Jan Ove Tangen Editor

Nils Asle Bergsgard is Professor inSport Sociology at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He currently holds a position as Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty for Humanities, Sports and Educational Sciences. His main research interests are in sport policy and sport facility policy.

Solfrid Bratland-Sanda is Associate Professor in Sport Sciences at University of South-Eastern Norway. Her main research interests are physical activity, exercise, sports and health in adolescents and clinical populations.

Richard Giulianotti is Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, and Professor II at the University of South-Eastern Norway. His main research interests are in sport, globalization, development, peace, youth and mega-events.

Jan Ove Tangen is Professor of Sport Sociology at the University of South-Eastern Norway. His main interest are in sociological systems theory as well as doing research on inclusion/exclusion processes in sport, the use of legal and illegal performance enhancing substances, and the politics behind the Norwegian sports model.