UO Olympic Studies Week brought together students, faculty, alumni, and community members to explore the legacy, research, and future of sport and human performance.
Yoav Dubinsky
Operational Director, Olympic Studies Hub | Senior Instructor I of Sports Business
Affiliations: Marketing, Warsaw Sports Business Center
Email: yoavd@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3532
Office: Anstett 298D
Journal Articles:
Dubinsky, Yoav. "People-to-People Sports Diplomacy: 'Israel Start-Up Nation' in the 2020 Tour de France." Journal of Global Sport Management 9, no. 4: 779-799. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2021.1931403.
October 2024
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Clashes of Cultures at the FIFA World Cup: Reflections on Soft Power, Nation Building and Sportswashing in Qatar 2022." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 20, no. 2: 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-023-00311-8.
June 2024
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Branding a City as a Sports Town: A Conceptual Model Based on 'Track Town USA.'" Journal of Global Sport Management 9, no. 1: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2021.2001354.
January 2024
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Country Image, Cultural Diplomacy, and Sports during the COVID19 Pandemic: Brand America and Super Bowl LV." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 19, no. 3: 249-265. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-021-00257-9.
September 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Olympic Games, Nation Branding, and Public Diplomacy in a Post-Pandemic World: Reflections on Tokyo 2020 and Beyond." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 19, no. 3: 386-397. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-021-00255-x.
September 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Nation Branding, Country Image, and the Scope of Sport-Tech Diplomacy: Lessons from the Case of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games." Journal of Global Sport Management, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2023.2226155.
June 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Sports, Brand America and U.S. Public Diplomacy during the Presidency of Donald Trump." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 19, no. 1: 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-021-00230-6.
March 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Olympic Games and Judo Diplomacy: An Explorative Discussion on Country Image in Tokyo 2020." Communication & Sport, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795231153663.
January 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Country Image and Political Satire in Sport Management: Analyzing America through Sports in South Park." Sport in Society 26, no. 1: 104-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2021.1980781.
January 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Sport-Tech Diplomacy: Exploring the Intersections between the Sport-Tech Ecosystem, Innovation, and Diplomacy in Israel." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 18, no. 2: 169-180. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-020-00191-2.
June 2022
Dubinsky, Yoav, and Lars Dzikus. "The 1972 Munich Massacre and Israel’s Country Image." Journal of Olympic Studies 2, no. 1: 90-109. https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0090.
April 2021
Dubinsky, Yoav. "From Start-Up Nation to Sports-Tech Nation? A SWOT Analysis of Israel’s Use of Sports for Nation Branding." International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing 21, no. 1-2: 49-75. http://doi.org/10.1504/IJSMM.2021.114168.
April 2021
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Revolutionary or Arrogant? The Role of the USWNT in Brand America through the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup." International Journal of Sport and Society 12, no. 1: 147-164. https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v12i01/147-164.
March 2021
Dubinsky, Yoav. "OCOGs and International Media: A Self-Analysis of Covering Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio de Janeiro 2016." The International Journal of Sport and Society 11, no. 2: 23-37. https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v11i02/23-37.
January 2020
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Analyzing the Roles of Country Image, Nation Branding, and Public Diplomacy through the Evolution of the Modern Olympic Movement." Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research 84, no. 1: 27-40. http://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2019-0024.
December 2019
Dubinsky, Yoav, and Lars Dzikus. "Israel’s Country Image in the 2016 Olympic Games." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 15, no. 3: 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-018-0105-y.
September 2019
Dubinsky, Yoav. "From Soft Power to Sports Diplomacy: A Theoretical and Conceptual Analysis." Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. 15, no. 3: 156–164. https://doi.org/10.1057/S41254-019-00116-8.
September 2019
Dubinsky, Yoav, and Lars Dzikus. "Analyzing Israel's Use of Sports for Public Diplomacy through International Relations Perspectives." The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies 17, no. 1: 15-25. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0047/CGP/v17i01/15-25.
April 2019
Dubinsky, Yoav, and Lars Dzikus. "Israel's Strategic and Tactical Use of 2017 Maccabiah Games for Nation Branding and Public Diplomacy." Journal of Applied Sport Management 11, no. 1: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.18666/JASM-2019-V11-I1-9170.
January 2019
Dubinsky, Yoav, and Lars Dzikus. "The Impact of Operation Protective Edge on Israel's Sport Diplomacy." The International Journal of Sport and Society 10, no. 1: 21-37. https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v10i01/21-37
October 2018
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Image of Beijing and London in Israeli Media Coverage of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games." The International Journal of Sport and Society 9, no. 2: 37-50. https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v09i02/37-50.
April 2018
Dzikus, Lars, and Yoav Dubinsky. "Virtual Patriot Games: American Football in The Times of London, 1888-1910." The International Journal of the History of Sport 34, no. 11: 1179-1197. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2018.1436542.
February 2018
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Evolution of the Olympic Games through International Relations Theories." World History Bulletin 33, no. 1: 10-15.
May 2017
Dubinsky, Yoav, and Norman O'Reilly. "The Communication Strategies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games." The International Journal of Sport and Society 3, no. 1: 43-54. https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v03i01/53893.
September 2012
Books:
Dubinsky, Yoav. Nation Branding and Sports Diplomacy: Country Image Games in Times of Change. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32550-2.
January 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Olympic Games, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy." Self-published book.
January 2014
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Place Branding and the Olympic Games: Theory and Practice." Self-published book.
January 2013
Book Chapters:
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Geopolitics and Israeli Football: New Generations, Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities." In Continental Perspectives on the Geopolitical Economy of Football, edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Michael M. Goldman. New York, NY: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003535690.
November 2024
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The USWNT, Nation Branding, Public Diplomacy and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: U.S. Against the World." In The Geopolitical Economy of Football, edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Michael M. Goldman. New York, NY: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003473671.
November 2024
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Israel's Winter Sports Diplomacy." In The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State, edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, and Michael M. Goldman, 75-84. New York: Routledge.
June 2023
Dubinsky, Yoav. "IOC Rule 50 and the Evolution of Athletes' Activism in America." In Reflexões Olímpicas e Dignidade Humana, edited by N. Todt, A. Miragaya, F. Fontoura, and C. Moreno, 33-40. eMuseu do Esporte e a Comitê Brasileiro Pierre de Coubertin.
December 2021
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Complex Relations between Israel and the Olympic Movement." In Olympism, Olympic Education and Learning Legacies, edited by D. Chatziefstathiou and N. Muller, 58-67. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
February 2014
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The Impact of Peres Centre for Peace on Conflict Resolution between Israel and Palestine." In Deporte y Resolución de Conflictos, edited by Open University of Catalonia, 46-50. Barcelona, Spain: Open University of Catalonia.
February 2014
Cases:
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Sport-Tech Diplomacy at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games." In CPD Perspectives on Public Diplomacy. Los Angeles: Figueroa Press.
November 2022
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Sport-Tech Diplomacy: The Case of Israel." Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques.
March 2021
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Israel's Cycling Diplomacy." Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques.
October 2020
Other Publications:
Dubinsky, Yoav. "The New Era of the Olympic Movement." Olympic Analysis.
August 2024
Dubinsky, Yoav. "Maccabiah 2017: The 20th Jewish Olympics." Engaging Sport.
July 2017
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A new book by UO sports business instructor Yoav Dubinsky explores the role of sports in nation branding and public diplomacy during the years 2020 and 2022.
In his new book, sports business instructor Yoav Dubinsky discusses how the U.S. Women's National Team's on-field success in the World Cup has made the players an integral part of sports diplomacy initiatives.
Sports business instructor Yoav Dubinsky spoke to the Los Angeles Times about sportswashing and the merger between Saudi-backed LIV Golf and the PGA Tour.
Instructor Yoav Dubinsky studies how politics and economics join athletics on the world's biggest stage.