
Invited lecture, Institute for Sports Studies, Nagoya University, June 2002.
Invited lecture, Department of Sports Sciences, Tsukuba University, June 2002.

‘The Economics of Japanese Football’, International symposium on “Soccer Nations and Football Cultures in East Asia”, University of Vienna, Austria, March 2002.
 
‘Commentary on Asian experiences’, Pacific Asia Cultural Studies Forum Conference, “Discrepant Fanatics: Different Experiences and Problems of Football”, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, March 2002.
 
‘Japan and the world’s game’, Conference on “Association Football: British Game: Global Passion”, UCLAN/National Football Museum, Preston, March 2002.

‘Sport and the Mass Media in Japan’, 2nd International Convention of Asia Scholars, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, August 2001.
 
‘Kick Off in the East: Studying the First Asian Football World Cup Finals, Korea-Japan 2002’, Keynote Speech, 1st World Congress of Sociology of Sport, International Sociology of Sport Association/Korean Society for the Sociology of Sport, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, July 2001.
 
‘Globalization, identity and mega-events in late modernity’, Annual Conference of the Japan Society for the Sociology of Sport, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan, March 2001.

External Activities

Membership of Academic Journal Editorial Boards

Leisure Studies – co-Managing Editor;

International Review for the Sociology of Sport – Editorial board;

Sport in Society – Editorial Board;

Sociological Research Online – Editorial board;

International Journal of Sport and Health Science (Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences) – Sociology section editor.

Non-board Member Referee of articles for: Body and Society; British Journal of Sociology; Cities;

Culture, Sport, Society; European Physical Education Review; European Sport Management Quarterly;

Journal of Historical Sociology; Journal of Sport and Social Issues; Journal of Urban Affairs;

Loisir et Societe; Scottish Affairs; Soccer and Society; Sociological Review; Sociology; Sociology of Sport Journal; Theory, Culture and Society.

Appointments as external examiner of doctoral degrees

Ph.D. Thesis, Ian Pritchard University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, awarded 2006;
Ph.D. Thesis, Masa Ishido Brunel University, awarded 2006;
Ph.D. Thesis, Kensuke Yokoyama University of Brighton, awarded 2006;
Ph.D. Thesis, Dong Jinxia University of Strathclyde, awarded 2001;
M.Phil. Thesis, Chiung-Tzu Tsai De Montfort University, awarded 2001.

External examiner of postgraduate taught degrees

External Examiner, University of Leicester, MSc. and MA. in Sociology of Sport, 2005-; MBA Sport Management 2007-

Reviewer and Research Referee

Invited Reviewer, University of Surrey, Roehampton, Quinquennial
Review of Sport and Popular Culture degrees and courses, 2002;
Referee for the ESRC on research proposals;
Referee for the SSHRC (Canada) on research proposals;
Referee for the Nuffield Foundation on research proposals;
Referee for Routledge, Sage, E. & F.N. Spon, Macmillan/Palgrave, Open University Press and Prentice Hall publishers on book proposals;
Reviewer of Book Manuscripts for Sage, Routledge and Palgrave/Macmillan.