Tag: PhD studentship

At the Department of Sport Sciences, the contribution of sport to society is studied on the basis of problem complexes such as sport regulation and normativity, state, market and civil society relation to sport, sport’s own selection mechanisms, space and place, as well as the way societal structures and social categories, such as gender, ethnicity, sexuality, dis/ability, generation and social class, affect and are affected by sport and within the school subject (PE).

De Montfort University's (DMU) International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is a world-leading centre for the study of all aspects of sports history. Our members specialise in a range of themes and approaches to the history of sport, and we have a dynamic body of doctoral students whose work covers chess, the outdoor movement, women’s football, folk dance, boxing, race and ethnicity in sport, emotional histories of sport, sports diplomacy, and much more.

The Department of Sport and Social Sciences has a vacant PhD position with 25% teaching responsibilities in the field of sport marketing. There is the possibility to apply for one out of two alternative predefined PhD projects. One project will be focusing on sport marketing and the digital transformation in sport, and the second on sport marketing and sustainable development. Apply no later than December 5, 2022.

Co-funded by the University of Canberra and Sport Integrity Australia, the project will support a PhD scholar to complete a doctoral research program that will seek to identify mechanisms to reduce the insidious and increasing levels of toxic abuse online and cyber hate directed at women involved in the sport industry. In this project, we broadly define cyberbullying as hurtful messages that are threatening, humiliating, or intimidating to individuals.

The School of Management at Massey University is offering a three-year scholarship to undertake doctoral research into either sustainable or technological innovations in sport, or sport organisational performance. While the doctoral scholarship is under the auspices of 'sport management', the topics, options and broader focus are more open and can potentially align with related interests from the sociology of sport for example.

We are developing a Sports Ethics Research Group here at the Faculty of Sport and PE (FTVS) in Charles University, Prague, already with 6 f/t PhDs and 3 p/t. We are now able to offer a further opportunity for full-time doctoral research in Sports Ethics in Prague, beginning in October 2022. The scholarship is funded by Charles University – a 3-4-year full fee-remission bursary, plus a University scholarship of €400/month.

Doktoranden kommer att anställas inom ramen för ett forskningsprojekt som är finansierat av Familjen Kamprads stiftelse. Projektet är titulerat ”Mäns akilleshäl – en fenomenologisk och sociologisk studie av prostataproblem och maskulinitet”. Projektet handlar om hur män (65 år och äldre) förstår och beskriver hur det är att leva med prostatacancer, och hur identitet, hälsa och välbefinnande påverkas av sjukdomen och dess behandling, och vilken roll fysisk aktivitet kan spela.

The Department of Sport and Social Sciences is advertising two four-year doctoral fellowships with 25% teaching responsibilities in the field of sport management. One position has a special focus in sport governance and the other position has a special focus in sport marketing. The Department consists of a broad academic environment that involves research, development, and teaching in several subjects: The Sociology of Sport, Sport Philosophy, History of Sport, Sport Psychology, Coaching, Sport Management and Sport for Development.

Doktorandanställningen är i Pedagogik med inriktning mot jämställdhet och jämlikhet inom idrottens område. Det innebär ett fokus på processer genom vilka människan formas och förändras i olika sociala, kulturella och historiska sammanhang inom idrottens område. Inom det idrottspedagogiska problemområdet behandlas bland annat olika aspekter av fostran, socialisation, utbildning, lärande, undervisning, styrning, organisering och ledning eller andra påverkansprocesser.

The focus of postgraduate education in sport sciences specializing on social sciences and the humanities lies on the various forms of sport and on their past, present and future importance to society. The education program comprises a range of areas from competitive, recreational and experience sports to sport as a school subject including outdoor education, physical recreation and ecological sustainability.