Tag: democracy
Call for Papers | “Sport and Citizenship: Civic Engagement in a Contested Democracy”, Special Issue of Sport in Society | Call ends September 30, 2026
Since Alexis de Tocqueville’s seminal insight that voluntary associations cultivate citizens’ democratic capacities, such associations have often been regarded as “schools of democracy”. Sport organizations, as one of the largest and most visible sectors of civil society, appear especially well positioned to fulfill this role. They convene individuals across lines of social differences, foster generalized trust, create opportunities for collective action, and provide organizational contexts in which civic skills can be developed, practiced, and diffused. So, does sport build better citizens?
PhD Studentship Opportunity | Sport’s leadership and democracy, at the Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, Campus Lillehammer, Norway | Apply no later than March 7, 2024
The PhD candidates will be a part of an international team of innovation researchers at INN University and integrated into the research group Lillehammer Olympic and Paralympic Studies Centre (LOSC). The project is part of the LOSC’s four-year plan, and the prospective PhD candidate would contribute to the teaching, researching, and networking within the research group. The predefined project is under the supervision of Svein Erik Nordhagen and Jörg Krieger.
