San José State University
San Jose, California
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION AVAILABILITY
Subject to Budgetary Approval
Chair, Department of Kinesiology
Job Opening ID (JOID): 22663
Rank: Professor
The Department of Kinesiology at San José State University seeks an energetic and creative leader who will advance the department’s vision of being “dynamic leaders on the cutting edge of innovative physical activity, sport, and fitness,” and who has a commitment to student success and excellence in applied research and professional practice.
Qualifications:
The candidate will have a doctorate in Kinesiology or related discipline from an accredited university, and a strong record of scholarship, teaching, and professional achievement sufficient to merit a tenured appointment as Professor. The candidate will possess strong management and leadership skills, excellent communication and mentorship abilities, and a demonstrated ability to lead strategic planning and innovatively implement projects and programs. Candidate must have demonstrated ability to foster a collegial organizational climate and have had experience in multicultural environments working with highly diverse faculty, students, and staff. Successful applicants will have awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experiences.
Responsibilities:
The Chair will be responsible for advancing the mission and strategic directions of the Department of Kinesiology at San José State University at the local, state, national, and international levels. The Chair is the administrative and academic leader of the department and is ultimately responsible for curricula, new program development, administering and monitoring the departmental budget, attending to personnel matters, providing accreditation leadership, maintaining an effective record of teaching and scholarly activities, promoting community engagement, the development of collaborative and interdisciplinary activity in research, teaching and instruction, and for assisting in the management and development of financial resources. The Chair will also be responsible for representing and promoting the Department within the College of Applied Sciences and Arts and San José State University, and to the various kinesiology professional communities, including advocacy of the needs and interests of students, faculty and staff. The Chair will oversee work at the Timpany Center, a county-owned facility 4 miles from campus, for community members who are older and/or have a disability.
About the Department:
The department offers bachelor’s and master’s programs that are appropriately accredited. Concentrations at the master’s level include: athletic training, exercise physiology, sport studies, sport management, and a general program. The department is one of ten professional programs in the College of Applied Sciences Arts, the largest and one of the most innovative colleges on campus. The Kinesiology Department has approximately 1000 undergraduates, 125 graduate students, 16 tenured/tenure track and 50 part time instructors, 5 staff, extensive general education and contemporary physical activity classes. The Chair provides leadership and receives input from four program coordinators (activity, general education, undergraduate, graduate) and a part-time Associate Chair. Kinesiology faculty and students are actively involved in collaborative and interdisciplinary research and professional activities within the college and university, as well as locally, nationally, and internationally and place a high value on service to the university and in the community. The buildings housing Kinesiology are undergoing total renovation/modernization in 2013 and 2014. The Chair works cooperatively with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Associated Students regarding the shared use of these buildings.
Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Starting Date: July 1, 2014
Eligibility: Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Application Procedures:
For full consideration send a cover letter stating interest; a statement that includes teaching interests/philosophy and research plans; a detailed description of your vision for advancing the department’s mission, increasing student success, and promoting continued excellence in applied research and professional activities at the local, national, and international levels; a curriculum vitae; and the names of five references with contact information. Submit all documents electronically to Shirley Reekie, Chair of Search Committee, at shirley.reekie@sjsu.edu, by October 15, 2013, to:
Prof. Shirley Reekie, Chair, Search Committee,
Department of Kinesiology
College of Applied Sciences & Arts
San José State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0054
Please include Job Opening ID (JOID) on all correspondence.
San José State University is California’s oldest institution of public higher learning. The campus is located on the southern end of San Francisco Bay in downtown San Jose (Pop. 945,942), hub of the world-famous Silicon Valley high-technology research and development center. Many of California’s most popular national, recreational, and cultural attractions are conveniently close. A member of the 23-campus CSU system, San José State University enrolls approximately 29,000 students, a significant percentage of whom are members of minority groups. The University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.
San José State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to nondiscrimination on the bases of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender status, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, or covered veteran status consistent with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all San José State University students, faculty, and staff as well as University programs and activities. Reasonable accommodations are made for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose. Note that all San José State University employees are considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
The latest San José State University Safety 101 Uniform Campus Crime and Security Report is available. You may request a copy of San José State University’s annual safety report by contacting the University Police Department at (408) 924-2222 or by visiting the University Police Department website at http://www.sjsu.edu/police.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
CFP: Fifth International Conference on Sport and Society
Fifth International Conference on Sport and Society
UNIVERSO, Niteroi
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16-17 July, 2014
Conference Focus
The Sport and Society knowledge community is brought together by a common concern for scientific policy and strategic perspective in sport and society.
We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia (See Proposal Types), addressing one of the following themes through the lense of the intersection of Sport and Society:
For more information about the ideas and themes underlying this community, see Our Focus. Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic areas will also be considered.
