Gertrud Pfister

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Presentation

(Un)healty bodies. Gendered discourses about obesity and physical activity in Denmark - Play the Game 2007 (Pdf.)

Competencies

• Sport research
• Sport policy
• Gender research
• Sport sociology
• Sports history
• Physical activity and sport for girls and women
• Immigration and women
• Fitness and health
• Sports, sex and mass media
• Women and leadership
• Female coaches
• Gender politics in sports and society
• International and European perspectives on sport research
• Cross-cultural studies in sport research
• Media

Education

• Doctorate in physical education research, 1986
• PhD in social science, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1980
• PhD in History, University of Regensburg, 1976
• Staatsexamen in sport and Latin, Ludwigs-Maxi Milan-Universität, Munich, 1971

Employment History:

Gertrud Pfister is a professor of sports sociology at the Institute of Sports Science, University of Copenhagen, 2001 -

• Professor, The Free University of Berlin, 1981-2001
• Assistant at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1976-81
• Research Fellow University of Regensburg, 1972-76
• Visiting scientist at the University Playa Ancha, Valparaiso, Chile, 2002
• Technical University Darmstadt, 2000
• Univerversity Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1999
• Queens University, Canada, 1989
• Jyväskylä University, 1983
• Sporthochschule Cologne, 1979-80

Trust income and memberships:

• Member of the Advisory Board of Women Sport International
• Former chairman of the International Sport Sociology Association
• Member of advisory committee for the International Association for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women ", IAPESGW, 2002 -
• Former chairman of "The International Society for Sport History, 2002 -
• Former vice president of "The German Gymnastic Federation, 2002 -
• Former President of "The International Society of the History of Physical Education and Sport", ISHPES, 1993-2001
• Board member of "The German Association of Sport Science", 1991-96
• Member of the Board of "The American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education"
• Member of the Board for "The European College of Sport Science"
• Member of the Scientific Committee for "The Women's Sports Foundation, USA

Publications

• "Understanding American Sport", London, Routledge, 2009
• "From Colonialisation to globalisation. Sports in American History", Champaign, Human Kinetics, 2008
• "Women Taking the Lead", Köln, Strauß, 2006
• "Sport and Women. Social Issues in International Perspective", London, Routledge, 2003
• "Frauensport in der DDR", Köln, Strauß, 2002
• "Sport im Lebenszusammenhang von Frauen. Ausgewählte Themen", Schorndorf, Hofmann, 1999
• "Honoring the Legacy. Fifty Years of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women", sammen med Ann Hall, Nanaimo, North Isle Printers, 1999
• "Opportunities and Barriers for Women in Sports", sammen med Kari Fasting, Turkey, Las Vegas, Women's Diversity Productions, 1999
• Editor of "The International Encyclopedia of Women and Sport", bd. 1-3, sammen med Karen Christensen og Allen Guttmann, New York, Macmillan 2001

Key note speaker at several congresses, such as

• "Congress of the European College of Sport Science", Köln, Tyskland, 2001,
• "Pre-Olympic Congress", Brisbane, Australia, 2000
• "International Sports Industry Policy Conference", Taipei, Taiwan, 2000
• "IAPESGW Congress", Smith College, USA, 1999
• "Congress of the European College of Sport Science", Manchester, UK, 1998
• "Congress of the South-East Asian Society for Sport History", Taipei, Taiwan, 1996
• "Women and Sport", Lyon, France, 1994