Tag: Christian M. Wrang

Sine Agergaard’s and David Karen’s edited collection Social Issues in Sport, Leisure, and Health (Routledge) presents a series of in-depth descriptions of grassroots sport, urban lifestyle sport, physical activity across the life course, and sport for children with special needs. Karin Andersson’s insightful review maps out the theoretical directions at the basis of the study and, while also offering some critical points, concludes that the volume provides a crucial counterpoint to the prevailing individualism by illustrating how broader social determinants shape health, sport participation, and leisure activities.

Talent identification is about the ability to recognise potential talents in different contexts, and this has become increasingly important over the past few years since it is considered a crucial parameter for success in sport. In his review of Niels Nygaard Rossing’s and Christian Meedom Wrang’s book Talent Identification: (Un)conscious gold diggers, goldsmiths and gold creators (Aalborg University Press), Magnus Ferry finds the book to be easy yet elaborate, as well as inspirational, and thus highly recommendable.

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: Sport and fitness app uses: a review of humanities and social science perspectives by Bastien Soulé, Gonzalo Marchant & Raphaël Verchère.