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Jules Boykoff writes on a range of subjects, including political activism, the Olympic Games, and climate change. He is the author of four books on the Olympics—NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Beyond(Fernwood, 2020), Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics(Verso, 2016), Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London (Rutgers University Press, 2014), and Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games(Routledge, 2013). He also wrote two books on the suppression of political dissent—Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States (AK Press, 2007) and The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements (Routledge 2006)—and co-authored with Kaia Sand Landscapes of Dissent: Guerrilla Poetry & Public Space (Palm Press, 2008).

Boykoff writes across academic disciplines, publishing peer-reviewed articles in fields such as political science, sociology, geography, environmental studies, and history.

His work has been published in journals like Social Movements Studies, PS: Political Science and Politics, Contemporary Social Science, Antipode,Human Geography, New Political Science, Capitalism Nature Socialism, Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport,Global Environmental Change, and Oregon Historical Quarterly.

He has written commentaries on politics for outlets such as the Guardian, the New York Times, New Left Review, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, Dissent Magazine, Extra!, and Street Roots.

Boykoff is also a poet. He is the author of three full-lengths poetry collections— Fireworks (Tinfish Press, 2018), Hegemonic Love Potion (Factory School, 2009), and Once Upon a Neoliberal Rocket Badge (Edge Books, 2006)—as well as numerous chapbooks. He also collaborated with visual artist Jim Dine on The Slow Motion Underneath (Steidl Editions, 2008).

Boykoff holds a Ph.D. in political science from American University. He currently teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon. He lives in Portland with his wife Kaia Sand and their daughter Jessi Wahnetah.

Rob Koehler is the Director General of Global Athlete. Global Athlete is a movement by athletes for athletes aiming tocollectively inspire and drive change across the world of sport. Over the past several years Rob has worked with thousands of athletes to help amplify their voice, seek justice and force change for stronger athlete rights in international sport. 

Rob commenced his work in the sporting world working at a community level and quickly transitioned into a role with the Spirit of Sport Foundation in Canada by traveling across his home nation with Olympians in lead up to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. During this time, he promoted athlete involvement and engagement while at the same time teaching young people about the values of sport. Rob worked with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport from 1997-2000 where he oversaw major Games work including oversight of the 1999 Pan American Games anti-doping program. When the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was established in 1999, Rob took on a role as Chief Executive Officer of the Drug Free Sport Consortium whose role was to help WADA implement its first out-of-competition testing program leading up to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. In 2002, he became a full-time employee at WADA and during his tenure held positions as a Deputy Director of Standards and Harmonization, Director of Education and Program Development and the agency’s Deputy Director General. Rob resigned from WADA in August 2018. Prior to his resignation Rob was responsible for the oversight of the Russian Roadmap for Russia’s return to compliance. During his time at WADA, he was a strong advocate of the athlete voice and was responsible for working with the WADA Athlete Committee.

Mads Brix Baulund is a former Paralympian and current member of the Danish Athlete Committee and Parasport Denmark Elite Sports Committee and Development Committee. He has been involved with the disability movement and advocacy for more than 15 years. Amongst other as an Executive Board member for the Disabled Peoples’ Organizations Denmark as well as a being former chairman of the Danish Association of Youth with Disabilities. In 2020 he won the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘Role Model of the Year Award’ and advocates for increased athlete involvement in decision making processes and greater athlete self-awareness.

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