Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics with Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research field is in the political sociology of sport and his research on mega-events, security, globalization, risk and fandom has been published in internationally leading journals including the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Consumer Culture, Leisure Studies and Journal of Sport and Social Issues.

Renan Petersen-Wagner is Senior Lecturer in Sport Business and Marketing at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research interests are within the broad field of media studies in sport, but particularly concerned with the current platformization of society. Renan's research on fandom, cosmopolitanism, mediatization, the Global South and disability sport has been published in journals including Current Sociology, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Sport in Society.

1 Introduction: the European festival

2 The rise of the Euros in a political, sociological and historical context

3 Old media in new media spaces: Twitter

4 YouTube as an alternative to TV: remediating the spectacle

5 The politics of co-bidding and hosting: Nordic alliances and football's 'coming home' (again)?

6 Mega-crises and mega-events: anticipated, unexpected and latent threats

7 Conclusion: towards a sociology of the Euros