Presentation

Daniel Svensson is Associate Professor in Sport Science at the Department of Sports Sciences. Svensson has a PhD in History and his research has a focus on knowledge production in sport and outdoor life, often relating to environmental issues. His doctoral thesis investigated the scientization of training methods in endurance sports and meetings between scientific and experiential knowledge. In his current research projects, Svensson studies the history and management of elite sport education in Sweden, sustainability and environmental issues relating to the sport and outdoor movement in Sweden, and Swedish hiking trails in relation to sustainability and cultural heritage. Daniel Svensson is an engaged and experienced teacher and has worked with seminars, lectures, excursions and course design in a number of courses at Malmö University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg.