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EUFoot & FANZinE
@fansandeurope.bsky.social
Research about football, fandom, Europe, identity, and cohesion | EUFoot (2018-2021) and FANZinE (2021-2024) | Based at @unimainz.bsky.social, @powimz.bsky.social | Political Science, European Studies, Sports Sociology
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Happy to share that my first solo-authored article has just been published in the International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Football Fandom and European Practices of Social Cohesion: How Football Fandom Shapes and Structures Cross-Border Communication and Travel in Europe - International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure
This paper investigates how football fandom as a highly popular and socially diverse leisure activity contributes to practices of social cohesion within Europe and interacts with underlying socio-demo...
link.springer.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
As the culmination of our three-year research project funded by BMBF, our book "Uniting Europe through Football - The Interplay between Fandom, Identity and Social Cohesion" is finally here.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Uniting Europe through Football
The book explores how football fandom as a leisure and lifeworld activity can contribute to strengthening identification with and social cohesion in Europe
link.springer.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🚨 New publication! 🚨
Our paper is out in International Review for the Sociology of Sport - From local isolation to transnational engagement: Differentiation in European football fan culture

Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
From local isolation to transnational engagement: Differentiation in European football fan culture - Ramón Llopis-Goig, Jonas Biel, Tobias Finger, Arne Niemann, Vincent Reinke, 2025
As a highly popular cultural phenomenon, football connects people across social cleavages and entails manifold social interactions, constructions of community, ...
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May 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As our results show, football is more than just a game - It’s a powerful catalyst for exchanges, cooperation, identity formation, and social cohesion in Europe. Our two policy papers provide concrete, research-based recommendations to harness this unifying potential of football.
February 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
How does football fandom shape European identity and social cohesion? Our research explores these questions using surveys, media analysis, and interviews.
Find a few of our recent papers below:
February 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This account represents two research projects exploring the connections between football fandom and European identity. We previously shared our work on Twitter/X, but from now on, you'll find us here. Follow for insights on how football shapes social cohesion and shared identities in Europe. ⚽🇪🇺
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM