International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Sociology of Sport
Published eight times per year, International Review for the Sociology of Sport is fully peer reviewed and has a truly global remit to publish the highest quality research articles, commentaries and reviews that match the journal's inclusive scope.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport is the official journal of the International Sociology of Sport Association.
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The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal that is indexed on ISI. Eight issues are now published each year. The main purpose of the IRSS is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews.
The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is not restricted to any theoretical or methodological perspective and brings together contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, geography, gender studies, media studies, history, political economy, semiotics, sociology, as well as interdisciplinary research.
Since sport is a truly global phenomenon, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport is strongly committed to publishing contributions from all regions of the world, thereby promoting international communication among scholars.
Brent McDonald | Victoria University, Australia |
Cora Burnett | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
Steven J Jackson | University of Otago, New Zealand |
Wanderley Marchi Júnior | Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil |
Pirkko Markula | University of Alberta, Canada |
Tien-Chin Tan | National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan |
Lawrence Wenner | Loyola Marymount University, USA |
Kass Gibson | Plymouth Marjon University, UK |
Jane Shannon | IRSS, Australia |
Funda Akcan | Baskent University, Turkiye |
Rachel Allison | Mississippi State University, USA |
Mahfoud Amara | Qatar University, Qatar |
David Andrews | University of Maryland, USA |
Daniel Anorve | Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico |
Alan Bairner | Loughborough University, UK |
Andrew C. Billings | University of Alabama, USA |
Toni Bruce | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Daniel Burdsey | University of Brighton, UK |
Ying Chiang | Chihlee University of Technology, Taiwan |
Cheryl Cooky | Purdue University-Main Campus |
Christine Dallaire | University of Ottawa, Canada |
Simon Darnell | University of Toronto, Canada |
Katherine Dashper | Leeds Metropolitan University, UK |
Tamas Doczi | Hungarian University of Sport Science, Hungary |
Paddy Dolan | Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland |
Mojca Doupona Topic | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Joseph Fahlen | Umea University, Sweden |
Mark Falcous | University of Otago, New Zealand |
Lone Friis Thing | Copenhagen University, Denmark |
Caroline Fusco | University of Toronto, Canada |
Vanessa Garcia Gonzalez | Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico |
Michael Giardina | Florida State University, USA |
Audrey Giles | University of Ottawa, Canada |
Richard Giulianotti | Loughborough University, UK |
Billy Graeff | Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil |
Mateusz Grodecki | The Maria Grzegorzewska, Poland |
Marie Hardin | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Jorid Hovden | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
Xiong Huan | South China Normal University, China |
Ruth Jeanes | Monash University, Australia |
Dong Jhy Hwang | National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan |
Helene Joncheray | NSEP, Paris, France |
Yoko Kanemasu | University of the South Pacific, Fiji |
Kihan Kim | Seoul National University, South Korea |
Jorge Knijnik | University of Western Sydney, Australia |
Sun-Yong Kwon | Seoul National University, South Korea |
Assaf Lev | Ono Academic College, Israel |
Lucen Liu | Zhejiang University, China |
Louise Mansfield | Brunel University, UK |
Montserrat Martín | Universitat de Vic, Spain |
Mary McDonald | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
Josh Newman | Florida State University, USA |
Dino Numerato | Charles University Prague, Czech Republic |
Fabien Ohl | University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
Madeleine Pape | University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
Elizabeth Pike | University of Hertfordshire, UK |
Richard Pringle | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Noora Ronkainen | University of Bern, Switzerland |
David Rowe | University of Western Sydney, Australia |
Parissa Safai | York University, Canada |
Michael Sam | University of Otago, New Zealand |
Raul Sanchez Garcia | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
Eivind Skille | Hedmark University College, Norway |
Rodrigo Soto-Lagos | University of Santiago of Chile, Chile |
Ramon Spaaj | Victoria University, Australia |
Ansgar Thiel | Tübingen University, Germany |
Holly Thorpe | University of Waikato, New Zealand |
Anne Tjonndal | Nord University, Norway |
Emmanuelle Tulle | Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
Anna Vilanova | National Institute of Physical Education, Barcelona, Spain |
Belinda Wheaton | The University of Waikato, New Zealand |
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