Tag: sociology of sport

Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. Articles that adopt a multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary or comparative approach are also welcome. Most of the articles that are published in the journal will be based on qualitative or mixed-method research. However, consideration will be given to quantitative studies which are sufficiently theorised. Special issue: Rugby in the Pacific Islands.

Sports is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes and short communications in the interdisciplinary area of sport sciences and public health.

Although thoroughly studied by live science specialists for the last three decades, East-African athletics has seldom caught attention of social and human scientists. This conference offers an opportunity for scientists from either sport sciences or social and human sciences to present communications on any subject related to East-African athletics.

"Sport, Unity ​& Conflict” | Call for Abstracts Annual Conference of the European Association for Sociology of Sport Dublin, Ireland 10–13 June 2015Keynote speakersProfessor Randall Collins, University of...

The sociology of sport, while grounded in sociology, has always been much more of a social science of sport. In addition to sociology, work in the field encompasses history, political science, human geography, anthropology, social psychology and economics.

Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London Hosted by Dr J Simon Rofe (SOAS, University of London)Keynote Presentation by Professor Alan Tomlinson...

Bo Carlsson, whose PhD was in sociology of law, is presently a full professor of sport science at Linnaeus University, having previously worked at Lund and Malmö Universities. He is a prolific writer, with a number of monographs, anthologies, book chapters and scholarly articles to his name, as well as several special issues of scholarly journals, and always focusing on the relationship of sport and society and the place of law therein. Bo Carlsson took the initiative to and is one of the founders of idrottsforum.org.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics in the modern world and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines 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 School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University would like to invite all those interested in socio-cultural studies of sport and exercise to our annual day conference, held in the memory of our colleague Dr. Donald Macintosh.

The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal that is published six times each year. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews.