How does sport reflect our society – and vice versa? Researchers at Malmö University are investigating elite sport, fan culture, children’s participation in sport and mental health. With a social science perspective, they are scrutinising football and the conditions surrounding sport.

Sport, sustainability and a changing society

Daniel Svensson.

Football’s global expansion is attracting millions of fans – and the growing burden of travel is making the sport increasingly unsustainable. A new study shows that football’s carbon footprint is now approaching that of an entire country. Daniel Svensson, senior lecturer in sports management, writes in The Conversation.

For successful elite athletes, sporting performance is important for their self-esteem. But when does performance-based self-esteem go from being helpful to becoming a problem? Find out the results of a new study by Anna Funke, a PhD student in sports science.

The Winter Olympics in Milan–Cortina show that a “dispersed, multinodal model” where the games are adapted to the landscape instead of the other way around, reduces construction needs, environmental impact, and long-term costs. Read the article by Karin Book, associate professor of sports science, in The Conversation.

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