Tag: cultural studies
Call for Papers | The 8th annual conference for the Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research (CSSOR) | California State University, Fullerton, March 12–13, 2026. Call ends December...
The CSSOR Program Committee welcomes high quality academic work on sport studies topics such as race, gender, politics, legacy, youth, or disability. Proposed research papers focusing on broader sociocultural topics within sport are welcomed, in addition to research specifically addressing the Olympic Movement. Scholars in the fields of history, philosophy, management, communication, ancient and modern languages, literature, visual and performing arts, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, economics, marketing, and law are encouraged to submit proposals or attend the conference.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 5
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).
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 4 | Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape
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: Sport brand coexistence, competition and synergy: case study of the Sparta Prague ice hockey and football clubs by William Crossan, Jan Šíma & Michaela Kaprálková.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 3
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: Placing community at the heart of community sport development: introducing the community sport development framework (CSDF) by Kate Mori, Haydn Morgan, Andrew Parker & Iain Lindsey (open access).
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 2 | Surfing and Skateboarding
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: Skateboarding and contested public space in Portrush, Northern Ireland: exploring tensions between resortification and DIY space-claiming through co-creative methodology by Jim Donaghey & Slaine Browne (open access).
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 1
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: Sustainability, the Athens Marathon and Greece’s sport event sector: lessons of resilience, social innovation and the urban commons by Niki Koutrou & Geoffery Z. Kohe (open access)..
Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 12 | Professionalisation of sport coaching from a Scandinavian horizon
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: Coaching by doing: communities of practice at Swedish sport schools in XC skiing since the 1970s by Daniel Svensson (open access).
Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 11
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: Experiences of volt hockey from family members’ perspectives: an interview study by Anna Carin Aho, Elisabeth Renmarker, Malin Axelsson & Malin Axelsson (open access).
Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 10
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: Conceptualising the Global Touristic Football Club by Felipe B. Tobar, Gregory Ramshaw & Jonathan R. Oliveira.
Call for Papers | The 7th annual conference for the Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research (CSSOR) | California State University, Fullerton, March 13–14, 2025. Call ends December...
The CSSOR Program Committee welcomes high quality academic work on sport studies topics such as race, gender, politics, legacy, youth, or disability. Proposed research papers focusing on broader sociocultural topics within sport are welcomed, in addition to research specifically addressing the Olympic Movement. Scholars in the fields of history, philosophy, management, communication, ancient and modern languages, literature, visual and performing arts, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, economics, marketing, and law are encouraged to submit proposals or attend the conference.













