Subjecting pandemic sport to a sociological procedure
This blog post is the accepted version of an article I’ve just published in Journal of Sociology, very close to the published version. The...
Reclaiming the 1976 Montreal Boycott from Olympic marginalisation
As the discourse around the Beijing Olympics shifts from human rights struggles and diplomatic boycotts to athlete performance, it seems timely to return to...
Sports, Sexism and the Law: Some Contextual History
There is abundant evidence that sexism is common, if not endemic, within sport. It can be found to different degrees in the sex- and...
Likvärdig bedömning ≠ likvärdig undervisning
Med utgångspunkt i området ”likvärdig bedömning” och i Specialpedagogiska myndighetens och Skolverkets nya film om likvärdig undervisning i idrott och hälsa problematiseras i denna...
What science says about doping in Norway
On behalf of all scholars of sport who value scientific pursuit of truth over idle speculation, I would like to dedicate my first post...
When cricket and climate collide
Another decade dawns and sport is as entwined with Australian culture as ever. It is doubtful that Prime Minister Scott Morrison would have promoted...
2018 Winter Olympics set to begin against the backdrop of warm words and cold...
Mega sporting events are always heavily infused with politics, but the impending Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, have almost been buried in a...
Bør vi tro på norsk langrenn?
I store deler av 1990-årene var norsk herrelangrenn helt dominerende i VM og OL. Dette skjedde i en tid hvor vi vet at vi...
Asking ”who made my clothes?” looks behind Nike’s celebration of women athletes
Over the last few days of February and beyond Nike's most recent ad in its 'Crazy' series has gone viral in ways most film...
2018 World Congress of Sociology of Sport
Lausanne, Switzerland – the Olympic capital of the word and the region that is home to more than fifty international sport federations was the...










