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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. 

More information

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Board 2020-2023

President

Michael SAM, University of Otago, New Zealand, president@issa1965.org

Vice-Presidents

John HORNE, Waseda University, Japan
Hélène JONCHERAY, University of Paris, France, Delegate to ISA Research Council
Brent MCDONALD, Victoria, University, Australia
Emmanuelle TULLE, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom, communications@issa1965.org

Secretary General

Parissa SAFAI, York University, Canada, general.secretary@issa1965.org

Advisory Board

Appointed Members

Natalie BARKER-RUCHTI, Örebro University, Sweden
Tzu-hsuan CHEN, National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan
Tamas DOCZI, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Rolando DROMUNDO, University of Pisa
Simona SAFARIKOVA, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Lucie SCHOCH, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Mikhail SINYUTIN, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russian Federation      
Eivind SKILLE, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Kwon SUN-YONG, Seoul National University, Korea
Jacco VAN STERKENBURG, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Pinar YAPRAK-KEMALOGLU, Gazi University, Turkey
Ex-officio members
IRSS editor Dominic MALCOLM, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Past President Christine DALLAIRE, University of Ottawa, Canada

Newsletter

Available on ISSA website.
Editor: Mary MCDONALD, Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, USA, mary.mcdonald@hts.gatech.edu.

Membership

Dues USD 25 (USD 10 discount) for a 4-year period.
ISA membership registration form is available on https://isa.enoah.com/Sign-In.