SVENDANIELWOLFEPhD(UniversitédeLausanne)MSc(UniversitätZürich)

MA(EuropeanUniversitySt.Petersburg)

InstituteofGeographyandSustainabilityUniversityofLausanne|1015Lausanne|Switzerland+41763094126|SvenDaniel.Wolfe@unil.chhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4517-6056 EDUCATION2019 UniversityofLausanne|Switzerland PhDGeography

“FanaticEnergyintheWrongPlaces”:PotemkinNeoliberalismandDomesticSoftPowerinthe2018Men’sFootballWorldCupinRussia

2014-2016 UniversityofZurich|Switzerland

MScGeographyGeographiesofGlobalChange:Resources,MarketsandDevelopment

2013-2014 EuropeanUniversitySt.Petersburg|Russia MAPoliticalScience,RussianandEurasianStudies,

withdistinction1995-1999 GrinnellCollege|UnitedStatesofAmerica BARussianLanguage,Literature,Culture,withhonorsAPPOINTMENTS2019– UniversityofLausanne:JuniorLecturer2017–2019UniversityofLausanne:DoctoralCandidate2016–2017UniversityofZurich:DoctoralStudent2014–2016UniversityofZurich:ResearchAssistantRESEARCHINTERESTSConceptsSoftPower|Variegatedneoliberalisms|Everydaylife,micropolitics,minortheory|MultiplicitiesandAssemblagesTopicsMega-events|UrbanDevelopment|Geopolitics|Surveillance|ResistanceMethodsQualitative(EthnographicFieldwork,GroundedTheory,VirtualEthnography)Quantitative(InferentialandDescriptivestatistics)RegionsRussia|EasternEurope|Eurasia|Mega-eventhostsworldwide

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PUBLICATIONS2020 SvenDanielWolfe.“PotemkinismNeoliberalism:

DevelopingVolgogradthroughthe2018Men'sFootballWorldCupinRussia.”ForthcominginSportinSociety.

2020 SvenDanielWolfe.“Urbandevelopmentthroughthe2018

FIFAMen’sFootballWorldCup:Mutatedmobilepoliciesintheperipheries.”ForthcominginGorodskieIssledovanieiPraktiki[UrbanStudiesandPracticesJournal,MoscowSchoolofHigherEconomics].

2020 SvenDanielWolfe.“Thegreatpause:aminortheory

explorationofCOVID-19responseinSwitzerland.”EurasianGeographyandEconomics,0,0:1-14.https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2020.1779104

2020 OlegGolubchikovandSvenDanielWolfe.“Russiaandthe

politicsofextravertedurbanisminthe2014WinterOlympicsandthe2018FIFAWorldCup.”InSport,StatehoodandTransitioninEurope:Comparativeperspectivesfrompost-Sovietandpost-socialistsocieties,editedbyRojo-Labaien,Díaz,andRookwood,214-232.London:Routledge.

2020 SvenDanielWolfeandJulioPaulos.“Locatingurban

researchinSwitzerland.”InBuildingUrbanStudiesinSwitzerland,editedbyWolfeandPaulos,6-8.AssociationSuissedeGéographie.

2020 SvenDanielWolfe.“BloggingtheVirtual:NewGeographies

ofRussianOpposition.”Underreview.2020 SvenDanielWolfe.“Forthebenefitofournation”:Unstable

softpowerinthe2018Men’sWorldCupinRussia.Underreview.

2020 SvenDanielWolfe.“Obychnnieinfrastrukturyichempionat

mirapofutbolu2018goda”[OrdinaryInfrastructuresandthe2018Men’sFootballWorldCup]”Underreview.

2020 SvenDanielWolfe,DavidGogishvili,Jean-LoupChappelet,

MartinMüller.“Theurbanandeconomicimpactsofmega-events:Mechanismsofchangeinglobalgames.”Underreview.

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2019 SvenDanielWolfe.“ANewRoadandRailLinkfromtheMountainstotheCoast:TheMixedLegacyofSochi’sMostExpensiveProject.”InMega-Events:Placemaking,RegenerationandCity-RegionalDevelopment,editedbyGraemeEvans,106-124.Abingdon,Oxon:Routledge.

