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Som universitetsadjunkt i idrottsvetenskap med inriktning idrottslära kommer du huvudsakligen arbeta med undervisning inom lärarprogrammet. I tjänsten ingår kursansvar med utbildningsplanering, examination på grundnivå samt att bedriva pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete. Inom kunskapsområdet idrottslära kommer du undervisa i olika delar såsom atletisk form (t.ex friidrott), bollspelsform, essentiell form (t.ex. orientering och simning) samt friluftsform. Vidare ingår handledning av studenter under deras verksamhetsförlagda utbildning (VFU) på lärarprogrammet.

Sport science is a third-cycle multi-disciplinary subject focusing on sport, exercise and physical activity. Sport science includes studies of the body and the physicaly active human being, the societal development of sport cultures and sport as well elite as in a broader perspective. In Sport science, the starting point is that physical activity and sport activities can promote health and well-being, performance and estetical experience.

I tjänsten ingår att organisera och genomföra utbildning på grund-och avancerad nivå vilket omfattar kursansvar, kursutveckling, undervisning och examination. Du kommer ingå i arbetslag i ämne/ämnesdidaktik, inom den utbildningsvetenskapliga kärnan (UVK) samt inom verksamhetsförlagd utbildning (VFU). I tjänsten ingår även att handleda studenters examensarbeten. Som universitetslektor i idrottspedagogik kommer du att vara en viktig kraft i arbetet med att utveckla den idrottspedagogiska forskningsmiljön.

The attraction of new/action sports is that they are culturally different to mainstream sports. Individuality, freedom, and non-conformity are key motives for participation. The governance of these activities as sports has only recently been formalised, whilst traditionally many participants have seen them as counter-cultures, which manifested freedom and creativity and could be also linked with use of recreational drugs.

The available position in the field of Sport Pedagogy will focus particularly on research and development of motivating and physically activating learning and movement environments in the context of school physical education. This corresponds to two of the University of Jyväskylä’s research priorities: learning, teaching and interaction; and physical activity, health and wellbeing. The successful applicant will be responsible for research and education and the development of the field in collaboration with other teachers and researchers in the faculty.

This project offers the researcher an opportunity to undertake ground-breaking original research into the evolution of modern sports coaching as a vocation and/or profession. Here Weber’s work on the everyday meaning of profession and of coaching as a calling will be a useful heuristic tool.  The successful candidate will have unparalleled access to a private collection of coaching-related books, magazines, personal diaries, and correspondence letters amassed by a master sports coach.

At the Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences we have an open temporary position as Associate Professor in Sport Management until 7 September 2026. Your work will be at our campus in Molde. We seek for imminent accession. The position is connected to our bachelor and master programmes in Sport Management, both specialized management programmes combining sport science with business administration and organisational studies.

At the Department of Sport Sciences, the contribution of sport to society is studied on the basis of problem complexes such as sport regulation and normativity, state, market and civil society relation to sport, sport’s own selection mechanisms, space and place, as well as the way societal structures and social categories, such as gender, ethnicity, sexuality, dis/ability, generation and social class, affect and are affected by sport and within the school subject (PE).

De Montfort University's (DMU) International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is a world-leading centre for the study of all aspects of sports history. Our members specialise in a range of themes and approaches to the history of sport, and we have a dynamic body of doctoral students whose work covers chess, the outdoor movement, women’s football, folk dance, boxing, race and ethnicity in sport, emotional histories of sport, sports diplomacy, and much more.

The Department of Sport and Social Sciences has a vacant PhD position with 25% teaching responsibilities in the field of sport marketing. There is the possibility to apply for one out of two alternative predefined PhD projects. One project will be focusing on sport marketing and the digital transformation in sport, and the second on sport marketing and sustainable development. Apply no later than December 5, 2022.