Tag: methodology

There is a mini mountain of textbooks dedicated to research methods. They talk about how preparation is key to successful data collection. In the process they feed into the almost universal narrative that a successful data collection process will result in the gathering of a database that exactly matches what was planned. The impression that develops is that fieldwork must be perfect, that imperfections are failures, The result is seen in theses and methods sections in journal articles where no failures are apparent. Yet the reality is that fieldwork is often messy.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “Elite but not elitist”: Negotiating race, place, class, and culture in public physical activity spaces by Andrew Carter, Michael Dao, Adam Alexander & Vicky Gomez.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “What does skateboarding mean to you?” An exploratory study of Brazilian skateboarders’ developmental experiences by Guilherme H. Costa, Jill Kochanek & Karl Erickson.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Pleasure and danger: a running-woman in ‘public’ space by Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson (open access).

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “Is Everybody Comfortable?”#xd; Thinking Through Co-design Approaches to Better Support Girls’ Physical Activity in Schools by Michelle O’Reilly, Gareth Wiltshire, Nikki Kiyimba & Deirdre Harrington (open access).

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Fitness v fatness? Bodies, boundaries and bias in the gym by Charlotte Ross (open access).

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: All roads lead to Rome? Talent narratives of elite athletes, musicians, and mathematicians by Jannika M. John & Ansgar Thiel.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘I’m glad I can walk, but sometimes it’s so challenging that it’s an inconvenience to myself and others’: physical activity experiences among individuals with spinal cord injury who ambulate by Sarah Lawrason, Jennifer Tomasone, Kenedy Olsen & Kathleen Martin Ginis.

MPEES covers a wide variety of subjects in the area of measurement research in physical education and exercise science. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Estimation of Lower Body Muscle Power from Vertical Jump in Youth by Matthew T. Mahar, Gregory J. Welk, Kathleen F. Janz, Kelly Laurson, Weimo Zhu & Fatima Baptista (open access).

Klara Boije af Gennäs is a doctoral student in sport science at Malmo University since September 2021. She is part of the doctoral school Learning in Multicultural Societal Contexts. She holds a BA in Sports Coaching and a MA from Gothenburg University. Klara’s research aims to increase the knowledge on sport related injuries in adolescents. She focuses on equestrian sport injuries using an interdisciplinary research approach combining sociology, sports medicine, and media and communication.