Dr Dikaia Chatziefstathiou

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Job title: Reader
Dept: Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure
Tel: 01227 767700 ext 3090
Campus: Canterbury

Biography

Dr Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, PhD (Loughborough), MSc (Loughborough), BSc (Thrace), undertook her first degree at the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece before studying at Loughborough University, where she was awarded an MSc with distinction in 2000 and a PhD in 2005. She was appointed Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Canterbury Christ Church University in 2005. Today she is a Reader in Olympic Studies and the Social Analysis of Sport.

Research & Scholarly Interests

Dr Chatziefstathiou’s research interests are in Olympic Studies (Olympic Games, Olympic Movement, Olympism and related areas), globalisation and sport, sport and culture. She is an expert in Olympic Studies and her work on the ideology of Olympism and values has been widely published and cited in peer-reviewed academic journals nationally and internationally. She is the winner of the inaugural Coubertin Prize 2008 awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC) for her qualitative research on Pierre de Coubertin’s writings and speeches.

Among her most recent activities include her convening role at the Special Olympic Interest Group of the Higher Education Academy, the coordination of the national university student competition for the Coubertin Olympic Awards (led by the Institute of Business Ethics and IPCC) and her membership in several regional steering groups mainly in relation to Cultural Olympiad.

As an international expert of Olympic Studies she has presented keynote speeches and invited papers at numerous conferences and events in the UK and worldwide and has been invited as a visiting professor in the International Olympic Academy (Olympia, Greece) and in the international Masters Programme in Olympic Studies (organized by the German Sport University Cologne, the University of Mainz, Loughborough University, the Autonomous University of Barcelona and University of Lyon). She acts as an International Research Expert for the Centre for Olympic Studies & Research at Loughborough University and is currently the Guest Editor for the Special Olympic Issue of the European Sport Management Quarterly (jointly with Professor Ian Henry). She is the author of the book ‘Discourses of Olympism: From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012’ published by Palgrave (forthcoming 2012, also jointly with Professor Ian Henry).

Grants, Awards & Scholarships

2011, £5,000, “Understanding Olympic Learning Legacies”, funded by Higher Education Academy Network Olympic Education Resources (OER).
2010-11, £82,000, London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Learning Legacies, Olympic Education Resources, Higher Education Academy Network.
2010, £24,700, Evaluation of the 2010 Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week in England and Wales and Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week, Youth Sport Trust.
2009, £12,000, South East Consortium, “An evaluation of the impact of Live Sites in local communities”, NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent.
2009, €250,000, Preparatory Action for Sport “S2 Sport-Senior Sport” Project, European Commission. Major coordinator of the project: Regional Ministry of Youth and Sport-Regional Government of Extremadura, Spain.
2009, £8,000 [of the total £36K allocated to CCCU], Cultural Olympiad for London 2012, Creative Campus Initiative UK, “An analysis of the Olympic and Paralympic Values: A focus on the views for the Paralympic Games by disabled and non-disabled students”.
2008, CHF 10,000, International Olympic Committee, Evaluation of the XIII Olympic Congress “Olympic Movement in Society”.
2008, £27,000 Department of Health, “A systematic review of London 2012 to raise sport & physical activity participation”. Regional Physical Activity Leads (for the Physical Activity Network West Midlands), Title of Research Program: “A Review of the Evidence Base for Developing a Health and Physical Activity Participation Legacy from the 2012 Olympic Games”.
2008, £1,500 from the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) for a one day conference for young people and public lecture and exhibition titled 'Imagining the Olympics: The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games'.
2007 – 2008, £15,000 from the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) to investigate the Leveraging of Social, Cultural and Health Benefits from London 2012 in the Regions.

Teaching Responsibilities

Year 1: Introduction to Sport, Culture and Society
Year 1: Orientation to Higher Education
Year 2: Sporting Identities and Lifestyles
Year 2: Sport and Leisure Policies
Year 3: Olympic Games and Global Sport Development
Making Sense of Sport 1: Sport and Society

Selected Recent Publications

Monographs

Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2012) Discourses of Olympism: From Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012, Palgrave: Basingstoke, forthcoming.
Georgoulas S. and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) [Title translated in English: Sport in Society and Society of Sport. Theory, Methodology & Research] Αθλητισμός στην Κοινωνία και η Κοινωνία του Αθλητισμού. Θεωρία, Μεθοδολογία και Έρευνα. Νημερτήςής, Αθήνα. pp 344 [ISBN: 978-960-99591-0-0].
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2009) The Changing Nature of Olympism in the Modern Olympic Era, Published by: Interdisciplinary Institute of European Studies, Analyses and Planning (INIESAP), Athens, Greece [ISBN: 978-960-89043-1-6].

