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 Differenzierungen in Ghana’ (‘Carrying load, transporting modernity. Gendered perspectives on labour migration, youth and social becoming in Ghana’) (Lit Verlag) and ‘African Football Migration. Aspirations, Experiences and Trajectories’ (with Paul Darby and James Esson; Manchester University Press).
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2429 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7227-6557 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian-Ungruhe |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Symbols of success: Youth, peer pressure and the role of adulthood among juvenile male return migrants in Ghana
| Authors | Christian Ungruhe |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Childhood | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Rezensionsartikel: Die Ethnographie hochtechnologischer Arbeitsprozesse
| Authors | Gerd Spittler |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Sociologus |
The Role of Translocal Practices in a Natural Climate Solution in Ghana
| Authors | John Narh, Stefanie Wehner, Christian Ungruhe, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Climate | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Lasten tragen, Moderne befördern Wanderarbeit, Jugend, Erwachsenwerden und ihre geschlechtsspezifischen Differenzierungen in Ghana
| Authors | Christian Ungruhe |
| Year | 2018 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Women's transnational migration through football: Possibilities, responsibilities, and respectability in Ghana
| Authors | Paul Darby, James Esson, Christian Ungruhe |
| Year | 2024 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
African football migration. Aspirations, experiences and trajectories
| Authors | Paul Darby, James Esson, Christian Ungruhe |
| Year | 2022 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |