Daniel Alsarve
Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Health SciencesEmail: daniel.alsarve@oru.se
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Room: G2142
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About Daniel Alsarve
About Daniel Alsarve
Daniel Alsarve is a certified upper secondary school teacher in Swedish and history and a Ph.D in history . Alsarve works as an expert in gender equality at RF-SISU Örebro County. Since 2019, he has been employed as a postdoc researcher in sports science, Örebro University.
Research
Alsarve’s research interests are mainly focused on issues related to sports, gender, violence, democracy and power from the early 20th century onwards. The project ‘Ice hockey in change: masculinity ideals and violence norms in Swedish hockey, from ca. 1965 up until today’ studies questions about masculinity ideals and how such ideals have changed over time. A special focus is also put on violence, in a broad sense, and how norms related to this change over time. The project runs from 1 February 2019 to December 2022 and is funded by The Swedish Research Council for Sport Science.
Daniel Alsarve is also a member of the project ‘Education for sustainable sport management’, through which a competence-oriented sport management program will be developed.
Teaching
Alsarve has previously taught at various levels, mainly in the subject of history and pedagogy linked to various teacher programs, but also on independent courses. At present, the teaching mainly consists of supervision at C- and D-level in sports science.
Networks and collaborations
Alsarve is the editor of Sports, History and Society and has been a member of the Swedish Sports History Association since 2019 . Alsarve is part of the research team ReSHAPE and together with Jeff Hearn runs the research group Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities.
Research projects
Active projects
- The Swedish Sport Confederation's Handling of the Corona Pandemic
- Education for sustainable sport management
Completed projects
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals |
Articles, book reviews |
Chapters in books |
Conference papers |
Doctoral theses, monographs |
Reports |
Articles in journals
- Alsarve, D. (2023). Brothers, bruises, and the will to win: a social-ecological hegemony perspective on Swedish ice hockey's past. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce.
- Tjønndal, A. , Wågan, F. A. & Alsarve, D. (2023). Hockey Dads, Party Boys and Devoted Players? Digital Representations of Men and Masculinities Amongst Norwegian and Swedish Ice Hockey Players. Men and Masculinities, 26 (1), 3-163.
- Alsarve, D. (2023). Photography, sport and the hegemony of men: a material(-)discursive perspective. Rethinking history, 27 (2), 248-269.
- Alsarve, D. & Johansson, E. (2022). A gang of ironworkers with the scent of blood: A participation observation of male dominance and its historical trajectories at Swedish semi-professional ice hockey events. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57 (1), 54-72.
- Alsarve, D. (2022). Achieving gender equity: barriers and possibilities at board level in Swedish sport. European Sport Management Quarterly.
- Alsarve, D. (2022). Historicizing Machoism in Swedish Ice Hockey. International Journal of the History of Sport, 38 (16), 1688-1709.
- Alsarve, D. (2021). The need for a violence prevention programme in ice hockey: a case study on how hegemonic masculinity supports and challenges violent behaviour in Swedish ice hockey. European Sport Management Quarterly, 21 (2), 218-236.
- Alsarve, D. & Angelin, M. (2020). ‘It’s freer and easier in a changing room, because the barriers disappear…’: A case study of masculinity ideals, language and social status amongst Swedish ice hockey players. European Journal for Sport and Society, 17 (1), 26-46.
- Alsarve, D. & Tjønndal, A. (2020). ‘The Nordic female fighter’: Exploring women’s participation in mixed martial arts in Norway and Sweden. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 55 (4), 471-489.
- Alsarve, D. (2020). Vägen till en genusmedveten, våldspreventiv modell för den mansdominerade lagidrotten. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 97 (2), 223-234.
- Alsarve, D. (2018). Addressing gender equality: enactments of gender and hegemony in the educational textbooks used in Swedish sports coaching and educational programmes. Sport, Education and Society, 23 (9), 840-852.
- Alsarve, D. (2018). ‘Power in the arm, steel in the will and courage in the breast’: a historical approach to ideal norms and men’s dominance in Swedish club sports. Sport in History, 38 (3), 365-402.
- Alsarve, D. , Jakobsson, J. & Helgesson, J. (2017). Idrottsundervisning och maskulinitetens hegemoni: Genus och inflytande i gymnasieskolans ämne ”Idrott och hälsa”. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 8, 197-219.
- Alsarve, D. (2017). Våld föder våld, eller?: Om män, sportvåld och formande av hegemonisk manlighet som bidragande riskfaktor till våldet i samhället. Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, 2, 1-14.
- Alsarve, D. & Svensson, R. (2015). I amatörismens gränsland: Konsekvenser av fotbollstränarens ökade inflytande i den flersektionella idrottsföreningen under det tidiga 1900-talet. Idrott, historia & samhälle, 21-35.
- Alsarve [Arvidsson], D. (2004). Män till sjöss: en studie av manligheter och yrkesidentiteter bland svenska sjömän. Socialhistoria i Linköping, 18 (1).
Articles, book reviews
- Alsarve, D. (2016). Review of Men of the World: genders, globalizations, transnational times by Jeff Hearn. Norma, 11 (1), 66-68.
