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Department of Sports Sciences
Sports Sciences
The Department of Sports Sciences offers a broad range of courses and programmes in an interdisciplinary environment, with sports at the core. Our programmes and courses combine theoretical knowledge with practical understanding and competence to act.
Education at Sports Sciences
The Department of Sports Sciences offers several sports-related programmes, as well as physical education, teacher training and master’s programmes. The department also offers a number of freestanding courses and third-cycle studies in a vibrant and successful sports sciences research environment that encompasses a variety of specialisations, with an emphasis on the field of social sciences. Our programmes and courses prepare students for working with sports in a broad social context.
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Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Grundlärarutbildning: Fritidshem
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, grundnivå | 240 hp
Grundlärarutbildning: Grundskolans årskurs 4-6
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Idrottsvetenskapligt program: Fysisk aktivitet och hälsa
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Idrottsvetenskapligt program: Sport Management
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Programme, grundnivå | 270 hp
Ämneslärarutbildning: Grundskolans årskurs 7-9, förstaämne Idrott, 240 - 270 hp
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, grundnivå | 300 hp
Ämneslärarutbildning: Gymnasieskolan, förstaämne Idrott
Various start and end datesOpen for application
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Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Sport Sciences: Sport in Society, Master's Programme (One-Year)
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Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Sport Sciences: Sport in Society, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application
Student collaboration – a mutual opportunity
In order to contribute to developing skills for a wide-ranging labour market, we stimulate organisations to collaborate with our students in various forms. In our physical education teacher training programme, this takes place in the regulated form of work placements.
We will tailor student collaboration to your needs, using various types of work placements and mentorship throughout the study programme, projects and degree project.
Contact collaboration coordinator Aage Radmann to discuss the possibilities.
Sports research closely linked to the community
Our research is interdisciplinary and maintains a high level of social relevance. Our point of departure is that social aspects – such as gender equality, socioeconomics and cultural diversity – will always impact on sport, while at the same time the importance of sport is such that it must inevitably have a corresponding impact on society.
The department offers a well-developed collaborative network in the field of sports, with research and development projects conducted in collaboration with a number of sports-related stakeholders in the community.
Researchers, publications and research projects
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2025 | Article in journal
Psychological Distress among International Students during COVID-19 in Sweden
Robert Menge, Catherine Suubi Kayonga, Comfort Ankunda, Lambert Buzaare
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2025 | Article in journal
Host cities and sport federations' perceptions of a national bundled sport event - more than meets the eye
Christian Tolstrup Jensen
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2025 | Article in journal
Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape: an introduction
Tobias Stark, Torbjörn Andersson, Bo Carlsson
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2025 | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
A Multiverse of Talent: Contemporary Understandings of Talent in Swedish and German Elite Youth Football
Leah Monsees
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2025 | Article in journal
Head-to-head: football vs. ice hockey as national sport in Sweden
Tobias Stark, Torbjörn Andersson
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2025 | Article in journal
Ice hockey and football in Norway: parallel lines, different levels
Christian Tolstrup Jensen
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2025 | Article in journal
Flexibility, creativity, and imagination - a frame factor analysis of riding lessons for young children
Gabriella Torell Palmquist, Susanna Hedenborg, Susanne Linner, Annika Rosén, Oskar Solenes
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2025 | Article in journal
What do you think you are doing? How physical education researchers make scientific contributions
D. Barker, Jan-Eric Ekberg, G. Nyberg, H. Larsson
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2025 | Article in journal
Beyond the game: Panathinaikos’ fandom and the political arena
Angeliki- Sofia Bakali, Torbjörn Andersson
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2025 | Article in journal
"There is a lot more potential” - practitioner perspectives on technology and data-driven talent identification, selection, and development in a German Bundesliga academy
Leah Monsees
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Research project
Giving the Horse a Voice. Horse welfare and owner's awarness
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Between naturalness & artificiality: Meaning-making logics in places for sport & outdoor recreation
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Researching the Teaching and Learning of Action Competence in Relation to Sustainability
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Transforming Gender Boundaries in Sport Organizations: Women in FIS through the case of Inga Löwdin
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Children and youth integration through sport. Examples of Sweden and Uganda
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Health in learning and teacher training (HILL)
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Movement subject knowledge in physical education teacher education
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Movements and Transitions in Everyday School Life
joacim.andersson@mau.se -
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Riding Schools as Future Learning Centers for an Environmentally Just Equine Sector and Broader Society
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Voices from a Sports World during Lockdown - The Corona Crises as a possibility for change
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Mistra Sport and Outdoors
susanna.hedenborg@mau.se
Sport sciences
Research subject: Sports Sciences

Research subject: Sports Sciences
Sport Science at Malmö University is focused on sport in society.
Mindfulness

Mindfulness
Sports Science runs the university's knowledge hub on mindfulness that invites lecturers, brings together researchers, initiates research and facilitates knowledge exchange.
Research groups
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Research group
Horses and humans - a sports science perspective
Equestrian sports and the horse industry are large in Sweden which makes issues concerning horses and humans important. By studying how horses have been handled, it is possible to study the development of society as a whole, and not least the relationship...
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Research group
Movement and Embodiment in Education and Society (MEES)
The research group in sports science is interdisciplinary and conducts social science research on teaching and learning about movement, body, health, and sustainability. Studies are conducted in several areas such as the school subject of physical...
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Research group
Sport Sciences for Sustainability
The sports sector produces positive societal benefits in the form of, for example, better health and involves a large number of people. But the sector is also criticized for its inability to include all, and the growing commercialization. The sector also...