Prof. Dr. Henk Erik Meier

• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2001

2025

• Konjer, M., & Meier, H. E. (2025). The Western and Central European Model of Sport Under Pressure. in García, B., & Smokvina, V. (eds.), Routledge Research in Sport Business and ManagementThe European Model of Sport: Myth or Reality? (1. edt.) (pp. 122–139). Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781032665153.

2024

• Laske, H. K., & Mara, M. H. (2024). Menstruation and training–A quantitative study of (non-) communication about the menstrual cycle in German sports clubs.Preprint. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 19 (1), 129–140. doi: 10.1177/17479541221143061.

2023

• Tickell, S., Sobral, V., & Meier, H. E. (2023). Finding a niche in digital plenitude: sport media strategies of smaller European football leagues. European Sport Management Quarterly, Online first. doi: 10.1080/16184742.2023.2218868.
• Meier, H. E., Tickell, S., & Konjer, M. (2023). A tale of two scandals: Scale shift and the inefficacy of crisis communication management in Olympic scandals. Frontiers in Communication, 8. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1155747.

2022

• García García, B., Meier, H.E., Konjer, M., & Jetzke, M. (2022). The short life of the European Super League: a case study on institutional tensions in sport industries. Managing Sport and Leisure, 2022, 1–22. doi: 10.1080/23750472.2022.2058071.
• Konjer, M., Meier, H. E., & Krieger, J. (2022). International sport governing bodies as agents of diffusion—The case of World Athletics. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 11. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.1025023.

2021

• Meier, H.E., Konjer, M., & Krieger, J. (2021). Women in international elite athletics: Gender (in)equality and national participation. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.709640.

2020

• Meier, HE., García, B., & Konjer, M. (2020). Resisting the Pressures of Globalisation: The Repeated Failure of Elite Sport Reforms in Re-United Germany. German Politics, 2020. doi: 10.1080/09644008.2020.1817899.
• Meier, H. E., Hagenah, J., & Jetzke, M. (2020). Aggregation as the Remedy for the Decline of Niche Sports Broadcasting: A Case Study of the European Championships. International Journal of Sport Communication, 13 (4), 719–743. doi: 10.1123/ijsc.2020-0007.
• Meier, H. E., Jetzke, M., & Uechtritz, C. (2020). Competitive Intensity and National Participation in Elite Sports: Understanding Competitive Dynamics in International Athletics. Journal of Global Sport Management, 5. doi: 10.1080/24704067.2020.1819616.

2019

Published

• Uhlenbrock, C. M. (2019). Defining an Organisational Role in a Contested Field: The Evolution of UNESCO’s Approach to Physical Education. International Journal for the History of Sport, 35 (11), 1130–1148. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1612881.

accepted / in Press (not yet published)

• Hagenah, J. M. (2019). Langfristige Medialisierungsprozesse im Wintersport: Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Spuren. MedienJournal, 2019.

2018

Published

• Hölzen, M. M. (2018). Do Football Consumers Care About Sport Governance? An Analysis of Social Media Responses to the Recent FIFA Scandal. Journal of Global Sport Management, Online first. doi: 10.1080/24704067.2018.1432983.
• Meier, H. E., Konjer, M., & Stroth, S. (2018). Provincial Consumer Preferences and Fragmented Sport Governance: Demand for Professional Boxing in Germany. International Journal of Sport Finance, 13 (1), 52–83.
• Knapton, H., Espinosa, L., Meier, H. E., Bäck, E. A., & Bäck, H. (2018). Belonging for violence: Personality, football fandom and spectator aggression. Nordic Psychology, Online first. doi: 10.1080/19012276.2018.1430611.
• Meier, H. E. (2018). Dopingbekämpfung als zentrale Aufgabe der Sportpolitik. Polis, 1, 14–16.

accepted / in Press (not yet published)

• Meier, H. M. (2018). Political regimes and sport-related national pride: A cross-national analysis. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Online first.

