• In troubled water? European sports clubs: Their problems, capacities and opportunities 

      Seippel, Ørnulf; Breuer, Christoph; Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Feiler, Svenja; Perényi, Szilvia; Piątkowska, Monika; Scheerder, Jeroen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We study problems experienced by sports clubs from nine European countries – Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Spain – and factors – national characteristics and ...
    • Lokale aktivitetsmidler: Implementering av den statlige idrettspolitikken 

      Skille, Eivind Åsrum; Hanstad, Dag Vidar; Svensgaard, Marit; Lien, Gjermund; Bugge, Christoffer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Hvordan fungerer norsk statlig idrettspolitikk fra den dannes til den implementeres i idrettslag? Fungerer implementeringen etter intensjonene? I denne artikkelen forfølger vi slike spørsmål ved å undersøke, ved hjelp av ...
    • Social integration in sports clubs: individual and organisational factors in a European context 

      Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Seippel, Ørnulf; Llopis-Goig, Ramon; Van der Roest, Jan-Willem; Adler Zwahlen, Jenny; Nagel, Siegfried (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Sports clubs are often perceived as important mediums for social integration, but the empirical evidence to support this claim is limited. This article sets out to identify individual and organisational characteristics ...
    • Sport clubs, policy networks, and local politics 

      Seippel, Ørnulf; Belbo, Johanna Sveen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sports clubs cooperate with other clubs, sports organisations, and public and market actors to organise sports. In this article, we study the way clubs cooperate through a sports club network involving only sports clubs ...
    • Volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs: A multilevel analysis in 10 European countries 

      Nagel, Siegfried; Seippel, Ørnulf; Breuer, Cristoph; Feiler, Svenja; Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Llopis-Goig, Ramon; Nichols, Geoff; Perényi, Szilvia; Piątkowska, Monika; Scheerder, Jeroen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Regular voluntary engagement is a basic resource for sports clubs that may also promote social cohesion and active citizenship. The satisfaction of volunteers is an imperative factor in this engagement, and the purpose of ...
    • Where do they all come from? Youth, fitness gyms, sport clubs and social inequality 

      Skauge, Mads; Seippel, Ørnulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The exercise levels in fitness gyms are increasing, but little is known about the fitness participants: who they are (social inequality) and where they come from (the link to club sports). Using Norwegian data, our results ...