Virtual participation is available for those who are unable to attend the conference in person. Proposals for virtual presentations may be submitted at any time, up to the start of the conference. All conference registrants (in-person and virtual) may also submit their written papers for publication in the journal that supports this knowledge community.
Submit a Conference Proposal
To learn more about preparing and submitting your conference proposal, including guidelines, deadlines, and "how-to" information, go to Submitting Your Work: Conference Presentations.
Conference Details
To learn more about the conference, including speakers, session formats, venue, registration, and the like, stay in The Conference section of the website and use the navigation bar on the left to access desired information.
Sport and Society in Rio de Janeiro
The Sport and Society conference is hosted by UNIVERSO - Universidade Salgado de Oliveira in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. The conference is excited to visit Rio de Janeiro mere days after the exciting conclusion to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It is a prime time to explore the relationship of sport and society through our many thematic lenses, and especially the influence of Sport and Development, which is one of our special themes for the 2014 event.
UNIVERSO, Niteroi
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16-17 July, 2014
Conference Focus
The Sport and Society knowledge community is brought together by a common concern for scientific policy and strategic perspective in sport and society.
We are inviting proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia (See Proposal Types), addressing one of the following themes through the lense of the intersection of Sport and Society:
- Sporting Cultures and Identities
- Sports Education
- Sport and Health
- Sports Management and Commercialization
- Special Focus for 2014: Sport and Development
For more information about the ideas and themes underlying this community, see Our Focus. Proposal ideas that extend beyond these thematic areas will also be considered.
Virtual participation is available for those who are unable to attend the conference in person. Proposals for virtual presentations may be submitted at any time, up to the start of the conference. All conference registrants (in-person and virtual) may also submit their written papers for publication in the journal that supports this knowledge community.
Submit a Conference Proposal
To learn more about preparing and submitting your conference proposal, including guidelines, deadlines, and "how-to" information, go to Submitting Your Work: Conference Presentations.
Conference Details
To learn more about the conference, including speakers, session formats, venue, registration, and the like, stay in The Conference section of the website and use the navigation bar on the left to access desired information.
Sport and Society in Rio de Janeiro
The Sport and Society conference is hosted by UNIVERSO - Universidade Salgado de Oliveira in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. The conference is excited to visit Rio de Janeiro mere days after the exciting conclusion to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It is a prime time to explore the relationship of sport and society through our many thematic lenses, and especially the influence of Sport and Development, which is one of our special themes for the 2014 event.
CFP: Producing sporting performance - Sociologie du Travail (France)
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The periodical Sociologie du Travail occasionally publishes themed numbers based on a public and open call for contributions, coordinated by a team made up of external colleagues and members of the editorial board.
The upcoming special number of Sociologie du travail will cover research on the production of sports performance, with the aim of offering a diversity of sociological viewpoints on this form of work which go beyond mere criticism of sports marketing. In this approach, research questions to potential contributors are identified as avenues for exploration that are open and not mutually exclusive. Here, these questions relate to four major lines of investigation.
Producing sporting performance
Coordination: Olivier Aubel, Didier Demazière, Olivier Le Noé, Fabien Ohl, Catherine Paradeise
Contribution proposals should take the form of a text of 8000 to 10,000 characters (excluding bibliography). They must be e-mailed to the assistant editor of the journal socio.dutravail@sciences-po.fr before 30 October 2013.
There has been fairly extensive sociological research done since the late 1990s on activity in the sports sector. In France, much of this work has focused on subjects such as the professionalisation of sports organisations, athletes’ careers, the emerging outlines of a job market in sport, or careers for university graduates in sports sciences. This research has coincided with the emergence of a structured professional “sports” sector and has largely concentrated on professions in sport, in particular the identification of specifically sports-related skills. At international level, researchers, particularly in the English-speaking world, have focused more on sexual and racial discrimination in access to the sports employment markets, and on the globalisation of these markets and its effects, exploring issues such as migration amongst sports workers.
In this relatively rich field of research, the work involved in producing performance – in the sense of competition-oriented practice – has been less widely investigated, despite the fact that classifications and hierarchies lie at the heart of the worlds of sport. Such research as has been done on this topic of the production of performance has taken a largely critical perspective, looking at the different ways in which that production is subordinated to the activity of athletes.
This call for contributions arises out of this recognition of the situation of sociological research on sports work. The objective of the forthcoming special issue of Sociologie du travail is to cover research that focuses on the production of performance, in order to provide a diversity of sociological viewpoints on these labour-intensive activities and to go beyond a simple critique of the marketing of sports activity. In this approach, the research questions proposed to contributors are identified as open and not mutually exclusive avenues for exploration. Here, they are formulated around four major axes.
1. Organisation of the work and production of performance
Performance in sport is often individually embodied in the figure of the champion. However, producing performance demands organised work to which many actors and institutions contribute. Who does what, with whom and how to prepare athletes for competition, recruit them, train them, treat them, fund them or create their media profile? Is it possible to identify the division of roles, the alliances, the conflicts and the hierarchies that emerge with varying degrees of clarity between the different bodies, professional or otherwise, involved in producing performance (trainers, agents, doctors, managers, as well as family, friends, etc.)? How are the contributions of these different actors coordinated, whether in the detection and training of a potential elite athlete, or in the selection and differentiation of talents within the group? Another possible question concerns the mechanisms that make the collective nature of this process invisible, which focus the spotlight exclusively on the superstar and the exception. Other potential questions relate to the skills and qualifications that provide access to these professional groups, such as high-level experience of sport, scientific and technical expertise, etc.
2. Experience of the work and production of performance
Performance in sport is the outcome of long preparation, a mix of training and socialisation, commitment to learning processes and interpretation of specific experiences. Issues that could be explored here include the practice of physical preparation activities themselves, e.g. physiological care, but also the competitive arena itself, in particular the media profile of performances. How do athletes reconcile the two spheres of meaning in which their practices require them to operate: the world of high-level sport, which can often be precarious, and the “secular” world where their public entertainment is produced, funded, utilised and consumed, but where some also experience celebrity? The experience of the work in the production of performance can also be investigated through the processes of socialisation that accompany improvements in performance: what are their effects on the practices and representations of sports workers, how are these workers supported, managed or assisted in these processes? Another possible area of study could thus be the link between, on the one hand, the pleasure mechanisms associated with a form of work in which the body is the instrument, and on the other hand, the more painful experiences arising from intensive labour that places stress on bodies and minds.
3. Vagaries of the work and production of performance
Sports performance develops through processes that differ from one discipline to another, but all are marked by uncertainties and changes of fortune. Although objective, data-based research remains to be done on the subject, precariousness seems to be a feature of the careers of many athletes engaged in the production of performance. Are there ways to identify more effectively the uncertainties they face, the career interruptions, the flexibility of their working conditions and the fragility of their economic and legal status? In addition, is it possible to describe the practices and systems used to combat the vulnerabilities and vagaries inherent in preparing for competition? The degree to which public and private sports actors are aware of these multiple factors varies greatly. Some sports disciplines include career (and post-career) support policies, but in what do these consist and what impact do they have? What is the role of international, national or local sports organisations in regulating the process of training for sports performance?
4. The markets for sport and production of performance
Sports performance is valued in disparate ways, reflecting the conditions of heterogeneous labour markets. We therefore need a better understanding of these markets, which link the distinctive properties of athletes as workers with the symbolic and monetary rewards that express their value. What are the comparative tests through which differences in performance are perceived, consolidated or argued, and by what mechanisms are they recognised, rewarded or valued? How is the commensurability of exceptional sports performance established? Do the ways in which performance is valued amplify the differences and increase the inequalities through cumulative and self-reinforcing mechanisms? How does this “sports value exchange” differ from one discipline, country and level of competition to another? Is it possible to describe the mechanisms used to regulate this equivalencing process, the network of actors who preside over it? What conflicts are there about the definition of value, and what impact do they have, particularly with respect to the institutionalisation of the criteria used to assess the sporting qualities and properties that justify the rewards? How do changes in the practice and spectacle of sport affect the economics of the assessment of specific performances?
These four axes open up multiple pathways for research, which should lead to a better understanding of the conditions, mechanisms, demands and consequences of the production of sports performance. The papers proposed should make a significant contribution to this central question, which is not confined to the issue of professionalism, developed to a different degree in different sports. Contributors are therefore asked not to confine their investigation only to so-called professional athletes. In fact, the term “sham professionalism” shows that paid athletes are not the only ones prepared to do the work needed to achieve high-level performance. In addition, research should not be restricted to sports practitioners alone; although they are often the ones in the spotlight, performance needs to be approached as a collective production. So it is important to explore the ecology of that performance and the contributions of the multiple actors (professionals, institutions, media, sponsors, spectators, family and friends, etc.), in other words to understand the athlete as a component in this productive and reproductive system. Finally, the objective of this number of the journal, with its focus on sports performance, is to take account of the variety of the ways in which the organisation, the experiences, the vagaries and the markets of the performance process are configured, by bringing together contributions on a wide range of sporting disciplines.
Potential contributors should describe their research subject and its relation to the literature, the empirical study, the materials used and the nature of the findings.
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The procedure is a three-stage process:
1. Contribution proposals should take the form of a text of 8000 to 10,000 characters (excluding bibliography). They must be e-mailed to the assistant editor of the journal before 30 October 2013.
