Tag: Jörg Krieger

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: A morphogenetic approach to sport and social inclusion: a case study of good will’s reproductive power by Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson (open access).

Sport History Review encourages the submission of scholarly articles, methodological and research notes, and commentaries. SHR encourages graduate students and young professionals to submit their work for publication. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “An Occupational Hazard”: Former Elite Male Professional Players’ Experiences of On-Field Violence in Australian Football (1970 to 1995) by John H. Kerr.

In the edited collection Restart: Sport After the Covid-19 Time Out by Jörg Krieger, April Henning & Lindsay Parks Pieper (Common Ground), practitioners and international scholars explore the “restart» of sport and fitness following the initial period of lockdowns during spring 2020. Sport sociologist Jan Ove Tangen is appreciative of the individual chapters, but not at all happy with the way they interact within the collection. A more instructive Introduction would have helped, as would a concluding summing-up chapter.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘A history of transgender women in Australian Sports, 1976–2017 by Noah Riseman.

Jörg Krieger’s Power and Politics in World Athletics: A Critical History (Routledge) provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), critically assessing the internal power relations within the organization by focusing on its leadership. Our reviewer is Malcolm MacLean, and he concludes that this is an important contribution to the study of sports’ global federations, and specifically of the IAAF governance structure and regime of power.

By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Let Them Eat Games! A Review Essay of Barry Siegel’s Dreamers and Schemers by Sean Dinces.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘The world will be watching and so will NSA!’: A History of Technology and Security at the Olympic Games by Austin Duckworth & Jörg Krieger.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Vodka and caviar among friends’ – Lord David Burghley and the Soviet Union’s entry into the International Association of Athletic Federations by Jörg Krieger & Austin Duckworth.

Jörg Krieger has been researching and analyzing an ongoing drama within the Danish Cycling Union and in this feature article he examines how a national cycling federation can undermine its integrity through politics and poorly executed controls. According to the author, the situation in Denmark is perhaps a symptom of the larger issue of embedding good governance practices and institutional ethics in global sport.

By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement.The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: SANCTIONED VIOLENCE: DEALING (WITH) DEATH IN ANCIENT GREEK ATHLETICS by David J. Lunt.