The Organising Committee of the 1st Nordic Football Conference invites scholars, practitioners, and students from across the Nordic countries and around the world to submit abstracts that explore the conference’s core areas of (1) Coaching and player development, (2) Contemporary issues in football culture, and (3) The global football system. In addition, two overarching themes, (a) Sustainability and (b) Evidence-based practices run concurrently to form the backbone of the event.
We welcome abstracts on research as well as best practices concerned with these main areas and themes, but we also encourage contributions from a wide range of topics related to football. Early career researchersare invited to submit abstracts as well. Further, we hope that football practitioners working in different roles across all formats of football will share their experiences and good practice.
The conference will feature a broad range of sessions (in alphabetical order):
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- Career, Migration, and Player/Coach well-being
- Coaching education
- Disability football
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Fan cultures and Spectatorship
- Football and Gender
- Football and Physical activity
- Football variants (Futsal, Beach football, Gaming etc.)
- Football, Business, and Economics
- Grassroots and Youth football clubs
- Performance analysis (Football analysis)
- Policy and Governance
- Professionalisation and Elite football
- Research and Insight / Evidence-based practices
- Session on the Football in the Nordic countries book project
- Skill adaptation
- Sustainability and Responsible practices in football
- Youth player development and Player pathways
- Other topics relevant to the core areas and themes of the conference
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Guidelines for abstract submission
Abstracts must be written in English within the scope of the themes. Abstracts are submitted via the Kongressi online platform. You need to provide the following details:
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- Title
- Contributor names and affiliations
- Preference for a poster or oral presentation type
- A 250-word abstract
- A maximum of 3 themes that might best suit the submitted paper
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If you submit a scientific abstract, please follow this structure:
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- Background and relevance of the study
- Purpose
- A brief description of the methods used
- A summary of the results obtained
- A discussion / conclusion
- Potential practical implications
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In case you submit a best practice abstract, please structure your text as shown below. Best practice papers highlight and present good practices, new solutions and answers to various themes or questions.
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- The context and relevance of the case or project
- Purpose and target group of the case
- A brief description of the case
- Discussion and learning points
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Please note
The Scientific Committee reserves the right to make the final decision on the presentation type (oral at a parallel session/ e-poster) and aligned theme.
There will be no opportunity to present remotely/virtually at parallel and poster sessions. However, the conference is a hybrid event, meaning that selected sessions (e.g. keynote speeches) will be streamed for virtual participants.
Submit your abstract (click here)
The receipt of your abstract submission will be confirmed by e-mail.
Should you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Henri Louste
Conference Coordinator
nordicfootball2022@jyu.fi
Mihaly Szerovay
Conference Chair