2. The shortlist will be established by the coordinators, and distributed no later than 15 December 2013.
3. Authors whose proposals have been shortlisted should send their article (max 75,000 characters) to the sub-editor no later than 15 March 2014. The articles will be anonymously reviewed under the usual conditions by the journal’s editorial committee.
Assistant editor: socio.dutravail@sciences-po.fr
Coordination : Olivier Aubel, Didier Demazière, Olivier Le Noé, Fabien Ohl, Catherine Paradeise.
The periodical Sociologie du Travail occasionally publishes themed numbers based on a public and open call for contributions, coordinated by a team made up of external colleagues and members of the editorial board.
The upcoming special number of Sociologie du travail will cover research on the production of sports performance, with the aim of offering a diversity of sociological viewpoints on this form of work which go beyond mere criticism of sports marketing. In this approach, research questions to potential contributors are identified as avenues for exploration that are open and not mutually exclusive. Here, these questions relate to four major lines of investigation.
Producing sporting performance
Coordination: Olivier Aubel, Didier Demazière, Olivier Le Noé, Fabien Ohl, Catherine Paradeise
Contribution proposals should take the form of a text of 8000 to 10,000 characters (excluding bibliography). They must be e-mailed to the assistant editor of the journal socio.dutravail@sciences-po.fr before 30 October 2013.
There has been fairly extensive sociological research done since the late 1990s on activity in the sports sector. In France, much of this work has focused on subjects such as the professionalisation of sports organisations, athletes’ careers, the emerging outlines of a job market in sport, or careers for university graduates in sports sciences. This research has coincided with the emergence of a structured professional “sports” sector and has largely concentrated on professions in sport, in particular the identification of specifically sports-related skills. At international level, researchers, particularly in the English-speaking world, have focused more on sexual and racial discrimination in access to the sports employment markets, and on the globalisation of these markets and its effects, exploring issues such as migration amongst sports workers.
In this relatively rich field of research, the work involved in producing performance – in the sense of competition-oriented practice – has been less widely investigated, despite the fact that classifications and hierarchies lie at the heart of the worlds of sport. Such research as has been done on this topic of the production of performance has taken a largely critical perspective, looking at the different ways in which that production is subordinated to the activity of athletes.
This call for contributions arises out of this recognition of the situation of sociological research on sports work. The objective of the forthcoming special issue of Sociologie du travail is to cover research that focuses on the production of performance, in order to provide a diversity of sociological viewpoints on these labour-intensive activities and to go beyond a simple critique of the marketing of sports activity. In this approach, the research questions proposed to contributors are identified as open and not mutually exclusive avenues for exploration. Here, they are formulated around four major axes.
1. Organisation of the work and production of performance
Performance in sport is often individually embodied in the figure of the champion. However, producing performance demands organised work to which many actors and institutions contribute. Who does what, with whom and how to prepare athletes for competition, recruit them, train them, treat them, fund them or create their media profile? Is it possible to identify the division of roles, the alliances, the conflicts and the hierarchies that emerge with varying degrees of clarity between the different bodies, professional or otherwise, involved in producing performance (trainers, agents, doctors, managers, as well as family, friends, etc.)? How are the contributions of these different actors coordinated, whether in the detection and training of a potential elite athlete, or in the selection and differentiation of talents within the group? Another possible question concerns the mechanisms that make the collective nature of this process invisible, which focus the spotlight exclusively on the superstar and the exception. Other potential questions relate to the skills and qualifications that provide access to these professional groups, such as high-level experience of sport, scientific and technical expertise, etc.
2. Experience of the work and production of performance
Performance in sport is the outcome of long preparation, a mix of training and socialisation, commitment to learning processes and interpretation of specific experiences. Issues that could be explored here include the practice of physical preparation activities themselves, e.g. physiological care, but also the competitive arena itself, in particular the media profile of performances. How do athletes reconcile the two spheres of meaning in which their practices require them to operate: the world of high-level sport, which can often be precarious, and the “secular” world where their public entertainment is produced, funded, utilised and consumed, but where some also experience celebrity? The experience of the work in the production of performance can also be investigated through the processes of socialisation that accompany improvements in performance: what are their effects on the practices and representations of sports workers, how are these workers supported, managed or assisted in these processes? Another possible area of study could thus be the link between, on the one hand, the pleasure mechanisms associated with a form of work in which the body is the instrument, and on the other hand, the more painful experiences arising from intensive labour that places stress on bodies and minds.
3. Vagaries of the work and production of performance
Sports performance develops through processes that differ from one discipline to another, but all are marked by uncertainties and changes of fortune. Although objective, data-based research remains to be done on the subject, precariousness seems to be a feature of the careers of many athletes engaged in the production of performance. Are there ways to identify more effectively the uncertainties they face, the career interruptions, the flexibility of their working conditions and the fragility of their economic and legal status? In addition, is it possible to describe the practices and systems used to combat the vulnerabilities and vagaries inherent in preparing for competition? The degree to which public and private sports actors are aware of these multiple factors varies greatly. Some sports disciplines include career (and post-career) support policies, but in what do these consist and what impact do they have? What is the role of international, national or local sports organisations in regulating the process of training for sports performance?
