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Articles on Olympic history

February 19, 2022

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games

Steven R. Fassnacht, Colorado State University and Sunshine Swetnam, Colorado State University

Innovation made the 2022 Winter Games possible in Beijing, but snowmaking has limits in a warming climate.

February 16, 2022

MacIntosh Ross, Western University and Biao Teng, University of Chicago

Few nations know how to politicize the Olympics as effectively as China does.

July 23, 2021

Caitlin Vincent, The University of Melbourne and Katya Johanson, Deakin University

The competition for soft power is at the heart of the Olympics. This year, the opening ceremony will be crucial for Japan.

Katya Johanson
Professor of Audience Research, Edith Cowan University
Caitlin Vincent
Lecturer in Creative Industries, The University of Melbourne
Steven R. Fassnacht
Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
MacIntosh Ross
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Western University
Biao Teng
Pozen Visiting Professor, Human Rights Scholar, University of Chicago
Sunshine Swetnam
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Colorado State University