Seventeenth International Conference on Sport & Society
- Innovation, Transformation, Contestation: Can Sport Keep Up with Society’s Future?
- 10-12 June 2026
- University of Inland Norway + Online
Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark & University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway
Secretary General of The Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee, Faroe Islands
Project Manager for the Ovttas project in Sámi Valáštallan Lihttu, Norway
Associate Professor, University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway
Professor, Nord University, Norway
Assistant Professor of Game Studies and Co-Director of the Game Research Lab, Tampere University, Finland
"Why and How Should we (still) Talk about Gender in E-Sports: Lessons Learnt from Studying Nordic E-Sports"
This Plenary Session will be moderated by Elin Yoojung Moen, Vice President of the Norwegian Sports Federation and Vice President of the European Sports Federation.
Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark & University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway
Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark & University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway
Associate Professor, University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway
Associate Professor, Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
State University of New York at Binghamton, United States
(In-Person)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
(In-Person)
University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
(In-Person)
University of Inland, Norway
(In-Person)
Millersville University, United States
(In-Person)
Trent University, Canada
(In-Person)
Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
(Online Only)
Aarhus University, Denmark
(Online Only)
Chengdu Sport University, China
(Online Only)
Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
(Online Only)
Secihti Uanl UVM, Mexico
(Online Only)
University of Inland, Norway
(Online Only)
FIU, United States
(Online Only)
SUNY Cortland, United States
(Online Only)
University of Portsmouth, England
(Online Only)
Louisiana State University, United States
(Online Only)
Lillehammer, Norway
Lillehammer, Norway
Lillehammer, Norway