4. The markets for sport and production of performance
Sports performance is valued in disparate ways, reflecting the conditions of heterogeneous labour markets. We therefore need a better understanding of these markets, which link the distinctive properties of athletes as workers with the symbolic and monetary rewards that express their value. What are the comparative tests through which differences in performance are perceived, consolidated or argued, and by what mechanisms are they recognised, rewarded or valued? How is the commensurability of exceptional sports performance established? Do the ways in which performance is valued amplify the differences and increase the inequalities through cumulative and self-reinforcing mechanisms? How does this “sports value exchange” differ from one discipline, country and level of competition to another? Is it possible to describe the mechanisms used to regulate this equivalencing process, the network of actors who preside over it? What conflicts are there about the definition of value, and what impact do they have, particularly with respect to the institutionalisation of the criteria used to assess the sporting qualities and properties that justify the rewards? How do changes in the practice and spectacle of sport affect the economics of the assessment of specific performances?
These four axes open up multiple pathways for research, which should lead to a better understanding of the conditions, mechanisms, demands and consequences of the production of sports performance. The papers proposed should make a significant contribution to this central question, which is not confined to the issue of professionalism, developed to a different degree in different sports. Contributors are therefore asked not to confine their investigation only to so-called professional athletes. In fact, the term “sham professionalism” shows that paid athletes are not the only ones prepared to do the work needed to achieve high-level performance. In addition, research should not be restricted to sports practitioners alone; although they are often the ones in the spotlight, performance needs to be approached as a collective production. So it is important to explore the ecology of that performance and the contributions of the multiple actors (professionals, institutions, media, sponsors, spectators, family and friends, etc.), in other words to understand the athlete as a component in this productive and reproductive system. Finally, the objective of this number of the journal, with its focus on sports performance, is to take account of the variety of the ways in which the organisation, the experiences, the vagaries and the markets of the performance process are configured, by bringing together contributions on a wide range of sporting disciplines.
Potential contributors should describe their research subject and its relation to the literature, the empirical study, the materials used and the nature of the findings.
*******************
The procedure is a three-stage process:
1. Contribution proposals should take the form of a text of 8000 to 10,000 characters (excluding bibliography). They must be e-mailed to the assistant editor of the journal before 30 October 2013.
2. The shortlist will be established by the coordinators, and distributed no later than 15 December 2013.
3. Authors whose proposals have been shortlisted should send their article (max 75,000 characters) to the sub-editor no later than 15 March 2014. The articles will be anonymously reviewed under the usual conditions by the journal’s editorial committee.
Assistant editor: socio.dutravail@sciences-po.fr
Coordination : Olivier Aubel, Didier Demazière, Olivier Le Noé, Fabien Ohl, Catherine Paradeise.
POSTGRAD: Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution
Enrolment Open
I am writing with excitement on behalf of the UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair to share that the second edition of our bilingual online Postgraduate and Master program in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution is now open for enrolment and seeking talented students to start this fall.
http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/campus_pau/formacio/fcb/index.html
The program brings together a team of internationally renowned specialists from the diverse fields of conflict resolution, international development, peace education, and sociology. It aims to explore the potential of sport as an agent of social cohesion and peace-building in volatile contexts, while equipping students with the knowledge and skills to design and implement projects for constructive change. Applicants are invited to enroll in one of two postgraduate programs, year-long each, or the entire two-year Master’s degree comprising the programs, and can choose between English and Spanish as their language of instruction.
We are happy to invite you to become a trainer for peace by joining our postgraduate or MA program and to help us spread the word about our initiative among your colleagues and friends. Please find more details in the attachment, and thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Claudia Solanes
Coordinator, MA Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution
UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair
Campus for Peace, Open University of Catalonia
csolanesr@uoc.edu
I am writing with excitement on behalf of the UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair to share that the second edition of our bilingual online Postgraduate and Master program in Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution is now open for enrolment and seeking talented students to start this fall.
http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/campus_pau/formacio/fcb/index.html
The program brings together a team of internationally renowned specialists from the diverse fields of conflict resolution, international development, peace education, and sociology. It aims to explore the potential of sport as an agent of social cohesion and peace-building in volatile contexts, while equipping students with the knowledge and skills to design and implement projects for constructive change. Applicants are invited to enroll in one of two postgraduate programs, year-long each, or the entire two-year Master’s degree comprising the programs, and can choose between English and Spanish as their language of instruction.