2017

Research Articles (Journals)

• García, B. M. (2017). Global Sport Power Europe? The Efficacy of the European Union in Global Sport Regulation: EU in global sport regulation. Journal of Common Market Studies, 55, 850–870.
• Meier, H. E., Konjer, M., & Nagm, A. (2017). The spatial restructuring of competitive tennis in Germany. The case of Hesse. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 47.
• Konjer, M., Mutz, M., & Meier, H. E. (2017). Talent alone does not suffice: erotic capital, media visibility and global popularity among professional male and female tennis players. Journal of Gender Studies, Online first.
• Meier, H. E., Strauß, B., & Riedl, D. (2017). Feminization of sport audiences and fans? Evidence from German men's national team soccer. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52. doi: 10.1177/0123456789123456.
• Erik, M. H., Anica, R., & Martin, H. (2017). Spirals of signification? A corpus-linguistic analysis of the German doping discourse. Communication and Sport, 5, 352–373. doi: 10.1177/2167479515610151.
• Konjer, M., Meier, H. E., & Wedeking, K. (2017). Consumer demand for telecast tennis matches in Germany. Journal of Sports Economics, 18, 351–375. doi: 10.1177/1527002515577882.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Meier, H. H. (2017). Die FIFA als „politische Maschine “. in Ihle, H., Meyen, M., Mittag, J., & Nieland, J.-U. (ed.), Globales Mega-Event und nationaler Konfliktherd. Die Fußball-WM 2014 in Medien und Politik (pp. 121–134).

2016

• Mutz, M. M. (2016). Successful, sexy, popular: Athletic performance and physical attractiveness as determinants of public interest in male and female soccer players. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51. doi: 10.1177/1012690214545900.
• Meier, H. H. (2016). „Fußballisierung“ im deutschen Fernsehen? Eine Untersuchung zum Wandel von Angebot und Nachfrage bei den wichtigsten Free TV-Sendern. M&K Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 64.
• Meier, H. M. (2016). Sport-Related National Pride in East and West Germany, 1992-2008. Persistent Differences or Trends Toward Convergence? SAGE Open, 6.
• Schirm, J. M. (2016). Dopingberichterstattung in den Medien. Überblick über die deutschsprachige Forschung. Sportwissenschaft, 46.
• Meier, H.E., Konjer, M., & Leinwather, M. (2016). The demand for women’s league football in Germany. European Sport Management Quarterly, Volume 16 - Issue 1. doi: 10.1080/16184742.2015.1109693.
• Meier, H. R., & Konjer, M. L. (2016). Deutschland, einig Fußballland? Ost-West-Unterschiede in der Nachfrage nach Nationalmannschaftsspielen. Leviathan, 44 (2), 247–279.

2015

Research Articles (Journals)

• Meier, H. K. (2015). Is there a premium for beauty in sport consumption? Evidence from German TV ratings for tennis matches. European Journal for Sport and Society, 12 (3), 309–340.
• Meier, H. G. (2015). Protecting private transnational authority against public intervention: FIFA's power over national governments. Public Adminstration, 2015. doi: 10.1111/padm.12208.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Meier, H. R. (2015). Unintendierte Folgen performanzorientierter Steuerung: Das Beispiel Spitzensport. in Döhler, M., Franzke, J., & Wegrich, K. (ed.), Der gut organisierte Staat. Festschrift für Werner Jann zum 65. Geburtstag (pp. 427–448).

2014

• Meier, H. F. (2014). From corporatism to open networks? Structural changes in German sport policy-making. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 6, 327–348. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2013.812573.

2013

Research Articles (Journals)

• Meier, H. G. (2013). Abandoning hopes for veto power: Institutional options for sport’s governing bodies in the EU. International Journal of Sport Policy, 5 (3), 421–443. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2012.656678.
• Meier, H. R. (2013). Performance Enhancement and Politicisation of High-Performance Sport: The West German ‘air clyster’ Affair of 1976. International Journal of the History of Sport, 30 (12), 1351–1373. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2013.784273.
• Meier, H. L. (2013). Finally a ‘Taste for Diversity’? National Identity, Consumer Discrimination, and the Multi-ethnic German National Football Team. European Sociological Review, 29 (6), 1201–1213. doi: 10.1093/esr/jct011.

Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)

• Meier, H. E., Konjer, M., & Leinwather, M. (2013). Gender inequality and demand for women’s sport: Unified Germany as a natural experiment. FREE research conference on the feminisation of football, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Meier, H. E., Konjer, M., & Leinwather, M. (2013). Gender inequality and demand for women’s sport: Unified Germany as a natural experiment. 18th Annual Conference of the European College of Sport Science, Barcelona, Spain.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Krüger, M., Emrich, E., Meier, H. E., & Daumann, F. (2013). Bewegung, Spiel und Sport in Kultur und Gesellschaft - Sozialwissenschaften des Sports. in Güllich, A., & Krüger, M. (ed.), Sport. Das Lehrbuch für das Sportstudiu, (1. edt.) (pp. 337–394). Springer Spektrum.

2012

Research Articles (Journals)

• Meier, H. C. (2012). Is the downloading of the new global IPR regime changing the EU? The second image reversed of intellectual property rights. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 2012 (Special Issue 46).
• Bäck, H., Meier, H. E., Fischer, J., & Persson, T. (2012). European Integration and Prime Ministerial Power: A differential impact on cabinet reshuffles in Germany and Sweden. German Politics, 21 (2), 184–208. doi: 10.1080/09644008.2012.677032.
• Meier, H. E., Rose, A., & Woborschil, S. (2012). Der Dopingdiskurs der fünfziger und sechziger Jahre in den Leitmedien Der Spiegel und Die Zeit. Sportwissenschaft, 42 (3), 163–177.
• Garcia Garcia Borja, M. H. (2012). Limits of interest empowerment in the European Union: The case of football. Journal of European Integration, 34.
• Meier, H. E., Reinold, M., & Rose, A. (2012). Dopingskandale in der alten Bundesrepublik: Öffentlicher Diskurs und sportpolitische Reaktionen. Deutschland Archiv, 45 (2), 209–239.
• Meier, H. L. (2012). Women as ‘armchair audience’? Evidence from German national team football. Sociology of Sport Journal, 29 (3), 365–384.
• Reinold, M. M. (2012). Difficult adaptations to innovations in performance enhancement: ‘Dr. Brustmann’s power pills’ and anti-doping in German post war sports. Sport in History, 31 (1), 74–104.

Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)

• Meier, H. K. (2012). The visibility of German sport sociology in sociological mainstream journals. Vortrag bei der Internationalen Konferenz zur Porsition von Sportstudien in den Sozialwissenschaften "Centers and Peripheries in Sport" vom 19. - 21. April 2012, Malmö, Schweden. The Social Science of Sport: Quality, Position, and Relevance, Malmö, Sweden.
• Konjer, M. R., & Woborschil, S. M. (2012). Der Dopingdiskurs der 1990er und 2000er Jahre in Die Zeit und Der Spiegel - Präsentation der Ergebnisse der 3. Projektphase. Doping in Deutschland von 1950 bis heute aus historisch-soziologischer Sicht im Kontext ethischer Legitimation - Ergebnispräsentation, Berlin.
• Meier, H. E., & Konjer, M. (2012). Does Sexappeal matter? - Evidence from German TV ratings for tennis matches. Sport in Globalised Societies Changes and Challenges, 9th eass conference, Berne, Switzerland.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Meier, H. E. (2012). Der Sportzuschauer aus ökonomischer Perspektive. in Bernd, S. (ed.), Sportzuschauer (pp. 72–91). Hogrefe.

2011

• Meier, H. E. (2011). A ‘gathering of enthusiastic expense account tourists’? A study of assignments to the Sport Committee of the German Bundestag. Sportwissenschaft, 41 (4), 300–314.

2010

• Meier, H. E. (2010). De-Regulierung und Regulierung als staatlicher Steuerungsmechanismus im Sport. in Tokarski, W., & Petri, K. (ed.), Handbuch Sportpolitik Hofmann-Verlag.

