Tag: Karin Redelius

Sweden’s voluntary sport clubs would not function without the hundreds of thousands of people who volunteer as coaches, officials etc. How is the voluntary commitment doing today? How has it developed over time? What opportunities does the sports movement have to maintain voluntary and unpaid work in the future? These questions are addressed in this anthology in Swedish, where researchers and experts contribute knowledge and perspectives. Anders Östnäs offers a comprehensive presentation of the report.

Samhällsidrotten och idrottssamhället. Humanistisk och samhällsvetenskaplig idrottsforskning under 50 år [Sport in society and the society of sports. Humanistic and social science sports research over 50 years] is edited by Tomas Peterson and published as a celebration of 50 years of Swedish sport studies within the social sciences and humanities. We went abroad to find a suitable reviewer – not a Swede but Swedish speaking – and Ansgar Molzberger accepted the cumbersome task of reviewing this 556 page tome. And he did well, we are happy to bring his review to your attention.

TSP is a scholarly refereed journal designed as a forum to stimulate thought and disseminate knowledge that focuses on the application and practice of sport psychology. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: Transitioning Out of Elite Sport: The Experience of Integrated Support-Team Members by Paula M. Mazur, Jimena E. Lopez Lamas, Marni Wesner, Taran Schubert, Brea McLaughlin, Amber D. Mosewich.

The edited collection Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport (Routledge) presents a new framework for researchers in the field of physical education and youth sport, showcasing how the CREATE Principles for Research Design can facilitate meaningful research. Karin Redelius, well versed in the field of youth sports research, concludes that while the book is not the first one addressing children and research, its focus on Physical Education and youth sport research is a novel approach. and she expects to return to it many times.

Sedan historikern Jan Lindroth disputerade med sin avhandling om idrotten som folkrörelse 1974 har det gått ett halvt sekel, och således firar svensk idrottsforskning sitt femtioårsjubileum 2024. Under perioden har idrottsvetenskap vuxit fram som ett nytt utbildnings-, forsknings- och forskarutbildningsämne. Idag finns det idrottsvetenskapliga institutioner eller motsvarande vid tio lärosäten, och fem av dem har forskarutbildning. Forskningsämnena, som från början var pedagogik, historia och psykologi, omfattar idag över trettio olika ämnesdiscipliner.

SSSF, a multidisciplinary social sciences sport studies journal, welcomes articles that deal with sport and social change and social stability in a wide sense, articles about the profound and comprehensive processes affecting sport. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Motives, Motivation, and Motivational Climate of Young Norwegian Swimmers, and their Parents’ Belief by Ingeborg Ljødal, Bjørn Harald Olstad & Anne Marte Pensgaard (open access).

The mission of IJSC is to provide a platform for academics and practitioners to disseminate research and information from diverse fields such as critical studies, sport management, advertising, etc. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Habitually Scrolling: An Examination Into How Sport Consumers Use Social Media by Heather Kennedy, Daniel C. Funk (open access).

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: ‘Selling youth sport: the production and promotion of immaterial values in commercialised child and youth sport by Jesper Karlsson, Magnus Kilger, Åsa Bäckström & Karin Redelius (open access).

I den här artikeln undersöker Jesper Karlsson och kollegor hur kommersiella idrottsentreprenörer inom barn- och ungdomsidrott positionerar sig själva och sina verksamheter i förhållande till den svenska föreningsidrotten. Här studeras olika positioner som entreprenörer intar i relation till barn- och ungdomsidrotten och diskurserna som omgärdar den utifrån entreprenörers perspektiv. Sammanfattningsvis positionerar entreprenörerna sig inte som ett hot mot den svenska idrottsrörelsen.

In this article, Jesper Karlsson and colleagues investigate how commercial sports entrepreneurs in children’s and youth sports position themselves and their businesses in relation to Swedish association sports. Here, different positions that entrepreneurs take in relation to children's and youth sports and the discourses that surround it from the perspective of entrepreneurs are studied. In summary, the entrepreneurs do not position themselves as a threat to the Swedish sports movement.