Teaching
- IDR705 Sport History (Autumn)
Background
Marko Begović is an Associate Professor at Molde University College in Norway and a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Sport in Belgrade and. Between 2021 and 2022 he served as Director in charge of sport and youth affairs within the Government of Montenegro. In parallel, Dr. Begović acted as Program Director for the Master of Sport Management program at the American University in the Emirates and Visiting Professor at the University of Montenegro. Previously, he was a member of the Governing Bureau for Sports and Task Force on good governance and Gender Equality Rapporteur at the Council of Europe. His extensive experience in international relations, politics, policy, and research impacted the work of the Council of Europe's conventions and resolutions and the development of sports policies across Europe.
Begović's first book published with Routledge, Sports Policy and Politics in the Western Balkans, examines how states in the post-socialist Western Balkans region have used sport as a policy tool, and how sport in the region has been shaped by politics, history and culture.
Research interests
- Geopolitics and public policy
- International relations/law and diplomacy
- Organisation theory and institutional work
Webpage
Marco Begovic LinkedIn profile
Publications
- Sport Governance in Times of Crisis: The Case of Montenegro and COVID-19, (Routledge, 2022)
- Corruption in Sports: Lessons from Montenegro, (International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2022)
- Athletes in Socialist Yugoslavia 1945-1992, (The International Journal of the History of Sport, 2021)
- Sport Diplomacy in Hybrid Regimes: The Cases of Hungary and Montenegro, (Journal of Global Sport Management, 2021)
- Sports Law in Montenegro: Origins and Contemporary Development, (Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 2021)
- Athletes in Montenegro—silent voices, (Sport in Society, 2021)
- Sport and COVID-19: The Case of Croatia and Serbia, (IGI Global, 2021)
- Effects of COVID-19 on society and sport a national response, (Managing Sport and Leisure, 2020)
- The impact of political pressures on sport and athletes in Montenegro, (Sport in Society, 2020)
- The development of sport policy in Montenegro, (International Journal of Sport Policy and Policy and Politics, 2020)
- Star athlete ambassadors of sport for development and peace, (Celebrity Studies, 2019)