2019 SvenDanielWolfe.“FanaticEnergyintheWrongPlaces”:

PotemkinNeoliberalismandDomesticSoftPowerinthe2018Men’sFootballWorldCupinRussia.PhDDissertation,UniversityofLausanne.https://serval.unil.ch/en/notice/serval:BIB_8C1DB62BE2B5

2019 SvenDanielWolfe.Bookreview:Handbookonthe

geographiesofcorruption[ed.byBarneyWarf].EurasianGeographyandEconomics,vol.60,no.5:636-639.https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2019.1642117

2018 SvenDanielWolfeandMartinMüller.2018.“Crisis

Neopatrimonialism:Russia’sNewPoliticalEconomyandthe2018WorldCup.”ProblemsofPost-Communism65(2):101–14.https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2018.1429934.

2018 ChristopherGaffney,SvenDanielWolfe,andMartinMüller.

“ScrutinizingGlobalMega-Events.”InDoingGlobalUrbanResearch,editedbyJohnHarrisonandMichaelHoyler,125–37.London ;ThousandOaks:SAGE.

2017 SvenDanielWolfe.Bookreview:AndreyMakarychevand

AlexandraYatsyk(eds.).Mega-EventsinPost-SovietEurasia:ShiftingBorderlinesofInclusionandExclusion.InternationalJournalofUrbanandRegionalResearch,vol.41,no.5:862-863.

2016 SvenDanielWolfe.Asilvermedalproject:thepartial

successofRussia’ssoftpowerprojectinSochi2014.AnnalsofLeisureResearch19(4):481-96.https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2015.1122534.

2016 ChristopherGaffneyandSvenDanielWolfe.Sochi2014:A

BRIContheRoadtoPerdition.Advir|AssociaçãodosDocentesdaUniversidadedoEstadodoRiodeJaneiro.N.36:54-63.

2015 SvenDanielWolfe.2018FIFAWorldCup:isolatingRussia

couldharmglobalhealth.TheLancet385(9970):749-750.

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2015 SvenDanielWolfe.Bookreview:CitiesinRelations:TrajectoriesofUrbanDevelopmentinHanoiandOugadougou[byOlaSöderström].GeographicaHelvetica70:165-166.

2014 MartinMüllerandSvenDanielWolfe.WorldCup2018:

AlreadytheMostExpensiveEver?RussianAnalyticalDigest150:2-6.

2013 SvenDanielWolfe.LifeontheGround:AComparative

AnalysisofTwoVillagesinSochiDuringOlympicTransformation.Euxeinos12:36-46.

CONFERENCESANDTALKS2020 CongressofYouthandWinterSports2020.Lausanne,

Switzerland.Sessionorganizer:Events,Cities,andUrbanism.2019 Atthefrontiersoftheurban:thinkingconceptsand

practicesglobally.UniversityCollegeLondon.London,England.VirtualResistance,MaterialConsequences:CounteringStateProjectsin(Semi-)AuthoritarianRussia.

2019 SwissGeosciencesannualmeeting.Fribourg,Switzerland.

VirtualResistance,MaterialConsequences:CounteringStateProjectsin(Semi-)AuthoritarianRussia.

2019 SwissGeosciencesannualmeeting.Fribourg,Switzerland. Sessionorganizer:Protest,Resistance,andtheUrban.2019 SwissGeosciencesannualmeeting.Fribourg,Switzerland. Sessionorganizer:DiversePathstoanUncertainFuture2:

CareerandPrecarityinHumanGeography.2019 The8thInternationalUrbanGeographiesofPost-

CommunistStatesConference.Belgrade,Serbia.WeComeinPeace,YouGoinPieces:Mega-eventsandtheCreationofExclusion.

2019 The8thInternationalUrbanGeographiesofPost-

CommunistStatesConference.Belgrade,Serbia.Sessionorganizer:UrbanGeopolitics,IndividualResistance,andtheEveryday.

2019 Invitedlecture,FirstInternationalDoctoralSummerSchool

inUrbanGeopolitics:UrbanIdentities,GeopoliticsandUrbanPolicy.Kharkiv,Ukraine.IntroducingUrbanGeopolitics:LocatingtheGlobalintheEveryday.

