Gender in Physical Culture

Natalie Barker-Ruchti is Associate Professor in the Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She researches elite sport contexts in relation to gender, learning, career development, and sustainability. She works with longitudinal research methodology and prefers alternative data presentation techniques, including narrative writing.

Karin Grahn is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She researches youth sports from a gender perspective, including sport coaching textbooks, gender relations in co-educated sports, and body ideals among competitive athletes. Karin works with diverse qualitative methods and employs a discourse analytical framework.

Eva-Carin Lindgren is Associate Professor in the Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her current research interests focus on how coaches construct children's team sports, how coaches maximise participation in youth sport, and how top-level coaches construct sustainable sport for elite athletes. She adopts perspectives of gender, alternative intersectionality and health promotion, and works with different qualitative methods.