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Overview

Ramon Spaaij is affiliated with Victoria University in Australia with a research focus spanning social sciences, particularly sociology and political science, gender studies, physical therapy and sports therapy, social psychology, and safety research.

Their extensive body of work encompasses multiple topics within sport and society, including:

  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Physical Education and Pedagogy
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality

Frequent publication venues where Spaaij has contributed research include:

  • Sport Education and Society
  • International Review for the Sociology of Sport
  • Sport in Society
  • American Behavioral Scientist
  • Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Notable recent papers associated with Spaaij's network and research context are:

  • Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Violence Against Children in Australian Community Sport: Frequency, Perpetrator, and Victim Characteristics (2022), Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Gender Relations, Gender Equity, and Community Sports Spaces (2020), Journal of Sport and Social Issues
  • Discursive resistance to gender diversity in sport governance: sport as a unique field? (2021), International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
  • A roadmap for the future of crowd safety research and practice: Introducing the Swiss Cheese Model of Crowd Safety and the imperative of a Vision Zero target (2023), Safety Science
  • Gender-specific psychosocial stressors influencing mental health among women elite and semielite athletes: a narrative review (2022), British Journal of Sports Medicine

Spaaij collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Carla Luguetti
  • Ruth Jeanes
  • Jonathan Magee
  • Fiona McLachlan
  • Justen O'Connor

Their interdisciplinary research integrates perspectives from sociology, gender studies, and sport sciences, often addressing social issues within sport such as gender equity, diversity, safety, and psychosocial health.

Best Publications

  • The Enigma of Lone Wolf Terrorism: An Assessment

    Ramón Spaaij

  • Understanding Football Hooliganism : A comparison of Six Western European Football Clubs

    Ramón Fredrik Johan Spaaij

  • Beyond the playing field: Experiences of sport, social capital, and integration among Somalis in Australia

    Ramón Spaaij

  • Refugee youth, belonging and community sport

    Ramón Spaaij

  • Sport as a Vehicle for Social Mobility and Regulation of Disadvantaged Urban Youth: Lessons from Rotterdam

    Ramón Spaaij

  • Men like us, boys like them: violence, masculinity, and collective identity in football hooliganism

    Ramon Fredrik Johan. Spaaij

  • Education for social change? A Freirean critique of sport for development and peace

    Ramón Spaaij;Ruth Jeanes

  • The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism

    Mark S. Hamm;Ramon Spaaij

  • The social impact of sport: diversities, complexities and contexts

    Ramon Fredrik Johan. Spaaij

  • Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society

    Ramón Spaaij;Jonathan Magee;Ruth Jeanes

  • Key Issues and Research Agendas in Lone Wolf Terrorism

    Ramón Spaaij;Mark S. Hamm

  • Sport and Social Mobility: Crossing Boundaries

    Ramón Spaaij

  • Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism

    Ramon Spaaij

  • Cultural diversity in community sport: an ethnographic inquiry of Somali Australians' experiences

    Ramón Spaaij;Ramón Spaaij

  • Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development

    Ramón Spaaij;Sarah Oxford;Ruth Jeanes

  • Building social and cultural capital among young people in disadvantaged communities: lessons from a Brazilian sport-based intervention program

    Ramon Spaaij

  • Cultivating Safe Space: Lessons for Sport-for-Development Projects and Events

    Ramon Spaaij;Nico Schulenkorf

  • “We want more diversity but…”: Resisting diversity in recreational sports clubs

    Ramón Spaaij;Ramón Spaaij;Annelies Knoppers;Ruth Jeanes

  • Sport, Refugees, and Forced Migration: A Critical Review of the Literature.

    Ramón Spaaij;Jora Broerse;Sarah Oxford;Carla Luguetti

  • ‘We Are Not Here to Claim Better Services Than Any Other’: Social Exclusion among Men from Refugee Backgrounds in Urban and Regional Australia

    Ignacio Correa-Velez;Ramon Spaaij;Susan Upham

  • Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism: Global Patterns, Motivations and Prevention

    Ramon Spaaij

  • Migrant Integration and Cultural Capital in the Context of Sport and Physical Activity: a Systematic Review

    Robyn Smith;Ramón Spaaij;Ramón Spaaij;Brent McDonald

  • The mediating effects of family on sport in international development contexts

    Tess Kay;Ramon Spaaij

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean Lusher
Dean Lusher Swinburne University of Technology
Bertjan Doosje
Bertjan Doosje University of Amsterdam
Jan H. Kamphuis
Jan H. Kamphuis University of Amsterdam
Joseph Maguire
Joseph Maguire Loughborough University
Richard Giulianotti
Richard Giulianotti Loughborough University
Dawn Penney
Dawn Penney Edith Cowan University
Rochelle Eime
Rochelle Eime Federation University Australia
Daniel Carl Funk
Daniel Carl Funk Temple University

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