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2019 Invitedlecture,ImpulsyBolshikhSportivnikhMeropriyatiyakhDlyaUstoychivogoRazvitiyaGorodaiRegiona[TheImpulsesofLargeSportingEventsonSustainableUrbanandRegionalDevelopment].Minsk,Belarus.Sem’SmertnykhGrekhovPlanirovaniiMega-Sobytii[TheSevenDeadlySinsofMega-EventPlanning].

2018 SwissGeosciencesannualmeeting.Bern,Switzerland.

Sessionorganizer:DiversePathstoanUncertainFuture:EarlyCareerDilemmasinAcademia.

2018 Invitedlecture,CenterforEasternEuropeanStudieslecture

series.Zurich,Switzerland.WhoisLeftOutWhenthePartyComestoTown?PromisesandPitfallsofthe2018WorldCup.

2018 AmericanAssociationofGeographersannualconference.

NewOrleans,USA.Post-OlympicSochi:LegaciesofProtestinanAspiringConsumptionParadise.

2018 AmericanAssociationofGeographersannualconference.

NewOrleans,USA.Sessionco-organizer:FlattenedScaleBeyondtheSecondWorld.

2017 Invitedlecture,UniversityofOsloDepartmentofSociologyandHumanGeography.Oslo,Norway.AWorld-ClassParty...ButForWhom?MaterialDevelopments,SocialInequalities,andthe2018FootballWorldCupinRussia.

2017 The7thInternationalUrbanGeographiesofPost-CommunistStatesConference:AViewonCitiesfromElsewhere.KievandDnipro,Ukraine.PolicyMultiplicitiesandthe2018WorldCupinRussia.

2017 SmithCollege.Northampton,USA.2017.SportMegaEvents

andUrbanDevelopment:CasesofBrazil2014,Rio2016,Sochi2014,Russia2018.

2017 AmericanAssociationofGeographersannualconference.

Boston,USA.PolicyMultiplicitiesandthe2018FootballWorldCupinRussia.

2016 AssociationofSlavic,EasternEuropeanandEurasian

annualconference.WashingtonDC,USA.CrisisNeopatrimonialismandthe2018RussianWorldCup.

2016 RedefiningCitiesinPostSovietSpace,LeipnizInstitutefor

RegionalGeography,Leipzig,Germany.NeoliberalNeopatrimonialismandthe2018WorldCupinRussia.

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2016 InternationalSpatialDevelopmentForum,St.Petersburg,Russia.Sem’SmertnykhGrekhovPlanirovaniiMega-Sobytii[TheSevenDeadlySinsofMega-EventPlanning].

2015 SportinTransnationalContexts,ETHZurich,Switzerland.

MaterializingNetworks:MovingKnowledge,GoverningMega-Events.

2015 AmericanAssociationofGeographersannualconference.

Chicago,USA.AssemblingtheTranslocalEvent:PolicyMobilitiesinthepreparationforthe2018WorldCupinRussia.

2014 LeisureStudiesAssociationannualconference.Glasgow,

Scotland.Russia’sSoftPowerProjectinSochi2014.TEACHING2019 Masterlevel,UniversityofLausanne.HowtoBuildthe

SustainableCity.ParticipatoryeducationalgamedesignedandconductedforseminarThinkingCities,BuildingCities,withMartinMüller.

2018 Bachelorlevel,UniversityofZurich.CitiesandDifference.

SeminarforGeographiesofDifference.2017 Bachelorlevel,UniversityofZurich.IntroductiontoHuman

Geography.SeminarforIntroducingGeography.2016 Bachelorlevel,UniversityofZurich.IntroductiontoHuman

Geography.SeminarforIntroducingGeography.LANGUAGESEnglish|NativeRussian|FluentFrench|IntermediateSwedish|IntermediateSwissGerman|ConversationalSpanish|ConversationalONLINEUniversitypage:https://igd.unil.ch/sdwolfe/Academiaprofile:https://unil.academia.edu/SvenDanielWolfeResearchGateprofile:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sven_WolfeBlog:https://sdwolfe.com/Twitter:@sdvolk