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Department of Sports Sciences
Sports Sciences
The Department of Sports Sciences offers a broad range of courses and programmes in an interdisciplinary environment, with sports at the core. Our programmes and courses combine theoretical knowledge with practical understanding and competence to act.
Education at Sports Sciences
The Department of Sports Sciences offers several sports-related programmes, as well as physical education teacher training and master’s programmes. The department also offers a number of freestanding courses and third-cycle studies in a vibrant and successful sports sciences research environment that encompasses a variety of specialisations, with an emphasis on the field of social sciences. Our programmes and courses prepare students for working with sports in a broad social context.
Student collaboration – a mutual opportunity
In order to contribute to developing skills for a wide-ranging labour market, we stimulate organisations to collaborate with our students in various forms. In our physical education teacher training programme, this takes place in the regulated form of work placements.
We will tailor student collaboration to your needs, using various types of work placements and mentorship throughout the study programme, projects and degree project.
Contact collaboration coordinator Aage Radmann to discuss the possibilities.
Sports research closely linked to the community
Our research is interdisciplinary and maintains a high level of social relevance. Our point of departure is that social aspects – such as gender equality, socioeconomics and cultural diversity – will always impact on sport, while at the same time the importance of sport is such that it must inevitably have a corresponding impact on society.
The department offers a well-developed collaborative network in the field of sports, with research and development projects conducted in collaboration with a number of sports-related stakeholders in the community.
Researchers, publications and research projects
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Staff
Torbjörn Andersson - Senior lecturer
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JAStaff
Joacim Andersson - Associate Professor
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Staff
Jyri Backman - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Karin Book - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Lovisa Broms - Doctoral student
lovisa.broms@mau.se -
JCStaff
Johan Carlsson - Doctoral student
johan.j.carlsson@mau.se -
ADStaff
Aurélien Daudi - Doctoral student
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JEStaff
Jan-Eric Ekberg - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Kjell Eriksson - Editor
kjell.eriksson@mau.se -
Staff
Anna Fabri - Senior lecturer
anna.fabri@mau.se -
Staff
Sverker Fryklund - Lecturer
sverker.fryklund@mau.se -
Staff
Stephen Garland - Senior lecturer
stephen.garland@mau.se -
Staff
Amitava Halder - Lecturer
amitava.halder@mau.se -
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Susanna Hedenborg - Professor
susanna.hedenborg@mau.se -
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Maria Howding - Doctoral student/Lecturer
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Staff
Alexander Jansson - Doctoral student
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Staff
Anna-Maria Jennerheim Hellborg - Project researcher/Lecturer
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Staff
Kutte Jönsson - Associate Professor
kutte.jonsson@mau.se -
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Marie Larneby - Senior lecturer
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ILStaff
Isak Lidström - Postdoc
isak.lidstrom@mau.se -
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Matilda Lindberg - Doctoral student
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Staff
Mikael Londos - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Sepandarmaz Mashreghi - Lecturer
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TMStaff
Torun Mattsson - Head of department/Senior lecturer
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Staff
Leah Monsees - Doctoral student
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Staff
Johan Norberg - Professor
johan.norberg@mau.se -
GNStaff
Gun Normark - Lecturer/Assistant head of dep.
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Staff
Thomas Persson - Associate Professor
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TPStaff
Tomas Peterson - Senior Professor
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ARStaff
Aage Radmann - Senior lecturer
aage.radmann@mau.se -
Staff
Sofia Sebelius - Doctoral student
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CSStaff
Camilla Strömberg - Doctoral student
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Staff
Daniel Svensson - Associate senior lecturer
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Staff
Jenny Vikman - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Emelie Wiklund - Doctoral student
emelie.wiklund@mau.se
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2022 | Article in journal
Where does environmental sustainability fit in the changing landscapes of outdoor sports?: An analysis of logics of practice in artificial sport landscapes
Erik Backman, Daniel Svensson
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2022 | Article, book review
Norwegian book tackles the difficult questions surrounding sustainability in sports: Review of Idrett og bærekraft: Perspektiver på miljø- og samfunnsansvar i idrettens organisasjoner (Dag Vidar Hanstad, Morten Renslo Sandvik & Anna-Maria Strittmatter, eds.)
Daniel Svensson
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2022 | Article in journal
How much circus is allowed?: Challenges and hindrances when embracing risk in physical education
Matilda Lindberg, Torun Mattsson
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2022 | Article in journal
'We support football in our heart': female football fandom in Iran
Zahra Termeh Eskandari
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2022 | Article in journal
Introduction: female fandom studies in a global perspective
Aage Radmann, Susanna Hedenborg
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2022 | Chapter in book
Public Persona and Horse(wo)manship in the Life Stories of Linde Klinckowström von Rosen and Ulla Håkansson
Susanna Hedenborg
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2022 | Article in journal
Global challenges and innovations in sport: effects of Covid-19 on sport
Susanna Hedenborg, Daniel Svensson, Aage Radmann
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2022 | Article in journal
Segregated femininities?: Creating female fandom through social media in Sweden
Aage Radmann, Manon Hedenborg White, Susanna Hedenborg
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2022 | Article in journal
The Culture of Narcissism: A Philosophical Analysis of "Fitspiration" and the Objectified Self
Aurélien Daudi
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2022 | Article in journal
New spatial practices in organised sport following COVID-19: the Swedish case
Karin Book, Susanna Hedenborg, Karin Andersson
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Research project
Movements and Transitions in Everyday School Life
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Research project
Young Leaders
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Research project
Sustainable leadership
susanna.hedenborg@mau.se -
Research project
Voices from a Sports World during Lockdown - The Corona Crises as a possibility for change
susanna.hedenborg@mau.se -
Research project
Elite athletes as parents – the structural and financial challenges of family planning
anna.maria.hellborg@mau.se -
Research project
Mistra Sport and Outdoors
susanna.hedenborg@mau.se -
Research project
Too young to ride? A study of riding school activities for pre-school children from safety and horse welfare perspectives
susanna.hedenborg@mau.se -
Research project
Stable Cultures in Cyberspace
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Research project
Learning to exercise: the role of upper-secondary schools for elite athletes in the development of training for cross-country skiing
daniel.svensson@mau.se
Research subject: Sports Sciences

Sport Science at Malmö University is focused on sport in society.