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Culture, Sport and Society
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5503-24-06-31 
Enrollment deadline: 01/10/2024
PlaceDepartment of Nutrition Exercise and Sports
Date and time11.11.2024, at: 08:00 - 15.11.2024, at: 16:00
Regular seats30
ECTS credits5.00
Contact personHelle Rudolph Jensen    E-mail address: hrj@nexs.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserAdam B. Evans    E-mail address: abe@nexs.ku.dk
Teaching languageEnglish
Exam requirementsTwo forms of assessment will be used to ensure that the learning outcome is achieved, including a 80% mandatory attendance, a written essay, and active participation in the seminar discussions.
Exam formWritten assignment
Exam aidsWithout aids
Grading scalePassed / Not passed
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Preparation80.00
Lectures40.00
Practical exercises8.00
Class Instruction4.00
Theoretical exercises8.00
Sum140.00
Aim and content
Academic staff at KU are responsible for planning and carrying out the course in collaboration with the administration linked to the PhD program in cultural studies at the University of South Eastern Norway, and their own PhD programmes. It will also be co-funded by the European Association for Sport and Society, with whom the coordinator (Adam Evans) is Editor in Chief of the journla European Journal for Sport and Society. Lectures and seminar management will be conducted by professors and associate professors from the participating universities. All experts will possess doctoral qualifications.

Content:
Each day entails experts’ presentations on different aspects of key issues in the socio-cultural study of sport, as well as student PhD project presentations. Furthermore, students will have the opportunity for individual supervision sessions with the guest experts. The course also includes a workshop on preparing a manuscript for publication and an “ask the editor” session.

Format:
1) Lectures about key debates and topics in sport, exercise and health
2) Student presentations of their PhD projects
3) Opportunity for individual supervision by the invited experts
4) Workshops on publication strategies, research methods and completing a PhD in the social sciences

Students are encouraged to present their PhD project during the course.

The majority of the teaching in the course will consist of a full five days of lectures, workshops and seminars conducted by leading academic staff from participating universities. Students are expected to attend at least 80% of the course's lectures and seminars, and participate actively in them.
The planned workshops will enable students to discuss their projects with lecturers and fellow students. Each PhD student should present their own project for discussion and participate actively in seminar discussions.
Scientific staff will be responsible for assessing the students' final scientific essays/critical reflection essays. Students will also receive practical advice and guidance on writing up their projects, and on how to write for publication in academic books, journals and other media.
The course seeks to provide a basis for the development of long-term international research networks involving PhD students and more established researchers and researchers in sports science. Through these forms of work and teaching, the described learning outcomes will be achieved in a systematic manner.

Research area:
Sport (including Idræt) is an increasingly vibrant and important area of social and cultural life and is therefore a central study subject in itself. Its study has become a key element of many Universities, including the section of Sport, Individual and Society at the University of Copenhagen, and at the University of South Eastern Norway. The study of sport enables us to gain a much deeper understanding of society and culture in general, especially concerning meaning, power, technology, cultural production and cultural politics. The course will emphasize how the individual doctoral student can improve their scientific skills in order to carry out their own research projects and participate in public and academic debates in relation to sport studies, thereby offering the potential to have a significant impact upon society. The course is particularly intended to stimulate ethical, innovative and creative perspectives on sport and culture, while at the same time realizing the responsibility and autonomy of being a researcher.

The course will take a cross-disciplinary, social scientific approach to understanding key debates and areas of research within the social-scientific study of sport, and will include multiple experts and thought-leaders from across disciplines such as sociology, psychology, pedagogy, sport management, history, geography, and policy. The course will have an emphasis upon community impact, international collaboration (both between universities and students) and digitalization; goals which cohere with the strategic priorities of the faculty.

Learning outcome
Knowledge
The candidate:
• Will have knowledge at the of key research themes and debates on the social and cultural dimensions of sport, such as on social divisions, identity, and global processes.
• Will have expert knowledge of how these themes and debates relate to culture, meaning, power, technology, cultural production, and cultural politics.
• Will have specialist knowledge of several central theories and methods, and key substantive and empirical studies, within these fields of research.
• Will be able to critically examine the relevance of methodology and be able to communicate skillfully the knowledge they have developed.
• Will be able to comprehend ethical challenges related to ecologically responsible research in sport, culture and society.

Skills:
• Can apply their knowledge and skills from the course in order to identify, explore and solve complex problems and issues in relation to sport, society and culture.
• Can use creative, logical and intuitive thinking and particular methods and tools of research.
• Can carry out research of a high international standard in the field of sport, culture and society.

