Tag: Adam L. Kelly

Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The anatomy of body shaming in sports coaching by Valeria Varea, Robert S. Primus, Natalie Barker-Ruchti & Mikael Quennerstedt (open access).

The collection Artificial Intelligence in Sports, Movement, and Health (Springer), edited by Carlo Dindorf and colleagues, explores the profound impact of AI on how we approach sports, movement, and health. Our reviewers Anne Tjønndal, Daniele Canini & Stian Røsten found some interesting discussions of AI in sports in the book, but it was difficult to read for social science sports scholars, which introductory and concluding chapters as well as greater editorial effort aimed at building a strong coherence between the individual chapters would have alleviated.

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Adverse effects of repressive policies: safety and security issues in Iranian football by Nasrin Biglari, Henk Erik Meier & Seyed Reza Hosseini Niaa.

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: Football as work: the lived realities of professional women footballers in England by Alex Culvin (open access).