Tag: sociology of sport

Building on the “spatial turn” in social sciences, this issue positions Olympic-related infrastructure as socio-technical systems that structure social relations, redistribute opportunities, and mediate power between stakeholders. The planning of the Olympic Games is increasingly shifting away from a monocentric model, resulting in networked venues, multi-city clusters, and diversified legacies.

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: Family ties and social capital among grand slam tennis champions by Dario Novak, Mario Oršolić, Petar Barbaros, Etsuji Suzuki and S.V. Subramanian.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Community as the Concession: The Construction and Maintenance of Trans Exclusionary Binaries in Australian Sport by Connor MacDonald (open access).

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:: Maradona and Public Diplomacy by Gabriel Cătălin Gherasim.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Black Hair Is a Safe Sport Issue!: Black Aesthetics, Access, Inclusion, and Resistance by Janelle Joseph, Kaleigh Pennock, Shalom Brown (open access).

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< 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< 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).

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.

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).