Tag: Josef Fahlén
Sport, Education and Society, Volume 30, 2025 Issue 6
Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Maintaining professional face: deceptive impression management in community sport coaching by Lee J. Nelson, David Shulman, Paul A. Potrac, Laura A. Gale & Ben A. Ives (open access).
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 60, 2025, No. 2
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: Collective sports success through effective social performances: The case of Olympic wrestling in Iran by Saeed Shamshirian and Vidar Halldorsson (open access).
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 60, 2025, No. 1
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: Coping within the interstices of the neoliberal sports market: Using de Certeau to analyse the migration of African mixed martial arts fighters in South Africa by Kevin Roșianu and Bastien Presset (open access).
Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 12 | Professionalisation of sport coaching from a Scandinavian horizon
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: Coaching by doing: communities of practice at Swedish sport schools in XC skiing since the 1970s by Daniel Svensson (open access).
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Volume 16, 2024, Issue 3
The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Impact of the UEFA Nations League on competitive balance, competitive intensity, and fairness in European men’s national team football by Nicolas Scelles, Aurélien François & Maurizio Valenti (open access).
Recommended reading, for teachers and students alike – and for stakeholders
Stakeholder Analysis and Sport Organisations, edited by Anna-Maria Strittmatter, Josef Fahlén & Barrie Houlihan (Routledge), provides a critical examination of the origins and development of stakeholder theory within sport management research. Thomas Persson’s review focuses on three of the contributions, and his overall assessment, based on the whole anthology, is that this is a book well worth reading that also is suitable as a course book.
Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 7
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: Aikido’s self-regulation and co-regulation: a promising embodied pedagogy for intercultural communication training by Greet Angèle De Baets & Ellen Van Praet.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 59, 2024, 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: Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers by Derrick Charway and Åse Strandbu (open access).
European Sport Management Quarterly, Volume 23, 2023, Issue 2
ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Discouragement effect and alternative formats to increase suspense in professional biathlon by Alex Krumer.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 58, 2023, No. 1
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: Sport, gender, and national interest during the Olympics: A comparative analysis of media representations in Central and Eastern Europe by Dunja Antunovic and Sunčica Bartoluci.













