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Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Logics in play: what ‘rules of the game’ regulate Swedish PE teachers’ decision-making processes? by Louise Lindkvist (open access).

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, edited by Lawrence A, Wenner (Oxford UP), features leading international scholars’ assessments of scholarly inquiry about sport and society. Divided into six sections, chapters consider dominant issues within key areas, approaches featured in inquiry, and debates needing resolution. Our reviewer is Richards Giulianotti, who edited the Sage four volume set The Sociology of Sport in 2012, and he finds that this new collection, some unnecessary omissions notwithstanding, is a welcome addition to the existing list of handbooks in the field.

JSFD’s mission is to examine, advance and disseminate evidence, best practices, and lessons learned from Sport for Development programmes and interventions. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Examining the impact of a sport-based positive youth development program for adolescent girls of color: A mixed methods study by Carlyn Kimiecik, Samantha Bates, Dawn Anderson-Butcher.

The purpose of WLJ is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Predicting the factors that impact access to, completion of, and progression through community sport leaders qualifications in the UK by Hannah Mawson, Diane Crone, David James, Andrew Parker & Brendan Cropley.

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: THE CONTINUED IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY SPORT CULTURE FOR SPORT PARTICIPATION DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS by Åse Strandbu, Anders Bakken & Kari Stefansen.

SES encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: PHRONESIS, PRAXIS AND AUTOTELIC ACTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHING by Idar Lyngstad, Øyvind Bjerke & Pål Lagestad.

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 journal is committed to publishing research that advances understanding of the practice of sport and leisure management, and to provide a high level forum for communication between academics and practitioners of sport and leisure.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. Quest provides a public forum for scholarship, creative thought, and research relevant to a broad range of interests held by faculty and leaders in higher education today.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines 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.

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society as well as from all professionals with theoretical and empirical interests relating to policy, curriculum, social inclusion, equity and identity, and progressive educational development in physical activity, health and sport.