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Overview

Jonathan Grix is affiliated with Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Social Psychology, Economics and Econometrics, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their research spans various topics, notably Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports, Gender, and Society, Doping in Sports, Sports Analytics and Performance, the Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, and Digital Games and Media.

Jonathan Grix has published extensively in multiple academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
  • Sustainability
  • Politics
  • American Behavioral Scientist
  • Third World Quarterly

Recent papers by Jonathan Grix demonstrate their engagement with sport-related political and social topics:

  • The impact of Covid-19 on sport (2020), International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
  • Unpacking the politics of 'sportswashing': It takes two to tango (2023), Politics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan Grix include:

  • Paul Michael Brannagan
  • Joonoh Jeong
  • Nicolas Scelles
  • Hyung-Min Kim
  • Tom Bason

Among their co-authored research, notable papers include work with Paul Michael Brannagan on the paper titled The 2021 European Super League attempt: motivation, outcome, and the future of football (2022, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics). Additional related research in the field of sustainability includes the work Implementing a Sustainability Legacy Strategy: A Case Study of PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games (2021, Sustainability) authored by Hyung-Min Kim.

Best Publications

  • The foundations of research

    Jonathan Grix

  • Introducing Students to the Generic Terminology of Social Research

    Jonathan Grix

  • Sports Mega-Events as Part of a Nation's Soft Power Strategy: The Cases of Germany (2006) and the UK (2012)

    Jonathan Grix;Barrie Houlihan

  • Why do governments invest in elite sport? A polemic

    Jonathan Grix;Fiona Carmichael

  • Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction

    Jonathan Grix;Donna Lee

  • ‘Image’ leveraging and sports mega-events: Germany and the 2006 FIFA World Cup

    Jonathan Grix

  • Sport Politics and the Olympics

    Jonathan Grix

  • BRINGING STRUCTURES BACK IN: THE ‘GOVERNANCE NARRATIVE’, THE ‘DECENTRED APPROACH’ AND ‘ASYMMETRICAL NETWORK GOVERNANCE’ IN THE EDUCATION AND SPORT POLICY COMMUNITIES

    Mark Goodwin;Jonathan Grix

  • Interrogating States’ Soft Power Strategies: A Case Study of Sports Mega-Events in Brazil and the UK

    Jonathan Grix;Paul Michael Brannagan;Barrie Houlihan

  • Of mechanisms and myths: conceptualising states’ “Soft Power” strategies through sports mega-events

    Jonathan Grix;Paul Michael Brannagan

  • Revisiting the ‘Governance Narrative’: ‘Asymmetrical Network Governance’ and the Deviant Case of the Sports Policy Sector

    Jonathan Grix;Lesley Phillpots

  • The impact of Covid-19 on sport

    Jonathan Grix;Paul Michael Brannagan;Holly Grimes;Ross Neville

  • State strategies for leveraging sports mega-events: unpacking the concept of ‘legacy’

    Jonathan Grix;Paul Michael Brannagan;Hannah Wood;Ceri Wynne

  • The impact of UK sport policy on the governance of athletics

    Jonathan Grix

  • Review Article: Social Capital as a Concept in the Social Sciences: The Current State of the Debate

    J. Grix

  • The ‘governance debate’ and the study of sport policy

    Jonathan Grix

  • Sport under Communism: Behind the East German 'Miracle'

    Mike Dennis;Jonathan Grix

  • Centralized grassroots sport policy and ‘new governance’: A case study of County Sports Partnerships in the UK – unpacking the paradox

    Lesley Phillpots;Jonathan Grix;Thomas Quarmby

  • Leveraging legacies from sports mega-events : concepts and cases

    Jonathan Grix

  • Moral disengagement and associated processes in performance-enhancing drug use: a national qualitative investigation

    Ian D. Boardley;Jonathan Grix;Andrew James Dewar

  • Sport Politics: An Introduction

    Jonathan Grix

  • The Sochi Winter Olympics and Russia’s unique soft power strategy

    Jonathan Grix;Nina Kramareva

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan L. Smith
Alan L. Smith Michigan State University
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Barrie Houlihan
Barrie Houlihan Loughborough University
Mark D. Griffiths
Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University

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