Tag: Rasmus K. Storm

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).

The Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, edited by Harry Arne Solberg, Rasmus K. Storm and Kamilla Swart (Edward Elgar) examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Christian Tolstrup Jensen has read an impressive compilation of scientific studies in the field of major sport event research that gives the initiated reader a useful and nuanced overview of the state-of-the-art in event studies, its understudied areas and a who-is-who in the field.

Mihaly Szerovay and colleagues’ edited collection Football in the Nordic Countries: Practices, Equality and Influence (Routledge) explores football culture, organisation and development in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. To our reviewer Payam Ansari, the anthology offers a rich, multifaceted exploration of football on national, “glocal”, and global levels, making it a valuable addition to the field of sports sociology and a beacon for future research on football.

International sporting success factors in GB para-track and field by Rebecca Peake & Larissa E. Davies (open access).

Exploring why professional team sport clubs are almost always able to survive despite severe financial problems, Professional Team Sports and the Soft Budget Constraint, edited by Rasmus K. Storm, Klaus Nielsen & Zsolt Havran (Edward Elgar) looks at the soft budget constraint theory, SBC. We asked economics historian Giuseppe Telesca for a review and in his knowledgeable assessment of the book, he concludes that the SBC works well to explain the phenomenon under study in this fascinating book.

The International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM), a refereed journal published four times per year, aims to present current practice and research in the area of sport management and marketing. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Internationalisation and martial arts: the case of Carlson Gracie's Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym by Heloisa Alexander Fonseca Soares, Renato Dourado Cotta de Mello, Clarice Secches Kogut.

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: Moving Away: Intra-National Migration Experiences of Brazilian Men Elite Futsal Players During Youth by Renato Francisco Rodrigues Marques, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Astrid Schubring, Wanderley Marchi Júnior, Rafael Pombo Menezes, and Myrian Nunomura.

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: Dual careers and academic achievements: does elite sport make a difference? by Rasmus K. Storm & Mette Eske.

Today, the Danish Institute for Sports Studies releases a report by Rasmus K. Storm and Klaus Nielsen, commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, that explores the decline of the Finnish elite sports system. The report shows that the Finnish system is challenged by an inability to set goals and pursue them for both cultural and structural reasons.

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Changing the sport product: marketing implications for championship rugby league clubs in the United Kingdom by Kacy Mackreth & Alexander John Bond.