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Members
Sine Agergaard | Paul Darby | Detlev Claussen | Nina Clara Tiesler |
Associate professor, PhD
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences,
University of Copenhagen, DK
sagergaard@ifi.ku.dk
Research interests:
My research interest in football migration is based on studies of immigrant youngsters in the Danish football system. I have followed young talented football players from segregated residential areas and written about their dreams of social mobility through establishing themselves in a football career. I have also looked at Danish football clubs’ integration and coaching strategies for immigrant footballers. As part of these studies I have considered both the players’ motives and experiences and the clubs’ management of these youngsters, which overlaps with my work on global migration in the sports of handball and football.
Current research:
Currently, I’m inspired by the fact that very little is known about the international flux of female athletes and the driving forces in these beginning migratory processes where the money is very modest. In my current research, together with Vera Botelho, I take the case of migration to Danish women’s football in an attempt to develop some grounds for international debate on this topic and to gain further insight into the phenomenon. On a more specific level, the project is looking at the historical background for the immigration of foreign players to Danish women’s football, the clubs’ motives for recruiting foreign players, and the player´s own perspective on their reasons for migrating and their experiences of this process.
Selected publications:
Agergaard, S. & Sørensen, J. K. (forthcoming): Policy, Sport and Integration. The case of talented ethnic minority players in Danish football clubs. International Journal of Sport Policy.
Agergaard, S. & Sørensen, J. K. (2009): The Dream of Social Mobility. Ethnic minority players in Danish football clubs. Soccer & Society 10(6): 766-780.
Agergaard, Sine (2008): Elite Athletes as Migrants in Danish Women’s Handball. International Review of the Sociology of Sport 43(1): 5-19.
CV:
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