Maximilian Seltmann

Professional Career

Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies
German Sport University Cologne

1.2021 – ongoing
Position: Project Coordinator and Researcher
Erasmus+ EMPLOYS

7.2019 – ongoing
Position: Research Associate and Degree Programme Coordinator
M.A. International Sport Development and Politics

4.2017 – 6.2019
Position: Student Researcher

Leichtathletik-Team Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln (Athletics Club)

6.2012 – 02.2021
Multiple positions: Head Coach for Under14 and Under 16; Assistant to CEO

Academic Career

2019 – ongoing
PhD at the German Sport University Cologne, Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies subject: The politics of and around Olympic athletes

2016 – 2019
M.A. International Sport Development and Politics, German Sport University Cologne

2012 – 2016
B.A. Sport Management and Communication

• Jan. 2023 – present
  Project Coordinator in the Erasmus+ Project Assessing, Evalutaing and Implementing Athletes' Social Protection in Olympic Sport (SOPROS)
• Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2022
  Project Coordinator in the Erasmus+ Project Understanding, Evaluating and Improving Good Governance in the Employment Relations of Athletes in Olympic Sports in Europe (EMPLOYS)
• Apr. 2017 – Dec. 2019
  Assistant Researcher in the Erasmus+ Project Promoting andSupporting Good Governance in the European Football Agents Industry
• Apr. 2017 – Dec. 2018
  Assistant Researcher in the Erasmus+ Project National Sports Governance Observer (NSGO)

Publications

• McNamee, M., ..., Seltmann, M. et al. (2023): Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - Final report.
• Mittag, J., Seltmann, M., Fiege, L. et al. (2022): Good Governance in the Employment Relations of Athletes in Olympic Sports in Europe: Understanding - Evaluating - Improving.
• Mittag, J., Seltmann, M., Fiege, L. et al. (2022): Understanding the Employment Relations of Athletes in Olympic Sports in Europe: Fact Report.
• Seltmann, M. (2021): The Institutional Position of Athletes in the Governance Networks of the Olympic Movement in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 38 (10-11).
• Seltmann, M. (2021): Disrupting Institutional Reproduction? How Olympic Athletes Challenge the Stability of the Olympic Movement, Sport und Gesellschaft / Sport and Society, 18 (1).
• Camara, P. M. & Seltmann, M. (2018): The Gambia, in Hallmann, K. & Fairley, S. (Eds.): Sport Volunteers Around the Globe: Meaning and Understanding of Volunteering and Its Societal Impact, Springer, pp. 93-102.

Presentations

• Workshop Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport, Good Governance in Athletes' Employment Relations, Arnhem, 10/2023.
• 2023 Sport & EU Conference, 'Different Worlds of Athlete Welfare? A Comparative Analysis of National Elite Sport Programmes from an Athlete-Centred Perspective', Lisbon, 07/2023.
• 2022 Play the Game Conference in on 'Good Governance in the Employment Relations of Olympic Athletes', Odense, 07/2022.
• 2022 Sport & EU Conference, 'Conceptualizing Good Governance in the Employment Relations of Athletes in Olympic Sports', Lausanne, 06/2022.
• Erasmus+ Multiplier Sport Events at University of Warsaw, Université de Lausanne, University of Rijeka, Edge Hill University, Universidade Europeia, and the European Committee of the Regions Cologne (Oct 2021 - Dec 2022)
• Play the Game Conference 2019, Giving Athletes Veto Power: Game Theory and Policy-Making in German Sport, Colorado Springs, 11/2019.
• Erasmus+ Multiplier Sport Event, Licensing and Qualification of Football Player Agents, Cologne, 02/2019.