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REPORT ON THE EASS & ISSA 2022 WORLD CONGRESS 
OF SPORT SOCIOLOGY 
Tübingen, Germany, 7–10 June 2022
After two years of online conferences and uncertain times, the EASS (European 
Association of Sociology of Sports) and ISSA (International Sociology of Sport Asso-
ciation) have joined forces to organise a joint World Congress of Sociology of Sport 
with the working title: Why Sociology Matters? The Role of Sociology of Sport in 
Interdisciplinary Research.
Scholars from around the world pondered the question of why sociology and its 
very special relationship to society is hardly noticed. Sociology seems to have a reputa-
tion problem, not only in the public and political contexts, but also in scientific research 
networks. The aim of this congress was therefore to provide a clearer insight into the 
complex descriptions of reality and to reveal the contradictions and inconsistencies in 
the common sense and everyday constructions that target the field of sport.
The organiser of the congress was the University of Tübingen, together with the 
Institute of Sports Science of the University of Tübingen. At the three-day event, 230 
papers were presented by over 350 authors in 10 sessions. Among the papers, the topics 
of depression and the deviant behaviour of elite athletes and coaches, and the impact 
of COVID-19 measures on sport participation and sport policy issues were the main 
topics of interest.
The main key lectures:
1. Addressed the novelties in European football and its organisation in lectures 
presented by prof. Mark Turner, PhD (Against the European Super League: Re-
ading this critical juncture for English and European football) and prof. David 
Webber PhD (Rewriting the future: Alternatives to ‘the present’ (and presence 
of) capitalist realism in elite European football)
2.  Opened up new questions in the field of sport impact on the local community 
with the lectures: (Re)configuring for sport, volunteerism and the civil society 
landscape: Toward sustainable communities and capacity building in a post-
-Olympic metropolis by prof. Niki Koutrou and prof. Geoffrey Kohe, Recipro-
cation and Responsibility – “Giving Back” to Children and Youth in Community 
Organizations by prof. Christine Dallaire and Steph MacKay.  
The conference gave the expected impetus for further cooperation between rese-
archers and their institutions, so we are looking forward to the next, 19th EASS Con-
ference in 2023 with the working title: Transitioning Sport, Transitioning European 
Societies to be held in Budapest, Hungary on 30 May––2 June 2023.
Saša Pišot
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POROČILO S SVETOVNEGA KONGRESA SOCIOLOGIJE 
ŠPORTA EASS IN ISSA 2022 
Tübingen, Nemčija, 7.–10. junij 2022 
Po dveh letih spletnih konferenc in negotovih razmerah v času covida-19 sta EASS 
(Evropsko združenje za sociologijo športa) in ISSA (Mednarodno združenje za socio-
logijo športa) združila moči in organizirala skupni svetovni kongres sociologije športa 
z delovnim naslovom Zakaj je sociologija pomembna? Vloga sociologije športa v in-
terdisciplinarnem raziskovanju.
Udeleženci z vsega sveta so razmišljali, zakaj sta sociologija in njen posebni odnos 
do družbe premalo opazna, saj se zdi, da ima sociologija težave z ugledom, ne le v jav-
nem in političnem kontekstu, temveč tudi v znanstveno-raziskovalnih mrežah. Glavni 
namen tega kongresa je bil zato spodbuditi jasnejši vpogled v opise resničnosti, pro-
tislovij in morebitnih nedoslednosti, ki se kažejo v »zdravo razumskih« in vsakdanjih 
konstrukcijah na področju športa.
Organizator kongresa je bila univerza v Tübingenu skupaj z inštitutom za znanosti o 
športu univerze v Tübingenu. Na tridnevnem dogodku je več kot 350 avtorjev v desetih 
sekcijah predstavilo več kot 230 prispevkov. Med referati so bile v ospredju predvsem 
teme depresije, deviantnega vedenja vrhunskih športnikov in trenerjev in vpliv ukrepov 
za zajezitev covida-19 na participacijo v športu in pereča politična vprašanja s področja 
športa. 
Glavna vabljena predavanja so: 
1. obravnavala novosti v evropskem nogometu in njegovi organizaciji, ki sta jih 
predstavila prof. dr. Mark Turner – Proti evropski superligi: (Kritičen trenutek 
za angleški in evropski nogomet) – in prof. David Webber – Rewriting the futu-
re: alternativa »sedanjosti« (in prisotnosti) kapitalističnega realizma v elitnem 
evropskem nogometu;
2. odpirala nova vprašanja na področju vpliva športa in politik na lokalno skupnost 
s predavanji prof. Niki Koutroua in prof.  Geoffreya Koheja – (Re)configuring 
for sport, volunteerism and the civil society landscape: Na poti k trajnostnim 
skupnostim in krepitvi zmogljivosti v post-olimpijski metropoli – ter predava-
njem Reciprocation and Responsibility – »Giving Back« to Children and Youth 
in Community Organizations, ki sta ga pripravila prof. Christine Dallaire in 
Steph MacKay.  
Konferenca je pričakovano spodbudila nadaljnje sodelovanje med raziskovalci in 
njihovimi institucijami, zato se že veselimo naslednje, 19. konference EASS 2023 z 
delovnim naslovom Transitioning Sport, transitioning European societies, ki bo od 30. 
maja do 2. junija 2023 potekala v Budimpešti.
Saša Pišot