We are happy to invite you to become a trainer for peace by joining our postgraduate or MA program and to help us spread the word about our initiative among your colleagues and friends. Please find more details in the attachment, and thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Claudia Solanes
Coordinator, MA Sport for Social Coexistence and Conflict Resolution
UNESCO-FFCB-UOC Chair
Campus for Peace, Open University of Catalonia
csolanesr@uoc.edu
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
CFP: Youth Fooball Culture - Soccer and Society
Soccer and Society Special Issue on Youth Football Culture
Provisionally titled 'The Forgotten Game: Perspectives on Youth Football Culture' the purpose of the Special Issue is to examine the broad social, political and cultural processes associated with youth and junior football at sub-elite level. Whilst football receives significant academic attention, the existing body of knowledge is dominated overwhelmingly by a rather one-sided and, in many respects, misleading, focus on the elite level of the game, including the experiences of fans, players, owners and decision-makers. Indeed, several recent publications purporting to explore football in its entirety are limited to elite aspects of football. Given youth and junior football is arguably one of the most popular participatory sports globally, the dearth of theoretically- and empirically-informed research on youth football culture is particularly surprising. Indeed, in many countries around the world, children often first play the game informally before participating in organised football at school and in junior clubs, and adults (typically parents) undertake a variety of roles in organising, coaching and managing youth football, usually on a voluntary basis which sustains its development. Very little is known, however, about the experiences and motivations of those involved in youth football. International in scope, this Special Issue of Soccer and Society addresses this lacuna and will make an original contribution to knowledge by including contributions from academics and practitioners whose work examines the rich and diverse range of activity characteristic of youth football culture. Authors are encouraged to submit papers that are theory-driven, empirically-based, or position papers written from the full range of perspectives in the social sciences (e.g. sociology, political science, policy analysis, cultural studies, anthropology, management and organisation, etc) on topics such as, but not limited to, the following:
Schools football
Grassroots / junior club football
Disability football and vulnerable young people
Youth football, talent identification and the elite game
Coaches in youth football
The relationship between youth football and international development
The relationship between youth football and education
Welfare and Child Protection in youth football
Officiating and spectating in youth football
The family and youth football
Informal enquiries and abstracts of no more than 300 words outlining the potential focus, methods, theoretical framework and findings should be sent to the Guest Editor, Jimmy O'Gorman, by e-mail (Ogormanj@edgehill.ac.uk) by no later than July 19th 2013 for consideration for inclusion in the special issue.
Provisionally titled 'The Forgotten Game: Perspectives on Youth Football Culture' the purpose of the Special Issue is to examine the broad social, political and cultural processes associated with youth and junior football at sub-elite level. Whilst football receives significant academic attention, the existing body of knowledge is dominated overwhelmingly by a rather one-sided and, in many respects, misleading, focus on the elite level of the game, including the experiences of fans, players, owners and decision-makers. Indeed, several recent publications purporting to explore football in its entirety are limited to elite aspects of football. Given youth and junior football is arguably one of the most popular participatory sports globally, the dearth of theoretically- and empirically-informed research on youth football culture is particularly surprising. Indeed, in many countries around the world, children often first play the game informally before participating in organised football at school and in junior clubs, and adults (typically parents) undertake a variety of roles in organising, coaching and managing youth football, usually on a voluntary basis which sustains its development. Very little is known, however, about the experiences and motivations of those involved in youth football. International in scope, this Special Issue of Soccer and Society addresses this lacuna and will make an original contribution to knowledge by including contributions from academics and practitioners whose work examines the rich and diverse range of activity characteristic of youth football culture. Authors are encouraged to submit papers that are theory-driven, empirically-based, or position papers written from the full range of perspectives in the social sciences (e.g. sociology, political science, policy analysis, cultural studies, anthropology, management and organisation, etc) on topics such as, but not limited to, the following:
Schools football
Grassroots / junior club football
Disability football and vulnerable young people
Youth football, talent identification and the elite game
Coaches in youth football
The relationship between youth football and international development
The relationship between youth football and education
Welfare and Child Protection in youth football
Officiating and spectating in youth football
The family and youth football
Informal enquiries and abstracts of no more than 300 words outlining the potential focus, methods, theoretical framework and findings should be sent to the Guest Editor, Jimmy O'Gorman, by e-mail (Ogormanj@edgehill.ac.uk) by no later than July 19th 2013 for consideration for inclusion in the special issue.
