Tag: sociology of sport
European Journal for Sport and Society, Vol. 22, 2025, Issue 2
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: ‘It’s not just you come into the gym and do your weight training’: a narrative exploration of muscularity’s role as identity capital by Ieuan Cranswick, David Richardson, Martin Littlewood & David Tod (open access).
Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 49, 2025, No. 4
Journal of Sport & Social Issues< brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue:: Five essays honoring CL Cole who stepped down as editor if the journal after 25 years, by Douglas Hartmann, David L. Andrews. Pirkko Markula, Holly Thorpe, Dafna Kaufman and Grant Farred.
Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 49, 2025, No. 2–3
Journal of Sport & Social Issues< brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue:: The Global Security Field of Sports and How the World Health Organization Shapes Mega-Events in a (Post-)Pandemic World by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen (open access).
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 60, 2025, No. 4
IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Paddling as ‘Pelagic Postcolonialism’: Pacific voyaging resurgence, ocean justice and outrigger canoe racing (Va’a) in Fiji by Yoko Kanemasu.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 60, 2025, No. 3
IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘I want to change minds and destroy stereotypes’: Wheelchair motocross rider portrayals on Instagram by Nikolaus A Dean (open access).
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.
Call for Papers | “Post-Qualitative Inquiry in Sport & Movement Studies”, Special Issue of Journal of Sport & Social Issues | Call ends August 29, 2025
We welcome proposals for papers that put PQI (or related approaches) into practice in theoretically and/or empirically innovative ways; engage with creative more-than-human methods and/or modes of representation; and/or engage critically with the potential of such approaches for sport and movement studies. We are particularly interested in papers that expand current ways of doing more-than-human research in sport and movement studies, and/or that advance such theory-method approaches in grounded, contextualized ways.
Call for Participation | Sport, Innovation and Social Change, PhD Course, Nord University, Bodø, November 17–21, 2025. Registration opens August 2025.
This PhD course will provide PhD students with in-depth knowledge about social scientific approaches to the study of sports, with particular focus on contemporary challenges and technological innovations, as well as ethical and methodological issues. The course covers the following topics and lectures: Innovation and technology in sport, governance and social change, interdisciplinary methods and critical inquiry, innovative and creative research dissemination. The course adopts a cross-disciplinary, social scientific approach to explore new frontiers of sport organisations and research areas within sport.
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).













