Marcel Reinold
Job description
Professor (full) of sport science with a focus on sociology.
I’m interested in the social and cultural factors that shape sport and physical activity. Main topics include doping & anti-doping policy, elite sport and nature-related activities & practices.
Leader of the research group Sociocultural perspectives on sport, friluftsliv and health (Socul) and study program leader of the Master's program in Sports Science at UiT.
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Research interests
- Sociology of sport
- History of sport
- Doping & anti-doping policy
- Elite sport
- Nature sport, friluftsliv, nature-related outdoor activities & practices
- Theories & qualitative methods from the social & cultural sciences
Teaching
- Leisure, Body Culture & Health (Master)
- Theory of Science & Methods I & II (Master)
- Learning, Experience & Nature (Master)
- Sport & Society (Bachelor)
- Sport pedagogy & sport psychology (Bachelor)
- Outdoor life activities (Bachelor)
Member of research group / centre
CV
Education
PhD (Dr phil.) in Sport Science from the University of Münster (Germany) in 2015
Study of sport science, history, philosophy & ethics at the universities in Tübingen (Germany) and Granada (Spain). First state examination from the University of Tübingen in 2008
Pedagogical qualifications & teaching experience
Foundational course in university pedagogy at the Arctic University of Norway in 2023
Teaching and supervision on bachelor and master level since 2009
Education for teaching in upper secondary school and first state examination from the University of Tübingen in 2008
Positions
Professor (full) of sport sciences with a focus on sociology at the Arctic University of Norway since October 2021
Substitute professor and head of the department Sport- & Health Sociology at the Institute of Sport Sciences at the University of Göttingen (Germany) from 2020 to 2021
PhD candidate, lecturer & post-doc at the Institute of Sport Science at the University of Münster (Germany) from 2009 to 2020
Awards
Research Award from the German Olympic Sports Confederation for the best dissertation/ habilitation in Germany 2015-2016
Review activities for journals, publishers and scientific awards (selection)
International Review for the Sociology of Sport; European Journal for Sport and Society; International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics; Performance Enhancement & Health; German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research; Sport, Ethics and Philosophy; Frontiers in Sports and Active Living; The International Journal of the History of Sport; Kriterion – Journal of Philosophy; Humanities and Social Sciences Communications; Sport und Gesellschaft - Sport and Society; Berliner Journal für Soziologie; Routledge; Young Scholar Award from the German Society of Sport Science (2017, 2019 & 2022)
Scientific board memberships (selection)
Board member at the journal Sport und Gesellschaft – Sport and Society (since 2020)
Board member for the Research Award from the German Olympic Sports Confederation (since 2023)