Monday, June 24, 2013
CFP: Sport studies, research and development in the Caribbean
The University of the West Indies
Sport and Physical Education Centre
In collaboration with First Citizens Sports Foundation
CALL FOR PAPERS
SCIENCE, HIGHER EDUCATION, BUSINESS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO SPORT STUDIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
January 15-18, 2014
Globally, the last 25 years have witnessed a tremendous upsurge in the study of sport and its institutionalization as part of the system of higher education. This upsurge has been attributed to several major processes that include commercialization, professionalization, scientization and globalization which have been combined with the increasing use of sport as an element of public policy to deal with problems relating to health, violence, crime and social inclusion. While the pace and extent of these changes have varied across the world, within the Commonwealth Caribbean several degree, diploma and certificate programmes in the fields of sport management, coaching, sport medicine and sport tourism have been established at tertiary level education institutions over the last 15 years. Despite these developments, there remains a significant void with respect to a body of Caribbean oriented sport research and scholarship which connects to both the development of sport and the use of sport for development. In order to help fill this void as well as rationalize existing local initiatives in higher education, the University of the West Indies, in collaboration with the First Citizens Sports Foundation, will host its first conference on Sport and Higher Education from January 15 to 18 2014. We hereby invite the submission of abstracts as well as poster sessions for consideration to be presented at this conference. Papers should be substantive and may be either qualitative or quantitative or both and should focus on one of the following areas:
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted to the Conference Programme
Committee at sportstudiesconference@sta.uwi.edu by September 15, 2013. Submissions should
include the author’s name/s, affiliated institution and contact details. Authors will receive
notification of acceptance by September 30, 2013
Sport and Physical Education Centre
In collaboration with First Citizens Sports Foundation
CALL FOR PAPERS
SCIENCE, HIGHER EDUCATION, BUSINESS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO SPORT STUDIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
January 15-18, 2014
Globally, the last 25 years have witnessed a tremendous upsurge in the study of sport and its institutionalization as part of the system of higher education. This upsurge has been attributed to several major processes that include commercialization, professionalization, scientization and globalization which have been combined with the increasing use of sport as an element of public policy to deal with problems relating to health, violence, crime and social inclusion. While the pace and extent of these changes have varied across the world, within the Commonwealth Caribbean several degree, diploma and certificate programmes in the fields of sport management, coaching, sport medicine and sport tourism have been established at tertiary level education institutions over the last 15 years. Despite these developments, there remains a significant void with respect to a body of Caribbean oriented sport research and scholarship which connects to both the development of sport and the use of sport for development. In order to help fill this void as well as rationalize existing local initiatives in higher education, the University of the West Indies, in collaboration with the First Citizens Sports Foundation, will host its first conference on Sport and Higher Education from January 15 to 18 2014. We hereby invite the submission of abstracts as well as poster sessions for consideration to be presented at this conference. Papers should be substantive and may be either qualitative or quantitative or both and should focus on one of the following areas:
- The Sociology of Sport
- Academic Sport Programmes in the Caribbean
- Sport Management (funding, marketing, sponsorship, sport law, facility management)
- Sport Tourism
- Sport policy (elite vs. mass sport, formulation, implementation, evaluation)
- Governance in sport
- Sport and Gender
- Sport for development
- Sport Psychology
- Sport Science (injury, nutrition, physiotherapy, sports medicine, biomechanics)
- Student-athletes
- Coaching
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted to the Conference Programme
Committee at sportstudiesconference@sta.uwi.edu by September 15, 2013. Submissions should
include the author’s name/s, affiliated institution and contact details. Authors will receive
notification of acceptance by September 30, 2013
JOB: International Sport Management Adjunct - Drexel University
International Sport Management Adjunct
The Sport Management program in the Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel University seeks an outstanding adjunct faculty to teach courses in globalization of sport/international aspects of sport, and Olympic Games in an on campus and/or online format. Onsite teaching will take place at Drexel University’s main campus in Philadelphia, PA. Position is available for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Candidate must have a master’s degree in sport management, MBA, or closely related field; doctoral degree in the industry is preferred.
Additional desired characteristics and experience include:
· Experience teaching undergraduate and graduate level students
· Experience and knowledge using web based learning technologies
· Relevant industry experience
Interested applicants should email a cover letter and CV to: Laila Bey adjuncts@drexel.edu. Please put SMT in the subject line.
Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Goodwin College of Professional Studies is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.
The Sport Management program in the Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel University seeks an outstanding adjunct faculty to teach courses in globalization of sport/international aspects of sport, and Olympic Games in an on campus and/or online format. Onsite teaching will take place at Drexel University’s main campus in Philadelphia, PA. Position is available for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Candidate must have a master’s degree in sport management, MBA, or closely related field; doctoral degree in the industry is preferred.
Additional desired characteristics and experience include:
· Experience teaching undergraduate and graduate level students
· Experience and knowledge using web based learning technologies
· Relevant industry experience
Interested applicants should email a cover letter and CV to: Laila Bey adjuncts@drexel.edu. Please put SMT in the subject line.
Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Goodwin College of Professional Studies is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.
