4 Phds in Sports Ethics and Integrity - Mainz, Deutschland - Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

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Mainz, Deutschland

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Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest universities in Germany.

Thanks to its location in the Rhine-Main science region, the university can unfold to its full potential and showcase its innovative power and dynamism.

Its status as a comprehensive university allows for multidisciplinary learning and teaching and has great potential for internationally renowned, interdisciplinary research.

Almost all of its institutes are located on a single campus close to the Mainz city center - creating a lively academic culture for researchers, teaching staff, and students from every continent.

FB02/Institute for Sport Sciences of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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PhDs in Sports Ethics and Integrity (DAiSI):

full-time (100 %)-
YOUR TASKS:
The research objectives of the MSCA DAiSI DTN are to:

- conceptualise sports integrity in a coherent and complex model, drawing from multiple disciplines and stakeholders' standpoints, identifying and classifying specific threats to sport integrity to be adopted across the DN and establishing a "paradigm" for the field;
- investigate 17 specific threats to sports integrity and their causes at macro (Organisational integrity: national and international), meso (Competition integrity), and individual (Personal integrity) level, laying the argumentative and evidentiary bases for public policy makers and sports organisations to deal more consistently and effectively with these and related threats;
- develop, justify, and disseminate a holistic and strategic interdisciplinary methodology drawing together disciplinary traditions, theories, and research findings to form a paradigm for all future integrity research; and
- develop evidence-based policy recommendations for governmental and sport ruling bodies governance development and reform, helping them deal more effectively with the scandals and other threats to the integrity and values of sport that undermine its societal function and legitimacy.

Each of the 17 research projects is an interdisciplinary combination of ethical, legal, and social dimensions.

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Your profile:

Experience in conducting multidisciplinary research studies is desirable.
Previous and/or current international collaboration (in research and/or development) is desirable.
Good team spirit and enthusiasm to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations.
Very good working knowledge of English with good communication and teamwork skills,
Desire to complete a doctorate in three years.
You have not been living (registered) or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Germany for more than 12 months during the past 3 years
You can start with your PhD in Mainz January 1st, 2024

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER:

An international and vibrant working environment
A challenging and versatile task in a qualified team
Research stay at the university of your 2. supervising professor
Summer and Winter Schools
Research stay / internship at the one associate partner of the thesis you work on: Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU) or Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) or International Olympic Committee (IOC) or European Olympic Committee, EU bureau in Brussels (EOC EU Bureau)
You can pick from one of the 4 topics:
Legacy of the Olympic Games
Crisis communication after ethical misconduct on social media

Esport Integrity

Ethics and Governance
The erosion of sport autonomy and its impact on traditional models of sport
Jobticket, optional for the entire Rhine-Main area
Extensive human resources development offer
Flexible working time arrangements

The position is paid according to

EG 13 TV-L and is to be filled on January 1st ,2024 for a limited period until December 31st, years).
The position serves for the purpose of a doctorate and accompanying scientific research within the framework of DaiSI.
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1. Legacy of the Olympic Games (JGU together with KU Leuven and International Olympic Committee)

Based on the relevant scientific and IOC frameworks, the impact and legacy of the Olympic Games will be evaluated through a data driven approach as a first step in an evaluation of the ethical justification of the long-term impacts for the host territory and population.

Then, good governance, in particular accountability, and other policies changed due to Olympic Games will be investigated and analysed from an ethical perspective based on a newly developed model validly measuring legacies of good governance.

Expected Results:
Identifying best practices and developing a model and methods to examining the mentioned legacies.

This will mainly be done regarding economic, social and environmental lasting impacts in the host territory/population, national sport federations' governance and relevant policies in host countries of Olympic Games.

Moreover, recommendations for furthering these legacies will result.

**2. Crisis communication after ethical misconduct on soci