2009

Research Articles (Journals)

• Bäck, H., Meier, H. E., & Persson, T. (2009). Party size and portfolio payoffs: A study of the mechanism under-lying the proportionality relationship in coalition governments. Journal of Legislative Studies, 15, 10–34.
• Bäck, H., Dumont, P., Meier, H. E., Persson, T., & Vernby, K. (2009). Does European integration lead to a ‘presidentialization’ of executive politics? Ministerial selection in Swedish post-war cabinets. European Union Politics, 10, 226–252.
• Bäck H., M., & H.E., P. T. (2009). Party size and portfolio payoffs: A study of the mechanism underlying the proportionally relationship in coalition governments. Journal of Legislative Studies (15), 10–34.
• Bäck, H., Dumont, P., Meier, H.E., Persson, T., & Vernby, K. (2009). Does European integration lead to a "presidentialisation" of executive politics? Ministerial selection in Swedish post-war cabinets. European Union Politics (10), 226–252.

Research Article (Book Contributions)

• Meier, H. E. (2009). The European Union’s regulation of sport: A political science perspective. in Gardiner, S. (ed.), Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation, re-regulation and representation (pp. 7–33). Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.
• H.E., M. (2009). Emergence, dynamics and impact of European sport policy: Perspective from political science. in Gardiner, S. (ed.), Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation reregulation and representation (pp. 7–33). Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.

2008

• Meier, H. E. (2008). Independent regulatory bodies and impossible jobs: The case of German broadcasting regulation. Public Administration, 86, 133–148.
• Meier, H. E. (2008). Institutional complementarities and institutional dynamics: Exploring varieties in European football capitalism. Socio-Economic Review, 6, 99–133.

2006

Research Articles (Journals)

• Meier, H. E. (2006). For a few Cents less? Nested games in German broadcasting regulation. : German Politics, 15, 166–191.
• Meier, H. E. (2006). Die Regulierungskrise des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 54, 258–287.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Meier, H. E. (2006). Urheberrechte als Governance-Problem: Erklärungsbeitrag und Erklärungsdefizite der Governance-Theorie. in Patrick, D. (ed.), Von der Medienpolitik zur Media Governance? (pp. 216–232). Herbert von Halem Verlag.

2005

Research Articles (Journals)

• Meier, H. E. (2005). Zwischen Ambition und Kapitulation: Der Aufstieg des regulativen Staates im englischen Fußball. Sport und Gesellschaft, 2, 223–254.
• Meier, H. E. (2005). Wissen als geistiges Privateigentum: Die Einfriedung der Wissens-allmende. Leviathan, 33, 492–521.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Meier, H. E. (2005). Fallstudien/Fallstudienansätze. in Althaus, M. (ed.), Handlexikon Public Affairs (pp. 22–26). LIT Verlag.

Book (Monograph)

• Meier, H. E. (2005). Die politische Regulierung des Profifußballs. Sportverlag Strauß.

2004

• Meier, H. E. (2004). Der Einfluss des Fernsehrates auf die Angebotspolitik des ZDF: Ein empirischer Beitrag zur aktuellen Debatte um die Zukunft der Auf-sichtsgremien im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk. Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen, 27, 149–166.
• Meier, H. E. (2004). Solidarität und Marktmacht: Die politische Regulierung der Zent-ralvermarktung der Fußball-Bundesliga. Sport und Gesellschaft, 1, 125–144.
• Meier, H. E. (2004). Kommerzialisierung und Marktkonstitution: Zur politischen Kon-struktion des Sportrechtemarktes. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 52, 583–612.
• Meier, H. E. (2004). Von Bosman zur Kollektivvereinbarung? Die Regulierung des Arbeitsmarktes für Profifußballer. Zeitschrift für Industrielle Beziehungen, 11, 320–346.

2003

• Meier, H. E. (2003). Beyond Convergence: Understanding Programming Strategies of Public Broadcasters in Competitive Environments. European Journal of Communication, 18, 337–365.

2001

• Meier, H. E. (2001). Die öffentliche Kontrolle öffentlich-rechtlicher Rundfunkanstalten. in Thomas, E. (ed.), Öffentliche Unternehmen: Entstaatlichung und Privatisierung? (p. 157). Leske + Budrich.