Stockholm university

History of Sports is a research field which focuses on how and why sports have evolved as they have.

Perspectives might include commersialization, professionalization and rationalization. Sports are also studied from a societal perspective. The field asks questions about what sports have meant to, and how they have been affected by, norms, apporaches, power relations and politics in society.

 

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History
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Researchers

Jens Ljunggren

Professor

Department of History
Jens Ljunggren, professor i historia

Helena Tolvhed

Universitetslektor

Department of History
Helena Tolvhed foto

Johnny Wijk

Professor emeritus

Department of History
Johnny Wijk

Research projects