Tag: Finland

A study examining the media coverage of the Finnish ice hockey club Jokerit’s time in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), conducted by doctoral researcher Joakim Särkivuori and senior researcher Antti Laine, both from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has been published. The study delves into the reporting by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat during a politically tumultuous time. It considers KHL’s westward expansion efforts as part of Russia’s soft power strategy and explores the nature of the news coverage.

As part of the joint research project between the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences and the Open Science Centre at the University of Jyväskylä, a Finnish-language databank on Finnish sports journalism, including an extensive bibliography, has been published. The open access and peer-reviewed web publication offers research information intended for a wide range of users in an easily accessible and popular form.

Today, the Danish Institute for Sports Studies releases a report by Rasmus K. Storm and Klaus Nielsen, commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, that explores the decline of the Finnish elite sports system. The report shows that the Finnish system is challenged by an inability to set goals and pursue them for both cultural and structural reasons.

This seminar will be bringing together leading Nordic sports law professionals, academics and enthusiasts and this is a great way to share information and stay up to date on relevant issues that impact sports law as well as establish and maintain networks with international professionals.

We invite to the Congress researchers and scholars to discuss and analyze the international relations of skiing, its societal significance and impact on human physical and mental well-being. We want to touch upon the climatic moments and sore points which skiing has brought about.

Exceptional Life Courses: Elite Athletes and Successful Artists in 2000s Finland is a study by Mikko Salasuo, Mikko Piispa & Helena Huhta for the Finnish Youth Research Society, in which the life courses of athletes and artists are studied in parallel. The book will be reviewed on this site later; meanwhile this is brief summary with a link to a free-of-charge e-book.

Who will lead the change? Who will be the change? Will it be you? Lead the Change – Be the Change The year 2014 is a milestone year for the global women and sport movement. The 6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport will mark 20 years since the first IWG World Conference on Women and Sport, which brought forth the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport...

Forummedarbetaren Erkki Vettenniemi har varit redaktör för detta temanummer av International Journal of Sport History på temat ”Representations of Running: Hannes Kolehmainen Puts Early Twentieth-Century Finland on the Global Sporting Map”.