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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.
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Programme, Grundnivå | 180 hp
Idrottsvetenskapligt program : Fysisk aktivitet och hälsa
28 augusti, 2023 - 7 juni, 2026Open for application -
Programme, Grundnivå | 180 hp
Idrottsvetenskapligt program : Sport Management
28 augusti, 2023 - 7 juni, 2026Open for application -
Programme, Grundnivå | 270 hp
Ämneslärarutbildning : Grundskolans årskurs 7-9, förstaämne Idrott, 240 - 270 hp
28 augusti, 2023 - 16 januari, 2028Open for application -
Programme, Grundnivå | 300 hp
Ämneslärarutbildning : Gymnasieskolan, förstaämne Idrott
28 augusti, 2023 - 4 juni, 2028Open for application
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Programme, Master’s level | 60 credits
Sport Sciences: Sport in Society, Master's Programme (One-Year)
28 August, 2023 - 2 June, 2024Open for application -
Programme, Master’s level | 120 credits
Sport Sciences: Sport in Society, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
28 August, 2023 - 8 June, 2025Open for application
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
Annika Ahlberg - Lecturer
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Staff
Torbjörn Andersson - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Staff
Karin Andersson - Doctoral student
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JAStaff
Joacim Andersson - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
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Staff
Jyri Backman - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Klara Boije af Gennäs - Doctoral student
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Staff
Karin Book - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Lovisa Broms - Doctoral student
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Staff
Johan Carlsson - Doctoral student
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Staff
Aurélien Daudi - Doctoral student
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Staff
Mikael Derakhti - Doctoral student
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JEStaff
Jan-Eric Ekberg - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Kjell Eriksson - Editor
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Staff
Anna Fabri - Senior lecturer/Head of department
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Staff
Sverker Fryklund - Lecturer
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Staff
Anna Funke - Doctoral student/Lecturer
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Staff
Stephen Garland - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Susanna Hedenborg - Professor
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Staff
Maria Howding - Doctoral student/Lecturer
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Staff
Alexander Jansson - Doctoral student/Lecturer
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Staff
Anna-Maria Jennerheim Hellborg - Project researcher/Lecturer
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Staff
Veronica Jägerbrink - Doctoral student
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Kutte Jönsson - Associate Professor
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Sara Karlén - Doctoral student
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Marie Larneby - Senior lecturer
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Matilda Lindberg - Doctoral student
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Staff
Sepandarmaz Mashregehi - Lecturer
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Torun Mattsson - Senior lecturer/Vice Dean
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KMStaff
Karin Moesch - 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/Senior lecturer
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TPStaff
Tomas Peterson - Associate Professor/Professor emeritus
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ARStaff
Aage Radmann - Senior lecturer
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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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Christian Tolstrup Jensen - Lecturer
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Jenny Vikman - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Emelie Wiklund - Doctoral student
emelie.wiklund@mau.se
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2023 | Chapter in book
School Sport Education and Sustainability: Towards Ecological and Inclusive Student-Athletes?
Marie Larneby
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2023 | Article in journal
Nordic football: local and global impact, influences and images
Torbjörn Andersson, Bo Carlsson, Hans K. Hognestad
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2023 | Conference paper
Dancing with digital tools: Discourses on teaching and learning in school-age educare in Sweden
Torun Mattsson, Märtha Pastorek Gripson
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2023 | Article in journal
Will to power: Revaluating (female) empowerment in ‘fitspiration’
Aurélien Daudi
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2023 | Article, book review
Spinoza: Fiction and Manipulation in Civic Education, by Johan Dahlbeck, Springer Singapore, 2021, 90 pp., USD59.85 (e-book), ISBN 978-981-16-7124-1
Aurélien Daudi
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2023 | Article in journal
Improving a Swedish health practice for refugees through participatory action research: potentials and constraints
Anna Fabri, Anna Jobér
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2022 | Article in journal
Extracurricular Acitivities in School: Students' Attitudes and Experiences
Veronica Jägerbrink, Joakim Glaser, Anna Hafsteinsson Östenberg
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2022 | Article in journal
COVID-19-related impact on mental health and career uncertainty in student-athletes-Data from a cohort of 7,025 athletes in an elite sport high school system in Sweden
Anders Håkansson, Karin Moesch, Göran Kenttä
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2022 | Book
Pathways: Exploring the Routes of a Movement Heritage
Daniel Svensson, Katarina Saltzman, Sverker Sörlin
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2022 | Chapter in book
Movement Heritage and Path Dependence: Layering the Past
Daniel Svensson, Katarina Saltzman, Sverker Sörlin
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Research project
Movement subject knowledge in physical education teacher education
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Research project
Movements and Transitions in Everyday School Life
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Research project
Voices from a Sports World during Lockdown - The Corona Crises as a possibility for change
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Research project
Elite athletes as parents – the structural and financial challenges of family planning
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Research project
Mistra Sport and Outdoors
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Too young to ride? A study of riding school activities for pre-school children from safety and horse welfare perspectives
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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
Sport sciences
Research subject: Sports Sciences

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