Competencies:
• The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) defines competence in terms of responsibility and autonomy. This course specifically aims to fulfil this ambition by encouraging free, critical thought, discussion, debate and student-led learning.
• It is of particular importance that PhD students will have an improved scholarly ability to carry out their own research projects and take part in public and academic debates.
• Can ethically, innovatively and creatively manage complex interdisciplinary research development with perspectives on sport, society and culture.

Target group
The course is aimed at social scientists from across the spectrum. This will include those working in the field of sociology, psychology, pedagogy, sport management, policy, geography, and history.

Students must have previously obtained a Master’s degree, or else be registered upon a PhD programme at the time of the course.

Teaching and learning methods
The main teaching component of the course will consist of a full five days of lectures, workshops and seminars delivered by academic staff from participating universities. Students are expected to attend at least 80% of the course lectures and seminars, and to participate actively in them.

In addition, interactive workshops, covering subjects such as research methods and publishing, will enable students to discuss their projects with lecturers and fellow students. Every PhD student should present a paper for discussion and participate actively in seminar discussions. Academic staff will primarily be the supervisors of the PhD students and will be responsible for assessing the students’ final scientific essays/critical reflection essays.

Students will also receive practical advice and guidance on writing up their projects, and on how to write for publication in academic books, journals, and other media.

The course will provide the basis for the development of long-term international research networks involving PhD students and more established scholars and researchers in the field of sport science.

Lecturers
External Lecturers
Professor Josef Fahlén is employed at the Department of Education, Umeå University, Sweden.

Professor Richard Giulianotti is the UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development, and a Professor of Sociology, at Loughborough University. He is also a Professor II in the Sociology of Sport at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

Tommy Langseth is Professor of Sport and Society at the University of South Eastern Norway. Prof. Langseth has coordinated the present course previously, and is expert in lifestyle sport and risk.

Professor Astrid Schubring has been Professor of Sports Sociology at the DSHS Cologne since April 2023 and head of the sports sociology department at the Institute for Sociology and Gender Research.

Professor Ã…se Strandbu, NIH, Norway

Anne Tjønndal is Professor of Sociology of Sport at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSV) - Nord University, Norway. She currently works as Head of Department for Leadership and Innovation. Anne is also a Visiting Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Gareth McNarry is a lecturer in Sport Coaching in the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

Associate Professor Signe Højbjerre, University of Southern Denmark

Associate Professor Verena Lenneis, Aalborg University, Denmark

Internal Lecturers
Associate Professor Adam B. Evans is course coordinator, and is currently employed at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports (NEXS), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, as a sociologist of sport and health.

Associate Professor Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, NEXS

Associate Professor Glen Nielsen, NEXS

Associate Professor Helle Winther, NEXS

Associate Professor Ulrik Wagner, NEXS

Workload
• Preparation: 80 hours
• Lectures: 40
• Class Instruction: 4
• Practical exercises: 8
• Theoretical exercises: 8

Remarks
As a pan-Nordic collaboration, the course has been running for a number of years hosted by several Universities, including the University of South-Eastern Norway, University of Tübingen, and Umeå University. Consequently, the course has a long-established participant base, and aligns with PhD education programmes from across the region and beyond.
The course is also aligned to the European Sociology of Sport Association (EASS), upon whose board several of the course organisers and visiting experts sit. It is therefore aligned with key international fields of interest in the specific area of study. The course will be co-funded by this association, with whom Dr. Evans is editor in Chief for the association’s journal (European Journal for Sport and Society).

Type of assessment
Two forms of assessment will be used to ensure that the learning outcome is achieved. In part, a mandatory attendance of 80% is required. Within this framework, they will have to discuss their own projects with fellow students and teachers, preferably in the form of a presentation, which then forms the basis upon which to write an essay. This short scientific essay (4,000 words) will discuss how concepts covered in the course relate to their own research. Active participation in the seminar discussions is required in order to complete this element of the assessment. The essay is graded as "Pass" or "Fail".

Course fee
Students must cover their own costs for attending the course, including costs for travel, accommodation, and evening meals.

The registration fee for the course will be 100 Euro (750 DKK Approx.). This will cover the cost of lunch and snacks and one course dinner during the course.

Course location
Nørre Campus, University of Copenhagen; AB Bygningen and Nørre Alle 53

Deadline for registration is the 1st October 2024.
Requirements include evidence of registration on a PhD course.

Course responsible Adam B. Evans, abe@nexs.ku.dk.
Contact person Helle Rudolph Jensen, hrj@nexs.ku.dk.

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