Gunter A. Pilz

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Gunter A. Pilz (2017)

Gunter A. Pilz (born December 5, 1944 in Baden-Baden ) is a German sociologist specializing in sports sociology .

Life

Mushroom studied in Freiburg , Munich and Zurich first sociology , psychology and economics , and was then a researcher at the Research Institute of the Federal Physical Training and Sports Magglingen operates. Since 1975 he has been working with a focus on sport and violence , football fan culture , right-wing extremism in sport and active school at the Institute for Sport Science at the University of Hanover . He retired on March 31, 2010 and was again from May 2012 to October 2015 at the Institute for Sport Science at Leibniz Universität Hannover Head of the Competence Group Fan Cultures and Sport-Related Social Work (KoFaS) and has been a professional advisor to KoFaS gGmbH since September 2015.

Gunter A. Pilz is chairman of the network "Sport & Politics for Fairness, Respect and Human Dignity" (formerly "Network Sport and Politics united against right-wing extremism"), which was founded in 2011.

“The fight against right-wing extremism and discrimination and for a cosmopolitan, democratic society can only be successful if all relevant actors in sport, society and politics come together. Based on this knowledge, the SPORT + POLITIK united (t) campaign against right-wing extremism was launched in 2011. The Network Sport & Politics for Fairness, Respect and Human Dignity reaffirmed this with its self-image adopted in June 2018. ”(Prof. Dr. Gunter A. Pilz, 2019).

In 2008, Pilz was awarded an honorary professorship at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences .

He is a member of the German Academy for Football Culture .

Pilz lives in Nienhagen (Celle district) , is married and has four children.

Honors

On July 19, 2012, Pilz was awarded the golden bar of honor by the Lower Saxony Football Association for “outstanding services to the promotion of football and in recognition of tireless commitment to its goals”.

On September 6, 2012, Pilz received the Ethics Prize of the German Olympic Sports Confederation for outstanding services in the areas of fair play and violence prevention as well as for many years of engagement against right-wing extremism.

On March 10, 2015, the commemorative publication “For respect in sport! - Gunter A. Pilz between gray geese, fighters and wrens ”, published as volume 3 of the KoFaS series by Arete Verlag Hildesheim

On April 20, 2017, awarding of the Silver Badge of Honor of the German Football Association in recognition of services to German football

On August 14, 2017, award of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

He is also an honorary member of the Friends of the Big Band Celle eV and the Neue Jazzinitiative Celle eV

Voluntary work:

From 1996 to 2016 he was chairman of the Neue Jazzinitiative Celle eV He is a member of the board of trustees of the St. Laurentius Nienhagen Foundation and patron of the photo exhibition against right-wing extremism "Be a voice" of the charity Love Your Neighbor eV

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Pilz has made a name for himself primarily as a researcher on violence and conflict in the fields of sport and society. His work deals with topics such as fan culture, fair play , right-wing extremism in football and social work . He has prepared several reports for the Federal Ministry of the Interior , was one of the initiators of the Hanover football fan project in 1985 , which he supported scientifically until 2011, and was a member of the UEFA Ethics and Fair Play expert committee . He is the representative of the German Football Association for social responsibility, heads the working group fair play and violence prevention there , is chairman of the network sport and politics for fairness, respect and human dignity , chairman of working group quality assurance of fan projects according to the national concept sport and security (NKSS ), the working group of the Daniel Nivel Foundation and is a member of the DFB Commissions Prevention & Safety & Football Culture and Social Responsibility , the DFB Integration Prize Expert Committee, the DFB “Diversity” Working Group, the Association Offers Project Group on Violence, Discrimination and Extremism Incidents of the DFB and the AG Sport with courage of the DOSB as well as appointed member of the German Academy for Football Culture . He is chairman of the network "Sport & Politics for Fairness, Respect and Human Dignity".

