Göran Gerdin
Associate Professor
Department of Sport Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Science where I am currently responsible for the physical education and health teacher education programme and internationalisation.
My teaching and research focuses on:
- making visible and challenging dominant norms and values (discourses) linked to the body, gender, physical activity, sport and health in the school subject health and physical education (HPE);
- developing teaching practices that promote inclusion, equity and social justice in school HPE and teacher education; and
- contributing with sociological perspectives on participation in sports and coaching.
I am on the editorial board for the journals Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education and Sport, Education and Society as well as a convenor in the Research in Sport Pedagogy network for the European Educational Research Association (EERA). I am also the author of Boys, Bodies, and Physical Education: Problematizing Identity, Schooling, and Power Relations through a Pleasure Lens, co-author of Social Justice Pedagogies in Health and Physical Education and the co-author of the edited book Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education: How to make a difference.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Jansson, A., Mattsson, T., Gerdin, G. (2024). Does it run in the family? : How family background influences grades in physical education and health in Sweden. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education.
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Mordal Moen, K., Bjørke, L., Gerdin, G. (2024). ‘The fourth most important school subject’ – Norwegian school principals’ perceptions of physical education. Sport, Education and Society. 1-14.
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Modell, N., Gerdin, G., Schenker, K. (2024). 'That's how we all learn to get along' - learning in and through ball games in Swedish Physical Education and Health. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education.
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Gerdin, G. (2024). ‘Level the playing field’ – pupils’ experiences of inclusion and social justice in physical education and health. Sport, Education and Society. 1-16.
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Gerdin, G., Lundin, K., Philpot, R., Berg, E., Mooney, A., et al. (2024). Despite good intentions : The elusiveness of social justice in health and physical education curricula across different contexts. European Physical Education Review.
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Sanches Neto, L., Venâncio, L., Ovens, A., Dania, A., Ulasowicz, C., et al. (2024). Readdressing democracy and social justice : coping with inequalities in physical education. Curriculum perspectives.
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Gonzalez-Calvo, G., Gerdin, G. (2024). 'The good, the bad and the ugly' : primary school children's visual representations and interpretations of PE teacher embodiments. Sport, Education and Society. 29 (6). 649-666.
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Larsson, L., Linnér, S., Schenker, K., Gerdin, G. (2023). Socialt rättvis och inkluderande undervisning i idrott och hälsa. Forskning om undervisning och lärande. 11 (2). 109-134.
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Gonzalez-Calvo, G., Garcia-Monge, A., Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2023). Making the familiar strange : a narrative about Spanish children's experiences of physical (in)activity to reconsider the ability of physical education to produce healthy citizens. Sport, Education and Society. 28 (3). 227-238.
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Gonzalez-Calvo, G., Gallego-Lema, V., Gerdin, G., Bores-Garcia, D. (2022). Body image(s) : Problematizing future physical education teachers' beliefs about the body and physical activity through visual imagery. European Physical Education Review. 28 (2). 552-572.
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Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2022). Towards more equal power relations in physical education : power, resistance and social transformation. Sport in Society : Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce. 25 (6). 1193-1210.
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Modell, N., Gerdin, G. (2022). ‘But in PEH it still feels extra unfair’: students’ experiences of equitable assessment and grading practices in physical education and health (PEH). Sport, Education and Society. 27 (9). 1047-1060.
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Modell, N., Gerdin, G. (2022). 'Why don't you really learn anything in PEH?' - Students' experiences of valid knowledge and the basis for assessment in physical education and health (PEH). European Physical Education Review. 28 (3). 797-815.
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Linnér, S., Larsson, L., Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Schenker, K., et al. (2022). The enactment of social justice in HPE practice : how context(s) comes to matter. Sport, Education and Society. 27 (3). 228-243.
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González-Calvo, G., Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Hortigüela- Alcalá, D. (2021). Wanting to become PE teachers in Spain : connections between previous experiences and particular beliefs about school physical education and the development of professional teacher identities. Sport, Education and Society. 26 (8). 931-944.