Journal Articles

Chatziefstathiou, D. (2012) “Active Citizens and Public Policy: The Example of London 2012 Olympic Games”, International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation and Tourism, forthcoming.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2011)Changes and Continuities of the Ideology of Olympism in the Modern Olympic Movement, Sport in Society, 14(3), pp. 332-344 [ISSN: 1743-0437].
Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2009) “Olympism, Governmentality and Technologies of Power”, Esporte e Sociedade Journal (Sport and Society Journal), Volume 12, July-August 2009, [ISSN online: 1809-1296].
Segrave, J. and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2009) “Pierre de Coubertin’s Ideology of Beauty from the Perspective of the History of Ideas”, Esporte e Sociedade Journal (Sport and Society Journal), Volume 12, July-August 2009, [ISSN onine: 1809-1296].
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2009) “Reading Baron Pierre de Coubertin: Issues of Race and Gender”, The Journal of Sport Literature: Aethlon, Issue 25.2 [ISSN onine: 1048-3756].
Giannoulakis, C., Stotlar, D., and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2008) “Olympic sponsorship: Evolution, challenges, and impact on the Olympic movement”, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 9(4), July 2008. [ISSN printed: 1464-6668].
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2007) “The History of Marketing an Idea: The Example of Baron Pierre de Coubertin as a Social Marketer”, European Sport Management Quarterly (EASMQ), Vol. 7, No. 1, 55_80, March 2007, [ISSN: 1618: 4742].
Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2007) “‘Hellenism and Olympism: Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek challenge to the early Olympic movement’, Sport in History, 27(1), pp. 24-43 [ISSN: 1746-0263].
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2006) “‘All Sports for All People’: The Socialist Challenge, Coubertin and the Ideology of ‘Popular’ Olympism”, Kinesiologia Slovenica, 12(2), pp. 13-22 [ISSN: 1318-2269].

Book chapters

Chatziefstathiou, D. (2012) Further and Higher Education Involvement with the Olympic & Paralympic Games. In V. Girginov (Eds) Bidding, Delivering and Engaging with the Olympics, Volume 1, London 2012 Olympic Series, London: Routledge, forthcoming.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2012) Coubertin: A Man or a Myth, In H. Lenskyj and S. Wagg, Handbook of Olympic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, forthcoming.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2011) Olympism: A learning philosophy for physical education and youth sport, In K.M. Armour, Introduction to Sport Pedagogy for Teachers and Coaches: Effective learners in physical education and youth sport, pp. 90-101, Essex: Pearson [ISBN 978-0-273-73258-7].
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) Governmentality, Youth and London 2012, In R.K. Barney, J. Forsyth & M. Heine (Εds.) Rethinking Matters Olympic. Investigations into the Socio-Cultural Study of the Olympic Movement. London, ON: International Centre for Olympic Studies, pp. 508-515 [ISBN 0-7714-2518-X].
Mansfield, L. and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) (Eds.) Leisure Identities and Authenticity. Leisure Studies Association. The Chelsea School: University of Brighton. Eastbourne, UK [ISBN: 978-1-905369-22-5].
Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2010) Hellenism and Olympism: Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek challenge to the early Olympic movement, in V. Girginov and J. Parry (Eds.), The Olympics: A Critical Reader, Routledge, London, pp. 123-134 [ISBN: 978-0-415-44536-8].
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) Ελληνισμός, Κουμπερντέν και Ευρωποκεντρισμός στα πλαίσια του Σύγχρονου Ολυμπιακού Κινήματος, in S. Georgoulas and D. Chatziefstathiou (Eds.), Αθλητισμός στην Κοινωνία και η Κοινωνία του Αθλητισμού. Θεωρία, Μεθοδολογία και Έρευνα. Νημερτήςής, Αθήνα, pp. 221-234. [ISBN: 978-960-99591-0-0].
Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2008) Olympism, Governmentality and Technologies of Power, in R.K. Barney, M.K. Heine, K.B. Wamsley, G.H. MacDonald (Eds.) Pathways: Critiques and Discourse in Olympic Research, International Centre for Olympic Studies Publications, pp. 320 – 337 [ISBN: 0-7714-2518-X].
Segrave, J. and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2008) Pierre de Coubertin’s Ideology of Beauty from the Perspective of the History of Ideas, in R.K. Barney, M.K. Heine, K.B. Wamsley, G. H. MacDonald (Eds.) Pathways: Critiques and Discourse in Olympic Research, International Centre for Olympic Studies Publications, pp. 31 - 43 [ISBN: 0-7714-2518-X].
Chatziefstathiou, D., Henry, I., Al Tauqi, M. and Theodoraki, E. (2008) Cultural Imperialism and the Diffusion of Olympic Sport, in Africa: A Comparison of Pre and Post Second World War Contexts In: H. Ren, L.P. Dacosta, A. Miragaya & N. Jings (Eds.) Olympic Studies Reader. A Multidisciplinary and Multicultural Research Guide (Volume 1), Beijing: Beijing Sport University Press. pp. 111-128.
Chatziefstathiou , D. (2007) Προσδιορίζοντας την Έννοια της Διαφθοράς στο Σύγχρονο Ολυμπιακό Κίνημα, Η Εγκληματολογία στην Ελλάδα Σήμερα. Στράτος Γεωργούλας Επιμέλεια. Εκδόσεις ΚΨΜ, Αθήνα.

