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This article is published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum (SSSF), a refereed, online and open access, academic journal for the study of sports in society, with a multi-disciplinary approach. SSSF is published by Malmö University as a companion to idrottsforum.org.

This article is published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum (SSSF), a refereed, online and open access, academic journal for the study of sports in society, with a multi-disciplinary approach. SSSF is published by Malmö University as a companion to idrottsforum.org.

In his article for Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Thomas Bjørner shows that patterns in electronic sport (e-sport) have changed with increasing seriousness and professionalization in competitive activities, patterned behaviours, social structures and institutionalized settings.

Eystein Enoksen Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway Per Göran Fahlström Linnaeus University, Sweden Bjørn Tore Johansen University of Agder, Norway Carl-Axel Hageskog Linnaeus University, Sweden Jens Behrend Christensen University of Aarhus, Denmark Rune...

In this review essay, Henning Eichberg takes a critical look at two books about the body, Chris Shilling’s The Body and Social Theory and Kate Cregan’s Key Concepts in Body & Society, both from Sage Publications.

Professional football is more than just an elite sport, it is also a rapidly developing industry, and can, therefore, be analysed as such. Using traditional micro- and macroeconomic management theories, Argyro Elisavet Manoli presents football in a managerial way, while displaying its unique aspects.

The road to international sporting success is paved with difficult transitions. The present study is a qualitative in-depth interview study with 16 athletes, eight elite level athletes and eight young talented athletes, who were asked about their actual and imagined careers, respectively.

The purpose of this paper is to explore and identify different types of volunteers at three major sporting events: the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria; the 2012 GöteborgsVarvet (a half-marathon race), Sweden; and the 2012 FIS World Ski Flying Championships in Vikersund, Norway.

Eivind Å. Skille Hedmark University College Tor Solbakken Hedmark University CollegeAbstract In this paper, the relationship between adolescent sport participation and lifelong participation in physical activity (LLP) is...

Anders Hasselgård Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Andreas Selliaas Freelance researcherAbstract In this article, an analysis is made of Norwegian Human Rights organisations (HROs), their involvement in the...