JOB: Sport and Leisure Cultures - University of Brighton
Position of Professor in Sport and Leisure Cultures at the University of Brighton.
The predominant purpose of this role is to contribute to the further development of the research culture in the school and the university including personal research and the leadership and development of others. The school has created a dynamic, flexible, interdisciplinary research environment and this post is expected to reflect and enhance that creative diversity.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 4 July 2013
The selection process for this post will take place on Friday 19 July 2013
Details of existing research activity, staff, facilities and output can be seen on our School website http://www.brighton.ac.uk/sasm/research/themes-and-groups/center-for-sports-research/sport-and-leisure-cultures/
Informal discussion or visit is welcomed and candidates are invited to contact Professor Jonathan Doust Head of School, Jo Doust (J.H.Doust@brighton.ac.uk) or Dr. Belinda Wheaton (B.wheaton@Brighton.ac.uk).
Job specification at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/humanresources/recruitment/EV3088.pdf
The predominant purpose of this role is to contribute to the further development of the research culture in the school and the university including personal research and the leadership and development of others. The school has created a dynamic, flexible, interdisciplinary research environment and this post is expected to reflect and enhance that creative diversity.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 4 July 2013
The selection process for this post will take place on Friday 19 July 2013
Details of existing research activity, staff, facilities and output can be seen on our School website http://www.brighton.ac.uk/sasm/research/themes-and-groups/center-for-sports-research/sport-and-leisure-cultures/
Informal discussion or visit is welcomed and candidates are invited to contact Professor Jonathan Doust Head of School, Jo Doust (J.H.Doust@brighton.ac.uk) or Dr. Belinda Wheaton (B.wheaton@Brighton.ac.uk).
Job specification at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/humanresources/recruitment/EV3088.pdf
PHD ScholaRSHIP: University of Copenhagen
Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD scholarship from august 2013
Project description:
This PhD project is part of the research in the Copenhagen Women Study funded by the University of Copenhagen 2016 initiative. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the effects of life style changes in form of physical activity interventions in various groups of women.
Please read more and aply online http://www.offentlige-stillinger.dk/sites/cfml/kbhuni/kbhuniVis.cfm?plugin=1&englishJobs=NO&nJobNo=214691&nLangNo=1
Project description:
This PhD project is part of the research in the Copenhagen Women Study funded by the University of Copenhagen 2016 initiative. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the effects of life style changes in form of physical activity interventions in various groups of women.
Please read more and aply online http://www.offentlige-stillinger.dk/sites/cfml/kbhuni/kbhuniVis.cfm?plugin=1&englishJobs=NO&nJobNo=214691&nLangNo=1
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
JOB: Sport (Social Sciences) - University of Bath (UK)
Teaching Fellow in Sport (Social Sciences) (fixed-term post)
Education
Salary: Starting from £30,424, rising to £36,298
Closing Date: Sunday 30 June 2013
Interview Date: Thursday 25 July 2013
Reference: CC1733
We are looking for a Teaching Fellow to contribute to the teaching and development of academic programmes at undergraduate level within the Department of Education. In particular, the Department wishes to appoint a Teaching Fellow who will contribute to the interdisciplinary social sciences of sport taught programmes.
While we welcome applications from any area of expertise in the socio-cultural aspects of sport/physical culture, we are particularly interested in applicants with strengths in: the sociology of sport, sport and cultural studies, sport policy, physical education/sport pedagogy, sport (and international) development, sport management, and research design. The appointee would deliver units across the BA Sport & Social Sciences programme and the Foundation degree and BSc degrees in Sports Performance.
This is a fixed term post from 1 September 2013 until 31 July 2014.
Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Dr Mike Silk (01225 384042 or m.silk@bath.ac.uk)
Further details:
Job Description & Person Specification
Background Information
Terms of Employment
Education
Salary: Starting from £30,424, rising to £36,298
Closing Date: Sunday 30 June 2013
Interview Date: Thursday 25 July 2013
Reference: CC1733
We are looking for a Teaching Fellow to contribute to the teaching and development of academic programmes at undergraduate level within the Department of Education. In particular, the Department wishes to appoint a Teaching Fellow who will contribute to the interdisciplinary social sciences of sport taught programmes.
While we welcome applications from any area of expertise in the socio-cultural aspects of sport/physical culture, we are particularly interested in applicants with strengths in: the sociology of sport, sport and cultural studies, sport policy, physical education/sport pedagogy, sport (and international) development, sport management, and research design. The appointee would deliver units across the BA Sport & Social Sciences programme and the Foundation degree and BSc degrees in Sports Performance.
This is a fixed term post from 1 September 2013 until 31 July 2014.
Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Dr Mike Silk (01225 384042 or m.silk@bath.ac.uk)
Further details:
Job Description & Person Specification
Background Information
Terms of Employment
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