FIFA World Cup 2014 - Durham University Expertise

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue. FIFA World Cup 2014 - Durham University Expertise Durham University joins the debate as excitment surrounding the FIFA World Cup in Brazil builds. The University's expert commentators, available for media s, include: FIFA and World Cup history Dr Kay Schiller, Reader in the Department of History "It remains to be seen if the negative mood will subside once the (Brazil 2014) tournament has started and everybody is swept up by the games. If not, FIFA could face the deepest crisis in its history as its problems with governance, transparency and oversight could be magnified and escalated and there could be an uncertain future for the world's greatest mega-event. " Areas of expertise: The rise of social movements in Brazil and the country's social problems; Social protests in Brazil and why the government and FIFA were not prepared; Sepp Blatter, past, present, future; FIFA's mission to spread football across the globe and its need to find new hosts for its only lucrative tournament.