Dr phil. Thomas Alkemeyer is Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Sport at the University of Oldenburg. His research focus is on the sociology of the body and sport, theories of practice and subjectivation research. He is also the spokesperson for the DFG Research Training Group "Self-formations. Practices of Subjectivation in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective" and director of the "Scientific Centre Genealogy of the Present".

Further information can be found at

www.uni-oldenburg.de/thomas.alkemeyer/