Dr. Mara Verena Konjer

Current affiliations

  • Professorship for Social Sciences of Sports (Prof. Meier)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Future viability of Olympic sports
  • Body Image and digitality
  • Zuschauerforschung
  • Nachfrageanalysen

Academic Education

01/2012 - 10/2015Promotionsstudium am Institut für Sportwissenschaft, WWU Münster
2003 - 2010Lehramtsstudium der Fächer Sport und Italienisch, Abschluss: 1. Staatsexamen
02/2009 - 12/2009Studium an der Università degli Studi, Florenz, Italien

Work Experience

since 10/2022Vertretung der Professur "Sport und Gesellschaft" an der Universität Osnabrück
08/2019 - 09/2022Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Arbeitsbereich Sozialwissenschaften des Sports, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, WWU Münster
06/2017 - 07/2019Fachbereichsmanagerin, Fachbereich Architektur, Fachhochschule Dortmund
06/2016 - 05/2017Referentin der Rektorin, EBZ Business School, Bochum
09/2011 - 05/2016Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Arbeitsbereich Sozialwissenschaften des Sports, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, WWU Münster
06/2008 - 12/2010Studentische Hilfskraft am Institut für Sportwissenschaft, WWU Münster
10/2007 - 05/2008Studentische Hilfskraft am Institut für Sportkultur und Weiterbildung (ISW), WWU Münster

Functions and Memberships

since 2021German Society of Sport Science
since 2011European Association for Sociology of Sport
since 2009Förderverein Sportwissenschaft WWU Münster
2021 - 2025Vice President Sports Development of the German Athletics Association

Publications

Meier, Henk Erik; Tickell, Samuel; Konjer, Mara (2023)
In: Frontiers in Communication, 8
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Dreiskämper D, Henning L, Tietjens M, Neuber N, Voelcker-Rehage C, Konjer M, Pürgstaller E, Dahl S & Janssen T I (2022)
In: Wegner M, Jürgensen J (eds.), Sport, Mehr & Meer – Sportwissenschaft in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung. Hamburg: Feldhaus.
Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
García García, B., Meier, H.E., Konjer, M., Jetzke, M. (2022)
In: Managing Sport and Leisure, 2022
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Konjer, Mara (2022)
In: Leichtathletiktraining, 33(2+3)
Type of Publication: Non-scientific contribution (journal)
Henning, Lena; Dreiskämper, Dennis; Tietjens, Maike; Neuber, Nils; Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia; Konjer, Mara; Pürgstaller, Esther; Dahl, Stefanie; Janssen, Tanja (2022)
In: Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia; Pixa, Nils Henrik; Rudisch, Julian et al. (eds.), 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: "Ein Gehirn, viel Bewegung - Variabilität und Plastizität über die Lebensspanne". Münster: asp.
Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
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Projects

Duration: 01/03/2021 - 31/12/2021
Funded by: Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/08/2009 - 30/09/2012
Funded by: Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft
Type of project: Individual project

Talks

Women, the ignored gender in competitive sports - sociological and socioeconomic insights
Konjer, Mara (17/11/2022)
MEDICA Medicine + Sports Conference, Düsseldorf
Type of talk: scientific talk
Menstruation and training - A study of (non-)communication about the menstrual cycle in the context of organized sports
Konjer, Mara; Laske, Hanna (08/06/2022)
2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Tübingen
Type of talk: scientific talk
The German sports system: some reflections from Brazil
Starepravo, Fernando Augusto; Cabral Lacerda, Paulo José; Konjer, Mara (12/09/2021)
XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências do Esporte e IX Congresso Internacional de Ciências do Esporte , Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Type of talk: scientific talk

Prizes

Posterpreis des 22. Sportwissenschaftllichen Hochschultags
Awarded by: Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft
Award given to: Konjer, Mara; Mutz, Michael; Meier, Henk Erik
Date of awarding: 15/10/2015
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Kongressreisestipendium ECSS Congress Sevilla, Spain 2020
Awarded by: German Academic Exchange Service
Award given to: Konjer, Mara
Announced at: 02/06/2020
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Determinants of consumer demand for individual sports - the example of Tennis
Candidate: Konjer, Mara | Supervisors: Meier, Henk Erik; Jütting, Dieter
Period of time: 01/01/2012 - 01/10/2015
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster