• Being, having and belonging: values and ways of engaging in sport 

      Aggerholm, Kenneth; Breivik, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article presents an analytical framework for understanding and studying the value structures that govern participation in sport. We combine insights from a Norwegian Monitor survey with existential philosophical ...
    • 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 ...
    • Do sports matter to people?: A cross-national multilevel study 

      Seippel, Ørnulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Do people consider sports as important? In this article, I investigate how people (N ≈ 44,000) in 33 countries (ISSP 2007) assess three aspects of sports: sports as socialization, integration and internationalization. I ...
    • Sport: a scientific experiment? 

      Loland, Sigmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Science plays an increasingly important role in sport. Innovative high-tech equipment and research-based exercise regimes are vivid examples. In more subtle forms, scientific ways of thinking impact how sport is understood ...
    • Trans* inclusion and gender equality in sport and exercise: An (im)possible equation? 

      Larsson, Nils Håkan Olof; Auran, Isak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Heteronormativity and the idea of binary sex constrain sport and exercise as well as many gender equality measures that are implemented in sport and exercise contexts. This strongly affects trans people’s opportunities to ...