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Skateboarding, initially perceived as a rebellious subculture, has grown to become a globally recognized sport and cultural phenomenon. The objective of this Research Topic is to delve into the social scientific dimensions of skateboarding, shedding light on its rich tapestry of history, culture, challenges, and contributions. We invite scholars and researchers to contribute papers that explore various facets of skateboarding from a social science perspective.

Climate change already has affected sports in many ways. Athletes suffer from having to perform in extreme heat, winter events are cancelled due to lack of snow or moved because of warmer climate. Many sports have strong links to and appreciation of nature, yet their environmental impact remains problematic. The overall aim of this Special Issue is to pinpoint research-based options for sports to work proactively with climate change through informed management, combining innovation and tradition at a global scale.

Beyond the historical dimensions, papers which will show the social and economic import of some of these Games for the territories which organised them and, more and more, for the counties which were candidates to host them, are welcome. The question of the future of the Winter Games will also be discussed taking into consideration climate change and the evolution of public interest for winter sports.

Fairness and justice are not the same, but there is some overlap between them. And the distinction between fairness and justice is useful to diagnose certain problems in sport. A game and its rules may be fair – in the sense that they apply equally to all competitors – but, nevertheless, there is sometimes a residue of injustice (or even a travesty of justice). And we also encounter this in the law: that’s why Aristotle wants equity to make up for the deficiencies in the law.

Numerous positive advances have been made to understand and improve the welfare and well-being of those involved in sport, as well as to raise awareness and education at the micro (e.g., peer-to-peer), meso (e.g., coach-athlete, coach-parent, parent-athlete), exo- (e.g., professional leagues, national governing bodies), and macro-system (e.g., media and societal views) levels. Despite this, these advances have not necessarily been well communicated between system levels or across international perspectives.

This Special Issue aims to explore the multifaceted relationship between physical activity, sport, emotions, and cognitive processes. We invite scholars from various disciplines to contribute original research articles, reviews, and theoretical papers. We welcome contributions from across diverse academic backgrounds or from any relevant field. We encourage original research articles presenting empirical findings, literature reviews summarizing the current state of knowledge, and theoretical papers that propose novel frameworks as well as hypotheses.

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has developed professional standards for coach developers and coaches at different levels. This context is important in the application of theory to practice. What does the translation of theory into practice look like for the professional coach? In different sports? In talent development or community programmes? How do coach developers stress the importance of context in applied practice?

Visual approaches raise important questions of research philosophies, strategies and methods. They “not only enable researchers to produce knowledge in innovative ways,” but also “can be seen as a liberating and emancipatory force, whereby researchers, participants, and communities gain access to knowledge and expressions that might have not otherwise been accessible due to the inevitable strictures of traditional methods”. Accordingly, we invite submissions that challenge researchers to think critically or differently about visual methods in/as leisure research.

Through the analysis of Nordic case studies from the past five years (2018–2022), the objectives of this thematic issue are to identity and describe prevalent political narratives in sports journalism; elaborate and discuss the concept of critical sports journalism; as well as discuss tensions between professional autonomy, precarity, and possibilities for sports journalists, and how these affect critical reporting.

The purpose of this special issue is to explore the link among social class, sport, and physical activity. We seek quantitative, qualitative, and conceptual papers that investigate the ways that wealth, social class background, and power intersect to influence the opportunities people have to consume sport, their chances to be physically active, their experiences as sport consumers, and how they experience work in sport organizations.