Chapters in books
- Svensson Primus, R. , Alsarve, D. & Svensson, D. (2023). Between Grassroots Democracy and Professional Commercialism in Sweden. In: Mihaly Szerovay; Arto Nevala; Hannu Itkonen, Football in the Nordic countries: practices, equality and influence (pp. 64-76). London: Routledge.
- Alsarve, D. & Gregory, M. R. (2023). Beyond the public light: Political strongmen, masculine embodiment and sports organizations. In: Jeff Hearn; Kadri Aavik; David L. Collinson; Anika Thym, Routledge Handbook on Men, Masculinities and Organizations: Theories, Practices and Future of Organizing. London: Routledge.
- Arvidsson [Alsarve], D. (2009). Fältbegrepp som kritik över källkritiken. In: Christer Ahlberger, Historier: arton- och nittonhundratalens skönlitteratur som historisk källa (pp. 24-32). Göteborg: Institutionen för historiska studier, Göteborgs universitet.
Conference papers
- Alsarve, D. (2019). Is There a Need for a Violence Prevention Programme in Ice Hockey?. In: Breitbarth, Tim, Bodet, Guillaume, Fernández Luna, Álvaro, Burillo Naranjo, Pablo & Bielons, Gerardo, Book of Abstracts. Paper presented at The 27th European Sport Management Conference: Connecting Sport Practice & Science, Seville, Spain, 3-6 September, 2091. (pp. 776-777). Seville: EASM.
- Alsarve, D. (2018). Sport and its potential as a violent preventive arena. In: World Congress of Sociology of Sport ISSA 2018 ABSTRACTS. Paper presented at 2018 World Congress of Sociology of Sport (ISSA 2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5-8, 2018. (pp. 48-48).
- Alsarve, D. , Wallin, S. & Bergvall Virtanen, P. (2016). Managing Progression: Örebro Sports County's Efforts to Reduce Gender Gap and Increase Gender Equality. In: Håkan Larsson, SVEBI 2016. Paper presented at SVEBI (Svensk Förening för Beteende- och Samhällsvetenskaplig Idrottsforskning), Örebro, Sweden, 16-17 November, 2016.
- Alsarve, D. (2016). The Art of Being Big, Strong and Full of Power: Swedish Combat Sports, Norms and Gender from the 1990s up until today. In: 9th Meeting of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport 24th-26th November 2016, Bochum, Germany. Paper presented at 9th Meeting of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport, Bochum, Germany, 24th-26th November 2016.
- Alsarve, D. (2015). A repertoire of possibilities: visualized masculinities in a Swedish sportsclub 1908-09. In: Radmann, A., Hedenborg, S., Tsolakidis, E., Book of abstracts. Paper presented at 20th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Malmö, Sweden, June 24-27, 2015. (pp. 280-280). European College of Sport Science.
- Alsarve, D. (2015). Föreställningar om maskuliniteter och feminiteter i idrottens ledarskapslitteratur. In: Håkan Larsson och Marie Öhman, Program SVEBI 2015. Paper presented at Svensk Förening för Beteende- och Samhällsvetenskaplig Idrottsforskning (SVEBI 2015), Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö, Sweden, November 11-12, 2015. Växjö: Linnéuniversitet.
- Alsarve, D. (2015). In The Name of Democracy: Varieties and continuities of associative sports masculinities at club level during the 20th century. Paper presented at 8th Meeting of Transnational Scholars for the Study of Gender and Sport, Basel, Switzerland, November 26-28, 2015.
- Svensson, R. & Alsarve, D. (2015). The difficulty of killing two birds with one stone: Fostering competitive athletes and democratic citizens in a Swedish Sports Club between the 1960s and 1980s. In: European College of Sport Science (ECSS). Paper presented at European College of Sport Science (ECSS)20th annual congress of the European College of Sport Science, Malmö, June 24-27, 2015.
- Alsarve, D. & Svensson, R. (2014). I amatörismens gränsland?: konsekvenser av fotbollstränarens professionalisering i 1920-talets flersektionella idrottsförening. In: Svenska historikermötet, 2014. Paper presented at Svenska historikermötet, Stockholm, Sweden, 8-10 maj, 2014. Stockholm:
- Arvidsson, D. (2008). Fältbegrepp som historisk metod. In: Skönlitteratur som historisk källa 1800-2000. Historiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet:
- Arvidsson, D. (2007). Sports for society or sports for stars?. Paper presented at Sport in a Global World - Past, Present and Future, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 31 - August 5, 2007.
Doctoral theses, monographs
- Alsarve [Arvidsson], D. (2014). I ständig strävan efter framgång?: föreningsdemokratins innehåll och villkor i Örebro Sportklubb 1908-89. (Doctoral dissertation). Örebro: Örebro universitet.
Reports
- Alsarve, D. & Strand, S. (2023). Idrottens ansvar att förebygga mäns våld mot kvinnor.. (Centrum för idrottsforskning 2023:3 ).
- Alsarve, D. (2022). ldrott, jämställdhet och organisatorisk makt: Möjligheter och hinder för kvinnor och män att nå höga ledarpositioner inom lagidrott.. Örebro universitet.