Established in 1964

The Research Committee on Sociology of Sport was established to achieve the aims of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education and ISA, and in particular, to further research and scholarship related to the social meaning and significance of physical activity and sport; to promote international cooperation in the field of sociology of sport; to identify sociological problems in sport, and where appropriate, organize international research projects concerning same.

President
Steven Jackson, University of Otago, New Zealand, steve.jackson@otago.ac.nz
Vice Presidents
- Conferences: Chris Hallinan, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
- Delegate to ISA Research Council: Fabien Ohl, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Promotions and Awards: Kimberly Schimmel, Kent State University, USA

Secretary General
Elizabeth Pike, Unviersity of Chichester, UK, e.pike@chi.ac.uk

IRSS editor
John Sugden, University of Brighton, UK

Extended Board
Miguel Cornejo, Chile
Christine Dallaire, Canada
Agnes Elling , Netherlands
Manuel Garcia Ferrando, Spain
Jorid Hovden, Norway
Eunha Koh, Korea
Pasi Koski, Finland
Wolfram Manzenreiter, Austria
Bettina Ruloffs, Germany
Irena Slepickova, Czech Republic
Takayuki Yamashita, Japan

Past President
Gertrud Pfister, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Past Boards

RC27 website

RC27 produces an e-Bulletin four times per year. Editor: Steve Jackson, University of Otago, New Zealand. sjackson@pooka.otago.ac.nz fax: 64-3-479-8309

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