Fonts (selection)

  • Man and the gray goose - a criticism of Konrad Lorenz (together with Hugo Mösch) 1975, Frankfurt (Umschau), ISBN 3-524-00644-2 .
  • Aggression and conflict in sport. Determining the location of aggression and conflict research in sport and discussion from an educational perspective. ( together with Andreas H. Trebels) Hamburg (Czwalina) 1976, ISBN 3-88020-043-2 .
  • Changes in violence in sport. A sociological development analysis with special consideration of women's sports , Hamburg (Czwalina) 1982, ISBN 3-88020-087-4 .
  • Sport and violence Schorndorf (Hofmann) 1982, ISBN 3-7780-7431-8 .
  • Sport and physical violence Reinbek (Rowohlt) 1982, 2nd edition 1986, ISBN 3-499-17603-3 .
  • Sport and Club Reinbek (Rowohlt) 1986, ISBN 3-499-17627-0 .
  • Be athletic - be fair. From the idea to an initiative on the way to practice (together with Uwe Müller) Schorndorf (Hofmann) 1987, ISBN 3-7780-3310-7 .
  • Success or Fair Play? ( together with Wolfgang Wewer) Munich (Copress) 1987, ISBN 3-7679-0277-X .
  • Die Welt der Fans (together with Peter Becker) Munich (Copress) 1988, ISBN 3-7679-0279-6 .
  • Fan behavior, mass media and violence in sport (together with Ewin Hahn, HJ Stollenwerk, and Kurt Weis) Schorndorf (Hofmann) 1988, ISBN 3-7780-8601-4 .
  • The principle of fairness ( together with Hans Lenk) Osnabrück (Fromm) 1989, ISBN 3-7201-5222-7 .
  • The football fan project Hannover. Results and perspectives from practical work and scientific support (together with Dieter Schippert and Werner Silberstein). Münster (LIT) 1990, ISBN 3-88660-424-1 .
  • Youth, Violence and Right-Wing Extremism. Possibilities and necessities of political, police, (social) educational and individual action , Münster; Hamburg: LIT, 1994, ISBN 3-8258-2002-5 .
  • Hannoverscher Sportverein from 1896 - Power on a leash. (together with Lorenz Peiffer) Hanover (Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt) 1996, ISBN 3-87706-475-2 .
  • Outreach, accepting, adventure and movement-oriented, subject-related social work with right-wing, violent young people: departure from a controversy. (together with Friedrich-Wilhelm Deiters) Münster (LIT) 1998, ISBN 3-8258-3468-9 .
  • Perceive - move - change. Contributions to the theory and practice of sport, body and movement-related social work. (together with Henning Böhmer) Hanover (Blumhardt) 2002 Volume 12 of the publication series of the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Hanover, ISBN 978-3-932011-39-9 .
  • The miracle from Hanover - Hanover 96: 50 years of German football champions. (together with Lorenz Peiffer) Hanover (NORDmedia) 2004
  • Changes in spectator behavior in professional football , Schorndorf (Hofmann) 2006, ISBN 978-3-7780-0914-7 .
  • Right-wing extremism in sport: in Germany and in an international comparison , Cologne (Sportverlag. Strauss) 2009, ISBN 978-3-86884-506-8 .
  • Sport, fair play and violence. Contributions to youth work and prevention in sport , Hildesheim (Arete) 2013, ISBN 978-3-942468-13-8 .

Web links

Commons : Gunter A. Pilz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
  2. ^ List of honorary professorships by faculty at the University of Hanover. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ https://www.fussball-kultur.org/adresse/address/gunter-a-pilz
  4. ↑ Gunter Barner: "The league must not overtighten the screw" . About Gunter A. Pilz. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . No. 196 , August 24, 2016, p. 5 .
  5. ↑ Prof. Gunter A. Pilz awarded the DOSB ethics prize. DOSB , September 7, 2012, accessed on August 24, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Pilz, Gunter A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mushroom, Gunter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden-Baden , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany