The research unit ”Sport and Body Culture” at Section for Sport Science works within a humanities/social sciences framework. The unit focuses on the study of sports and body culture based on anthropological, sociological, philosophical, historical and psychological theories. The current areas of interest are:
1) Doping in elite and recreational sports and
2) Sports and ethics
3) Sports psychology
4) Body culture
5) Bio-politics
Members of the research unit teach in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes of Sport Science.