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By: Egil Trasti Rogstad Loading New Insights: A Review of Critical Perspectives on Esports | idrottsforum.org Introduction Critical Perspectives on Esports by Annette R. Hofmann and Pascal Mamudou Camara is a… Read more: Book Review: Bokanmeldelse: Critical Perspectives on Esports

By: Egil Trasti Rogstad, Frida Austmo Wågan, Stian Røsten, Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk and Kristian Kjølstad Sigvartsen The questions and discussions of ‘sport’ seem to never go away, neither… Read more: Book Review: A Critical Realist Theory of Sport by Graham Scambler

By: Kristian Kjølstad Sigvartsen, Egil Trasti Rogstad, Jens Grut Vorpvik, Stian Røsten, Anne Tjønndal og Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Important book about important issues, but less critical than expected With Wearable Technology… Read more: Book Review: Wearable Technology in Elite Sports – A Crticial ExaminationBook Review:

The Faculty of Social Sciences at Nord University is seeking 1-2 PhD candidates in sociology in the field of sports technology and youth. The position(s) are for 3 years, full time,… Read more: Are you our new colleague? PhD in Sociology – Sports technology and youth

By: Frida Austmo Wågan ____________________________________________________________________ Sport, performance and sustainability, by Daniel Svensson, Erik Backman, and Susanna Hedenborg, Sverker Sörlin, 2023 Edited by Daniel Svensson, Erick Backman, Susanna Hedenborg and Sverker Sölin, this… Read more: Book Review: Sport, performance and sustainability

Written by: Frida Austmo Wågan As part of my doctoral journey, I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to embark on a three-month research stay in Canada, primarily affiliated… Read more: Travelogue from Canada and a Glimpse into Canadian Universities

Why are the “private” digital and intelligent assistants that are baked into new technologies and apps, like Apple’s Siri, Windows’s Cortana, or Amazon’s Alexa, all females? On the surface, such… Read more: Book Review: Technically Wrong – Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech 

RESPONSE participated in the 57th World Congress of Sociology of Sport in Ottawa, Canada! In August, Frida Wågan, Sigbjørn Skirbekk, Mads Skauge, Anna Adlwarth, Stian Røsten, and Anne Tjønndal traveled… Read more: Conference report from ISSA 2023

Written by: Frida Austmo Wågan From July 12th to 16th, doctoral candidate Frida Wågan traveled to Berlin to participate in the launch of a collaboration between the German Ministry of Environment,… Read more: Travelogue from Berlin

Written by: Egil Trasti Rogstad For the first time since the pandemic, the International Association for Media Communication Research organized a physical conference for its members in the beautiful French city… Read more: Travelogue from IAMCR Lyon 23

November 16-18 2022 RESPONSE hosted the conference “The 14th annual conference of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport”. We had three great days consisting of research… Read more: Report from The 14th annual conference of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport 

Written by: Siv Stavang Aune Seven of the RESPONSE researchers travelled to Naples June 12-16 through the European University Alliance SEA-EU. We visited Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope” and… Read more: Travelogue from Naples 

By: Siv Stavang Aune, Anne Tjønndal, Stian Røsten og Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The future of sport? New anthology prophecies a technological revolution The book 21st Century Sports: How Technologies Will Change… Read more: Book Review: 21st Century Sports – How Technologies Will Change Sports in the Digital Age?

By: Mads Skauge ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Making Sense of Sport Economics For someone having ‘only’ read Soccernomics of sport economics, I probably find myself in Wray Vamplew’s target audience for his book Sports Economics for… Read more: Book Review: Sports Economics for Non-Economists

By: Egil Rostad A quick and useful introduction to the global phenomenon of esports In recent years, esports has emerged as a worldwide phenomenon that captivates millions of people and… Read more: Book Review: Esports Insights

By: Stian Røsten, Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Frida Austmo Wågan og Egil Trasti Rogstad Mostly successful collection how social media and digital communication technologies impact sports in various ways… Read more: Book Review: Sport, Social Media, and Digital Technology: Sociological Approaches