Award Winners
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2018Bordeaux (France)
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Sarah Metcalfe
Durham University (United Kingdom)The development of an adolescent sporting gendered habitus: Young people’s interpretation of UK sports-media coverage of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. abstract →
Honourable Mention
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Annabelle Caprais
University of Bordeaux (France)Gender Parity: a new contribution to the gender regime theory. Cases studies of Executive Boards of French National Sport Organisations. abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Michael Atkinson (University of Toronto, Canada),
- Dr. Louise Mansfield (Brunel University, United Kingdom),
- Dr. Kim Wickman (Umeå University, Sweden),
- Dr. Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom)
2017Prague
(Czech Republic)
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Chloe Maclean
University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)Fighting with the senses: Negotiating space, power, and gendered embodiment through sensuous engagement in mixed-sex karate practice. abstract →
Honourable Mention
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Ben Powis
Southampton Solent University (United Kingdom)We are playing for England, we wear the same shirt, just because I have a disability it doesn’t make me any different”: Empowerment, Eliteness, and Visually Impaired Cricket. abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof Nils Asle Bergsgard (University College of Southeast Norway, Norway),
- Prof Christos Kassimeris (European University Cyprus, Cyprus),
- Dr Paddy Dolan (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland {Republic}),
- Dr Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom)
2016Kopenhagen
(Denmark)
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Malin Österlind
Umeå University (Sweden)Sport policy and evaluation strategies of representation, deliberation and reflexivity – ‘solutions’ to the ‘problem’ of sport (and) participation? abstract →
Honourable Mentions
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Simone Digennaro
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy)Principles and practice of good governance in grassroots sport abstract → -
Julie Borgers
University of Leuven (Belgium)Involvement in sport light. A longitudinal mixed methods study on changing patterns of sports participation [paper co-authored with B. Vanreusel, J. Lefevre1, & J. Scheerder] abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Ilse Hartmann-Tews (German Sport University Cologne, Germany),
- Dr Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom),
- Dr Anna Vilanova (National Institute of Physical Education, Barcelona, Spain),
- Prof. Toni Bruce (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
2015Dublin (Ireland)
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Minhyeok Tak
University of Otago (New Zealand)The Politics of Countermeasures against Match-Fixing in Sport: A Political Sociology Approach to Policy Instruments abstract →
Honourable Mention
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Adam Evans
University of Lincoln (United Kingdom)To “just be relaxed and with your own thoughts”: Embodied experiences of aquatic activity amongst individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Ben Carrington (University of Texas at Austin, United States),
- Dr Agnes Elling (Mulier Institut, The Netherlands),
- Dr Holly Thorpe (University of Waikato, New Zealand),
- Dr Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom)
2014Utrecht
(Netherlands)
R-L Enrico Michelini, Hannu Itkonen (President, eass)-
Enrico Michelini
Technische Universität Dortmund (Germany)Disqualification of Sport in Health-Related Promotion of Physical Activity – A Global Social Phenomenon? abstract →
Honourable Mention
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Ryan Gauthier
Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)Preventing a Repeat of Sochi’s Slaves: Holding the IOC Accountable for the Use of Forced Labour at Olympic Venues abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Bart Vanreusel (University of Leuven, Belgium),
- Prof. Ørnulf Seippel (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway),
- Dr. Emmanuelle Tulle (Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom),
- Dr. Davide Sterchele (Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom)
2013Cordoba (Spain)
R-L Fabian Studer, Hannu Itkonen (President, eass)-
Fabian Studer
University of Bern (Switzerland)Destandardised Career Entry? An Analysis of the Transition to Professional Life by Swiss Sports Science Graduates abstract →
Honourable Mentions
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Hanne Vandermeerschen
University of Leuven (Belgium)Level playing fields? A multilevel analysis of club-organised sports participation among socially vulnerable children and adolescents abstract → -
Magnus Ferry
Umeå University (Sweden)School Sport is the Answer – What is the Problem? abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Jonathan Long (Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom),
- Prof. Gyöngyi Szabó Földesi (Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary),
- Prof. Hannu Itkonen (Jyväskylä University, Finland),
- Dr. Davide Sterchele (University of Padua, Italy)
2012Bern (Switzerland)
L-R Claudia Klostermann, Nicola Porro (President, eass)-
Claudia Klostermann
University of Bern (Switzerland)Changes in German sport participation: Historical trends in individual sports abstract →
Honourable Mentions
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Ramón Spaaij
La Trobe University (Australia)Changing people’s lives for the better? Social mobility through sport-based intervention programmes: opportunities and constraints abstract → -
Christopher R. Matthews
University of Loughborough (United Kingdom)‘Real Men Can Control Their Shit’ – Violence, Ambiguity, Coherence and Identity abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Mike Collins (University of Loughborough, United Kingdom),
- Prof. Jorid Hovden (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway),
- Prof. Ramón Llopis-Goig (University of Valencia, Spain),
- Prof. Georg Anders (German Sport University Cologne, Germany),
- Dr. Davide Sterchele (University of Padua, Italy)
2011Umeå (Sweden)
L-R Koji Kobayashi, Nicola Porro (President, eass)-
Koji Kobayashi
University of Otago (New Zealand)Globalisation, Corporate Nationalism and Orientalism: Negotiating Japanese Identity between the East and West within Asics Global Advertising Production abstract →
Honourable Mentions
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Oli Williams
University of Leicester (United Kingdom)Eating for Excellence: Eating Disorders in Elite Sport: Inevitability and Immunity abstract → -
Stephanie-Alice Baker
University of Western Sydney (Australia)From Sporting Transgression to Social Tragedy: Situating Zidane’s World Cup head-butt on France’s postcolonial stage abstract →
Selection Committee
- Prof. Tess Kay (Brunel University, United Kingdom),
- Prof. Mojca Doupona Topic (University of Ljubljiana, Slovenia),
- Prof. Hannu Itkonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland),
- Dr. Josef Fahlén (Umeå University, Sweden),
- Dr. Davide Sterchele (University of Padua, Italy)
2010Porto (Portugal)
L-R Georg Anders (President, eass), Philipe de Souto Barreto-
Philipe de Souto Barreto
Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille (France)Physical activity level among functionally limited and robust older adults: is body satisfaction predictive of physical activity level? abstract →
Honourable Mentions
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Remco Hoekman
W.J.H. Mulier Institute (The Netherlands)Influence of neighbourhood and sport facilities on sport participation in an urban area abstract → -
Steven Vos
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven (Belgium)Cross Sector Relationships in the Supply of Sport at a Local Level: Cooperation between Non-Profit and Commercial Sport Providers abstract →
Selection Committee
- Gertrud Pfister (Denmark),
- Ana Luísa Pereira (Portugal),
- Lone Friis Thing (Denmark),
- Davide Sterchele (Italy)
2009Rome (Italy)
L-R Charlotte Van Tuyckom, Georg Anders (President, eass)-
Charlotte Van Tuyckom
Ghent University (Belgium)Six Sporting Worlds: A Cluster Analysis of Sports Participation in 25 European Member States abstract →
Honourable Mentions
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Nicolas Delorme
Université J. Fourier, Grenoble I (France)Women in the sub-field of French sports journalism: a double domination abstract → -
Lotte Salome
Tilburg School of Economics (The Netherlands)Senses of authenticity in contemporary consumer culture: New versions of lifestyle sports and questions of genuineness abstract →
Selection Committee
- Henning Eichberg (Denmark),
- Richard Giulianotti (United Kingdom),
- Bernd Schulze (Germany),
- Davide Sterchele (Italy)
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