Christian Ungruhe is a trained anthropologist with a strong interdisciplinary approach and working experience in the fields of human geography, global history, sport sociology and social anthropology. In his research, he focusses on issues of migration and mobility in the realm of youth, gender, work and sport with a regional emphasis on rural and urban West Africa. His publications feature two monographs, ‘Lasten tragen, Moderne befördern. Wanderarbeit, Jugend, Erwachsenwerden und ihre geschlechtsspezifischen...

Roles

  • Passau University

    University, Passau, Germany
    Postdoc

  • University of Passau

    University, Passau, Germany

Research

Why are East African Players Absent in European Football? Localizing African Football Migration Along Structural Constraints, Colonial Legacies and Voluntary Immobility

Authors Christian Ungruhe, Mads Backer Schmidt
Year 2020
Journal Name JOURNAL OF SPORT & SOCIAL ISSUES
Citations (WoS) 5
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1 Journal Article

A Social Negotiation of Hope Male West African Youth, 'Waithood' and the Pursuit of Social Becoming through Football

Authors Christian Ungruhe, James Esson
Year 2017
Journal Name BOYHOOD STUDIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
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2 Journal Article

Mobilities at Play: The Local Embedding of Transnational Connections in West African Football Migration

Authors Christian Ungruhe
Year 2016
Journal Name INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SPORT
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3 Journal Article

Fans and states at work: a Ghanaian fan trip to the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa

Authors Erdmute Alber, Christian Ungruhe
Year 2016
Journal Name Soccer & Society
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4 Journal Article

Book Reviews

Year 2015
Journal Name Sociologus
5 Journal Article

Rezensionsartikel: Die Ethnographie hochtechnologischer Arbeitsprozesse

Authors Gerd Spittler
Year 2009
Journal Name Sociologus
7 Journal Article

The Role of Translocal Practices in a Natural Climate Solution in Ghana

Authors John Narh, Stefanie Wehner, Christian Ungruhe, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Climate
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8 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Migration, Marriage and Modernity: Motives, Impacts and Negotiations of Rural-Urban Circulation amongst Young Women in Northern Ghana

Authors Christian Ungruhe
Year 2014
Book Title paces in Movement. New Perspectives on Migration in African Settings
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1 Book Chapter

Migrant athletes and the transformation of physical capital. Spatial and temporal dynamics in West African footballers' approaches to post-careers

Authors Christian Ungruhe, Sine Agergaard
Year 2020
Journal Name EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR SPORT AND SOCIETY
Citations (WoS) 11
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3 Journal Article

Cultural transitions? Transcultural and border-crossing activities among sport labor migrants

Authors Christian Ungruhe, Sine Agergaard
Year 2020
Journal Name SPORT IN SOCIETY
Citations (WoS) 16
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4 Journal Article

Women's transnational migration through football: Possibilities, responsibilities, and respectability in Ghana

Authors Paul Darby, James Esson, Christian Ungruhe
Year 2024
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5 Journal Article

African football migration. Aspirations, experiences and trajectories

Authors Paul Darby, James Esson, Christian Ungruhe
Year 2022
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6 Book
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