Invited contributions / Keynote speeches

Invited professor, Conventry Business School, "Olympism in Further and Higher Education", 23rd November 2012.
Keynote speech, Northampton Business School Olympivc Conference "Examining the Global Impact of the Olympics", 12th July 2011.
Invited professor, International Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, International Session for Educators and Official of Higher Institutes, Olympia, Greece, 2-9 June 2011.
Keynote speech, in Ithaca College Olympic Conference, Presentation titled: “London 2012 Legacy for Youth”, London, May 2011.
Invited Seminar, Birbeck College, Presentation titled: “Olympism and Value Legacies in Olympic / Paralympic Games”, London, 4 May 2011.
Invited presentation, Conference: “Countdown to the Games: The Definitive Conference about London 2012 for Further and Higher Education”, organized by Podium. Presentation titled: “Learning Legacies”, ExCel Centre, London, 8 February 2011.
Visiting Professor, Postgraduate Sport Marketing Programme, University of Montpellier, France, 31 January – 4 February 2011.
Keynote Speech, in Conference “Going for Gold”: Enriching student learning through the 2012 Games. Presentation titled:”How the Olympic and Paralympic Games Inspire Higher Education?”, Oxford, UK, 9 November 2010.
Keynote Speech, in Conference “Modern Aspects of Personnel Training for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games”. Presentation titled: “Olympic Values in Transition. Historical Challenges and Opportunities”, Krasnodar, Russia, 14 October 2010.
Keynote Speech, Olympic Conference “Laws, Policies and the Olympic Movement”. Presentation titled: “London 1908, 1948 and 2012: Continuities and differences”, Ithaca College, London, 13 May 2010.
Invited Presentation, Higher Education Academy Network Student Conference. Presentation titled: “Can Olympism inspire lifelong learning? Olympic values as philosophy of life”, Bournemouth University, 10 March 2010.
Invited Presentation, Presentation titled: “Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: Magic Dust or Turn to Dust?”, Business School, University of Surrey, 25 February 2010.
Invited Seminar, Seminar titled: “'Hellenism and Olympism: Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek Challenge to the Early Olympic Movement”, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 1 February 2010.
Invited Lecture, Department of Sport Management and Media. Lecture titled: “The Media Representation of the Ideology of Olympism in the British Discourse before London 2012”, Ithaca College, London Campus, UK, 28 May 2008.
Invited presentation, 3^rd Round Table, ESRC Social Sciences Festival, “The Use of the Olympic Ideals for Engaging Communities with London 2012”, Canterbury, UK, 21 May 2008
Invited professor, Department of Sociology, Aegean University, Mytilene, Greece, January 2008.
Law School, University of Kent, UK.
Invited professor, Interdisciplinary Institute of European Studies, Analyses and Planning (INIESAP), Athens, Greece, 18 December 2006.
Invited professor, Interdisciplinary Institute of European Studies, Analyses and Planning (INIESAP), Athens, Greece, 16 December 2005.

Conference Presentations

Chatziefstathiou, D. (2011), Olympism and Value Legacies in Olympic / Paralympic Games, in19^th European Association of Sport Management (EASM) Congress, 7-10 September 2011, Madrid, Spain.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2011) How can we achieve sustainability in post-Olympic Athens? in“Αθλητισμός, κοινωνικές πρακτικές και ταυτότητες των φιλάθλων στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα”, 27-28 May 2011, Athens, Greece.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2011) Post-Olympic Athens in times of crisis, in 19^th International Congress of Physical Education and Sport, 22-25 May 2011, Komotini, Greece, forthcoming.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) Keynote Speech: Olympic Values in Transition. Historical Challenges and Opportunities, in “Modern Aspects of Personnel Training for the Olympic and Paralympic Games”, Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Krasnodar, Russia
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) The Contribution of HLST Olympic Interest Group in Higher Education, in “Modern Aspects of Personnel Training for the Olympic and Paralympic Games”, Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Krasnodar, Russia.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) Governmentality, Youth and London 2012. In 11^th International Olympic Symposium “Rethinking Matters Olympic. Investigations into the Socio-Cultural Study of the Olympic Movement”, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Ontario, Canada.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) Active Citizens, Governmentality and London 2012, in 18th International Congress of Physical Education and Sport, 21-23 May 2010, Komotini, Greece.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2009) Governmentality and the Olympic Movement, in 17^th European Association of Sport Management (EASM) Congress, 16-19 September 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2009) London 2012, Governmentality and Youth, in Leisure Study Association Conference “Leisure Experiences: Participating, Planning, Providing”, Canterbury Christ Church University, 7 –9 July 2009, Canterbury, UK.
Chatziefstathiou, D., Mansfield, L., and Curtis, H. (2009), Archival Analysis and Olympic Research, Symposium “Imagining the Olympics: Reflections on Methodologies”, in 3^rd Qualitative Conference in Sport and Exercise, Roehampton University, 10-12 June 2009, London, UK.
Mansfield, L., Chatziefstathiou, D., Curtis, H., Dray, K., Fiore, J., and Weed, M. (2010) Focus Groups and Young Peoples’ Views of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Symposium “Imagining the Olympics: Reflections on Methodologies”, in 3^rd Qualitative Conference in Sport and Exercise, Roehampton University, 10-12 June 2009, London, UK.
Curtis, H., Mansfield, L., and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2010) Olympic Research and Qualitative Media Analysis, Symposium “Imagining the Olympics: Reflections on Methodologies”, in 3^rd Qualitative Conference in Sport and Exercise, Roehampton University, 10-12 June 2009, London, UK.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2009) The Olympic Reformations in the History of the Modern Olympic Movement, in Olympic Reform Conference, University of Toronto, 17-18 May 2009, Canada.
Chatziefstathiou, D. (2008) The Challenges of the Modern Olympic Movement in the Transition from Beijing to London, 1^st Greek Conference in Sociology of Sport and Leisure, 18-19 October 2008, Mytilene, Greece.
Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2008) A Foucauldian Perspective for Understanding the Discursive Constructions of Olympism, in16^th European Association of Sport Management (EASM) Congress, 10-13 September 2008, Heidelberg, Germany.
Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I.P. (2008) Olympism, Governmentality and Technologies of Power, in 9^th International Olympic Symposium, People’s Republic of China, August 5-7, 2008, Beijing, China.
Segrave, J. and Chatziefstathiou, D. (2008) Pierre de Coubertin’s Ideology of Beauty from the Perspective of the History of Ideas, in 9^th International Olympic Symposium, People’s Republic of China, August 5-7, 2008, Beijing, China.
Chatziefstathiou, D., (2007) Towards the development of the 2012 London cultural Olympiad. The nature of the ideology of Olympism in the discourse of Great Britain, in 15^th European Association of Sport Management (EASM) Congress, 12-15 September 2007, Turin, Italy.
Giannoulakis, C. and Chatziefstathiou, D. The Value of the Olympic values. An exploration of the Olympic sponsorship program, in 15^th European Association of Sport Management (EASM) Congress, 12-15 September 2007, Turin, Italy.
Chatziefstathiou, D., Reading Baron Pierre de Coubertin: Issues of Race and Gender, in 24^th Sport Literature Association Conference, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, 20-24 June 2007, New York, USA.
Chatziefstathiou, D., Henry, I.P., Al-Tauqi, M. and Theodoraki, E., (2006) Cultural Imperialism and the Diffusion of Olympic Sport in Africa: A Comparison of Pre- and Post- Second World War Contexts, in 8^th International Symposium for Olympic Research, International Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 19-21 October 2006, London, Canada.
Chatziefstathiou, D., (2006) Defining ‘Olympism’ in the Discourse of the High/ Late Modernity, in 11^th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, 5-8 July 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland.