Research Committees
RC27 Sociology of Sport
Established in 1964
Objectives
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.
RC27 collaborates with the International Sociology of Sport Association.
Board 2016-2019
| President |
Christine DALLAIRE, University of Ottawa, Canada, christine.dallaire@uottawa.ca |
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Vice-Presidents |
John HORNE, Waseda University, Japan, Treasurer and Delegate to ISA Research Council |
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Secretary General |
Michael SAM, University of Otago, New Zealand, mike.sam@otago.ac.nz |
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Advisory Board Appointed Members |
Natalie BARKER-RUCHTI, Sweden (ISSA) |
| Ex-officio members | |
| IRSS editor | Dominic MALCOLM, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Lawrence WENNER, Loyola Marymount University, USA (until December 2017) |
| Past President | Elizabeth PIKE, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
Newsletter
Available on ISSA website.
Editor: Mary MCDONALD, Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, USA, mary.mcdonald@hts.gatech.edu.
Membership
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