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.

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Board 2020 - 2022. Extended 2023

Ex-officio members
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	Tzu-hsuan CHEN, National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan Tamas DOCZI, Semmelweis University, Hungary 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, Gazi University, Turkey
IRSS editor	Dominic MALCOLM, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Past President	Christine DALLAIRE, University of Ottawa, Canada

Program Coordinator for XX ISA World Congress 2023 is:
Michael SAM, president@issa1965.org

Forthcoming Activities

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology

More information

Available on ISSA website.
Editor: Emmanuelle TULLE, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom, communications@issa1965.org

Membership

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