Sport and Body Culture
The Research Unit for Sport and Body Culture works within a humanities and social sciences framework. We focus on the study of sports and body culture based on historical, pedagogical, philosophical, psychological and sociological theories and methods. Our research falls within the following research areas:
- Doping in elite sport
- Drug use in recreational sport
- The history of sports policy and politics
- Current issues in sport politics
- Talent development
- Mental health in sport
- Sociology of sport
- Sociology of the body
- Sport ethics and philosophy
In addition, we are responsible for and teach on the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Sports Science.
The research unit has an international focus and currently hosts and manages the International Network for Doping Research, INDR.
Recent publications
Lundberg, T. R., Tucker, R., McGawley, K., Williams, A. G., Millet, G. P., Sandbakk, Ø., Howatson, G., Brown, G. A., Carlson, L. A., Chantler, S., Chen, M. A., Heffernan, S. M., Heron, N., Kirk, C., Murphy, M. H., Pollock, N., Pringle, J., Richardson, A., Santos-Concejero, J. ... Hilton, E. N. (2024). The International Olympic Committee framework on fairness, inclusion and nondiscrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations does not protect fairness for female athletes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 34(3), e14581. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14581
Goksøyr, M. & Krieger, J. (2023). 1946, Year One? Prospects from the European Athletics Championships in Oslo on Gender, Amateurism and Politics. In J. Krieger (Ed.), Athletics in the Nordic Countries: History and Developments (pp. 97-120). Common Ground Research Networks. https://doi.org/10.18848/978-1-957792-52-1/CGP
Krieger, J. & Parks Pieper, L. (2023). Athlete Perceptions of Governance-Related Issues to Sexual Abuse in Sport. Social Sciences, 12(2), Article 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030141
Krieger, J. (2023). Athletics in the Nordic Countries: History and Developments. Common Ground Research Networks. Sport and Society https://doi.org/10.18848/978-1-957792-52-1/CGP
Krech, M., Krieger, J. & Parks Pieper, L. (2023). A ‘token gesture’ in World Athletics governance? The IAAF Women’s Committee under Ilse Bechthold, 1990–2005. Sport in Society, 26(5), 901-919. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2022.2076079
Christiansen, A. V., Frenger, M., Chirico, A. & Pitsch, W. (2023). Authors' Reply to Petrou & Lazuras: 'Recreational Athletes' Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances: Results from the First European Randomized Response Technique Survey'. Sports Medicine - Open, 9(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00583-7
Krieger, J. (2023). Better, Bigger, Bitter: The Rise of the Asian Games in a Toxic Political Environment. In K. Kobayashi, J. Horne, Y. Cho & J. W. Lee (Eds.), Sports Mega-Events in Asia (pp. 123-141). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0011-4
