Tag: Christian Augustsson

EJSS’ function is to enable an international discussion about current issues and to foster collaboration between researchers from all social scientific sub-disciplines. It’s published 4 times per year. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: To pay or not to pay? Parents’ view of the commercialisation process in children and youth sports by Stefan Wagnsson, Christian Augustsson & Martina Jordan (open access).

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: To deviate from the expected: a collective story of physical activity among inactive rural children by Johan Högman, Christian Augustsson & Peter Carlman (open access).

Transitions in sport can be more or less predictable or even planned; either way those are critical times in the development of athletes’ careers. This is the subject of Deborah Agnew’s edited collection Athlete Transitions into Retirement: Experiences in Elite Sport and Options for Effective Support (Routledge). Christian Augustsson’s creditable review highlights several important contributions to the book and the research field, that show the complexity of the process and the need for support for athletes.

In this feature article, Johan Högman, Christian Augustsson & Pernilla Hedström summarize their article from European Journal for Sport and Society in which they present the results from a study of less than successful intervention programs with the aim of promoting children’s development of a physically active lifestyle. Success or failure may well, conclude the authors, hinge on programs applying a multi-leveled ecological model.

EJSS’ function is to enable an international discussion about current issues and to foster collaboration between researchers from all social scientific sub-disciplines. It’s published 4 times per year. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “BEING OR BECOMING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE”: UNPACKING CONCEPTIONS ABOUT OBJECTIVES AND METHODS IN PARTNERSHIP-BASED ALTERNATIVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES by Johan Högman, Christian Augustsson & Pernilla Hedström.

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: PARENT-CREATED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS FOR PLAYERS’ POLITICAL SOCIALISATION IN COMPETITIVE YOUTH GAMES: A PLAYER PERSPECTIVE ON PARENTS’ BEHAVIOUR IN GRASSROOTS SOCCER by Erik Andersson.

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.

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.