Now in its second edition, Applied Exercise Psychology edited by Selen Razon and Michael L. Sachs (Routledge) emphasizes the application of evidence-based knowledge drawn from the fields of exercise psychology, health psychology, clinical and counseling psychology, and exercise physiology for physical activity behavior change. Our reviewer is Peter Carlman, and he would have liked a clearer structure of this extensive tome, 34 chapters over 540 pages, but still concludes by underlining its us...| idrottsforum.org
Presenting case studies from around the world, including from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Mariann Vaczi & Alan Bairner’s edited collection Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting Modernities draws on multidisciplinary work from sociology, anthropology, history, cultural studies, and political science. Our knowledgeable reviewer Helge Chr. Pedersen finds theoretical ambiguities and inconsistencies, but still concludes that the book is a valuable and wide-ranging cont...| idrottsforum.org
idrottsforum.org’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications. Click below to access that page, which also offers you a chance to subscribe to the Monday morning mail in case you’re not already a subscriber. And do friends and colleagues a great favor by telling them about this invaluable and totally free service.| idrottsforum.org
Sport, both as a cultural phenomenon and as a symbolic field, has played an important but relatively little-studied role in Polish literature and culture. This special issue will explore how sport has been represented, narrated, and interpreted in Polish literary and cultural texts across different historical periods. We are particularly interested in critical approaches that consider sport not only as a subject but also as a cultural phenomenon characterized by national identity, ideology, m...| idrottsforum.org
The Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) is delighted to announce a new report prepared by the Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP), ‘Mapping Rights and Duties at the Intersection of Sport, Human Rights and the Climate Crisis’. CSHR commissioned and supported this important piece of research and analysis, which was conducted by students at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law with inputs from Lucy Amis and Shubham Jain from CSHR| idrottsforum.org
SVEBI:s årliga konferens kommer att äga rum i Örebro den 26-27 november 2025 med nätverksträffar dagen innan. Konferensen arrangeras av Örebro Universitet på uppdrag av Svensk Förening för Beteende- ochSamhällsvetenskaplig Idrottsforskning (SVEBI). Det är 50-års jubileum för konferensen som arrangerades för första gången just i Örebro 1975.| idrottsforum.org
Jonathan Wilson, who is visiting Malmö City Archives on September 23, is one of the world's leading football historians and he will be talking about the history of the offside rule during the evening. Wilson is the author of around ten books and writes regularly about football for the English daily newspaper The Guardian.| idrottsforum.org
Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Why do young women stop playing basketball? Results of an Australian Study by Elizabeth Sayers.| idrottsforum.org
How sport is organised and practised can influence public health, community well-being, and social mobilisation, making it a fundamental field of study for understanding the complexities of human interaction and social structures. Therefore, it is essential to understand how emotions influence sporting practice and how, in turn, sport impacts our emotions. In this working group, we aim to create a space for critical reflection on these interactions, to promote research that delves into the ro...| idrottsforum.org
JSM encourages the submission of manuscripts in a number of areas as they relate to the management, governance, and consumption of sport. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are welcomed. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Did Changing the Ball Manufacturer Impact the Sporting Contest in English Cricket by Johan Rewilak.| idrottsforum.org
Befattning Forskare Adress Nordeg Anders Östnäs Musketörsgränden 3, 226 39 LUND o46-141045 E-post Forskningsinriktning Handikappidrott, idrottssociologi Publikationer Östnäs, A. (1997): Handikappidrott. Mellan tävling och rehabilitering, Meddelanden från Socialhögskolan 1997:12, Lund. Östnäs, A. (1993): “Verkliga supportrar och fotbollshuliganer” i Brännberg, T (red):Mellan karneval och huliganism. en antologi om moderna supporterkulturer, Zenon, Floda. Östnäs, A. (2000): ...| idrottsforum.org
Livaktiga Idrottsmuseet i Göteborg inkluderar i sin verksamhet publiceringen av en välmatad årsbok, Idrottsarvet. Vi bad Anders Östnäs recensera den senaste utgåvan och han fann mycket matnyttigt att bita i för den idrottshistoriskt intresserade. Ett rikhaltigt bildmaterial bidrar till att lyfta såväl enskilda artiklar som hela årsboken.| idrottsforum.org
