Paul Michael Brannagan

1.5k total citations
29 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

Paul Michael Brannagan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Michael Brannagan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Gender Studies and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Paul Michael Brannagan's work include Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (21 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (19 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (6 papers). Paul Michael Brannagan is often cited by papers focused on Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (21 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (19 papers) and Sports Analytics and Performance (6 papers). Paul Michael Brannagan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Qatar and Norway. Paul Michael Brannagan's co-authors include Jonathan Grix, Richard Giulianotti, Joel Rookwood, Barrie Houlihan, Danyel Reiche, Ross D. Neville, Hannah Wood, Nicolas Scelles, Geoff Dickson and I.M. van Hilvoorde and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, American Behavioral Scientist and International Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Paul Michael Brannagan

28 papers receiving 876 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Paul Michael Brannagan 802 609 246 98 38 29 912
Michael P. Sam 696 0.9× 453 0.7× 158 0.6× 71 0.7× 18 0.5× 59 821
Wolfram Manzenreiter 726 0.9× 566 0.9× 197 0.8× 128 1.3× 41 1.1× 46 813
Vassil Girginov 655 0.8× 443 0.7× 101 0.4× 175 1.8× 13 0.3× 51 762
Paul Darby 698 0.9× 599 1.0× 236 1.0× 48 0.5× 10 0.3× 56 801
Argyro Elisavet Manoli 407 0.5× 250 0.4× 175 0.7× 59 0.6× 32 0.8× 59 511
Scott Tainsky 563 0.7× 507 0.8× 496 2.0× 32 0.3× 16 0.4× 46 735
Becca Leopkey 668 0.8× 457 0.8× 128 0.5× 132 1.3× 10 0.3× 42 748
Lisa A. Kihl 402 0.5× 298 0.5× 126 0.5× 54 0.6× 14 0.4× 38 533
Andrea N. Eagleman 421 0.5× 374 0.6× 104 0.4× 33 0.3× 45 1.2× 24 535
Nels Popp 190 0.2× 194 0.3× 118 0.5× 41 0.4× 23 0.6× 44 319

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Michael Brannagan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Michael Brannagan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brannagan, Paul Michael & Danyel Reiche. (2025). Saudi Arabia and the 2034 FIFA World Cup: context, strategy, critique. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 17(4). 705–715. 3 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, Richard Giulianotti, & Jonathan Grix. (2025). Sport and Power: hard power, soft power and smart power. Leisure Studies. 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, et al.. (2025). Demystifying sportswashing: An assemblage theory perspective on authoritarian states’ investment in global sport. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 28(1). 144–164. 1 indexed citations
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Grix, Jonathan & Paul Michael Brannagan. (2024). Authoritarian States and Global Sport: The Contested Cases of Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Social Sciences. 13(12). 701–701. 1 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael & Jonathan Grix. (2023). Nation-state strategies for human capital development: the case of sports mega-events in Qatar. Third World Quarterly. 44(8). 1807–1824. 14 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, et al.. (2023). Soft Power as “Beauty, Brilliance, Benignity”: The Case of the Aspire Zone Elite Sports Complex in Qatar. Journal of Arabian Studies. 13(1). 91–109.
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Grix, Jonathan, Adam Dinsmore, & Paul Michael Brannagan. (2023). Unpacking the politics of ‘sportswashing’: It takes two to tango. Politics. 45(3). 377–398. 19 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael & Richard Giulianotti. (2023). Unlocking the whole of soft power: a quantum international relations analysis. Journal of Political Power. 16(3). 301–321. 6 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, et al.. (2023). Mass social change and identity hybridization: the case of Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Identities. 30(6). 900–918. 13 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, et al.. (2023). Dealing with de-selection from youth international football: A case study of English Premier League academies. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 19(4). 1776–1784. 3 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, et al.. (2022). Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 10 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael & Danyel Reiche. (2022). Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. 38 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael, et al.. (2022). The 2021 European Super League attempt: motivation, outcome, and the future of football. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 14(1). 169–176. 26 indexed citations
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Grix, Jonathan, et al.. (2020). The impact of Covid-19 on sport. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 13(1). 1–12. 90 indexed citations
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Grix, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Entering the Global Arena. 31 indexed citations
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Grix, Jonathan, et al.. (2017). State strategies for leveraging sports mega-events: unpacking the concept of ‘legacy’. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 9(2). 203–218. 69 indexed citations
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Brannagan, Paul Michael & Joel Rookwood. (2016). Sports mega-events, soft power and soft disempowerment: international supporters’ perspectives on Qatar’s acquisition of the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 8(2). 173–188. 68 indexed citations
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Grix, Jonathan & Paul Michael Brannagan. (2016). Of Mechanisms and Myths: Conceptualising States’ “Soft Power” Strategies through Sports Mega-Events. Diplomacy and Statecraft. 27(2). 251–272. 102 indexed citations
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Grix, Jonathan, Paul Michael Brannagan, & Barrie Houlihan. (2015). Interrogating States’ Soft Power Strategies: A Case Study of Sports Mega-Events in Brazil and the UK. Global Society. 29(3). 463–479. 84 indexed citations

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