• Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations: A Multilevel Analysis of Sports Clubs in Europe 

      Ibsen, Bjarne; Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Feiler, Svenja; Breuer, Christoph; Seippel, Ørnulf; Van der Roest, Jan-Willem; Scheerder, Jeroen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Non-profit associations are usually democratically organized, and this feature plays a legitimizing role for the public support to associations. This article examines which characteristics at country level, organizational ...
    • Developing a multi-level framework for analyzing public sports-based programmes to integrate migrants and refugees into organized sports 

      Ehnold, Peter; Jarck, Henning; Doherty, Alison; Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Fahlén, Josef; Gohritz, Andreas; Ibsen, Bjarne; Nagel, Siegfried; Seippel, Ørnulf Nicolay; Stenling, Cecilia; Strandbu, Åse; Taylor, Tracy; Vögtli, Sarah; Schlesinger, Torsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are viewed by governments as an important catalyst for the integration of migrants/refugees. However, research has shown that only a small number of VSCs are directly involved in ‘integration ...