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Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Smith, W., Schenker, K., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2021). Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE : Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 3.
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Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Linnér, S., Schenker, K., et al. (2021). Taking action for social justice in HPE classrooms through explicit critical pedagogies. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 26 (6). 662-674.
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Smith, W., Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., et al. (2021). School HPE : its mandate, responsibility and role in educating for social cohesion. Sport, Education and Society. 26 (5). 500-513.
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Philpot, R., Smith, W., Gerdin, G., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., et al. (2021). Exploring social justice pedagogies in health and physical education through Critical Incident Technique methodology. European Physical Education Review. (1). 57-75.
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Lundvall, S., Gerdin, G. (2021). Physical literacy in Swedish physical education and health (PEH) : what is (im)possible in becoming and being physically literate (educated)?. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. 12 (2). 140-155.
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Gerdin, G., Fahlström, P.G., Glemne, M., Linnér, S. (2020). Swedish Tennis Coaches’ Everyday Practices for Creating Athlete Development Environments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 (12). 1-17.
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Gerdin, G., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2020). Social Justice Pedagogies in School Health and Physical Education — Building Relationships, Teaching for Social Cohesion and Addressing Social Inequities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17. 1-17.
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Moen, K.M., Westlie, K., Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Linnér, S., et al. (2020). Caring teaching and the complexity of building good relationships as pedagogies for social justice in health and physical education. Sport, Education and Society. 25 (9). 1015-1028.
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Gerdin, G., Pringle, R., Crocket, H. (2019). Coaching and ethical self-creation : problematizing the “efficient tennis machine”. Sport Coaching Review. 8 (1). 25-42.
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Gerdin, G., Philpot, R.A., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., et al. (2019). Researching social justice and health (in)equality across different school health and physical education contexts in Sweden, Norway and New Zealand. European Physical Education Review. 25 (1). 273-290.
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Schenker, K., Linnér, S., Smith, W., Gerdin, G., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2019). Conceptualising social justice – what constitutes pedagogies for social justice in HPE across different contexts?. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. 10 (2). 126-140.
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Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Smith, W. (2018). It is only an intervention, but it can sow very fertile seeds : graduate physical education teachers' interpretations of critical pedagogy. Sport, Education and Society. (3). 203-215.
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Mooney, A., Gerdin, G. (2018). Challenging gendered inequalities in boys’ physical education through video-stimulated reflections. Sport, Education and Society. 23 (8). 761-772.
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Gerdin, G., Hedberg, M., Hageskog, C. (2018). Relative Age Effect in Swedish Male and Female Tennis Players Born in 1998–2001. Sports. 6 (2). 1-12.
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Gerdin, G., Larsson, H. (2018). The productive effect of power : (dis)pleasurable bodies materialising in and through the discursive practices of boys’ physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 23 (1). 66-83.
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Gerdin, G. (2017). ‘It's not like you are less of a man just because you don't play rugby' : boys' problematisation of gender during secondary school physical education lessons in New Zealand. Sport, Education and Society. 22 (8). 890-904.
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Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2017). The politics of pleasure : an ethnographic examination exploring the dominance of the multi-activity sport-based physical education model. Sport, Education and Society. 22 (2). 194-213.
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Gerdin, G. (2017). The ‘Old Gym’ and the ‘Boys’ Changing Rooms’ – The Performative and Pleasurable Spaces of Boys’ Physical Education. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research. 25 (4 Supplement S). 36S-53S.
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Gerdin, G. (2016). A ‘Culture of Everyone Doing It’ and ‘Playing Games’ : Discourses of Pleasure in Boys’ Physical Education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education. 7 (1). 55-75.
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Gerdin, G. (2016). The disciplinary and pleasurable spaces of boys’ PE – The art of distributions. European Physical Education Review. 22 (3). 315-335.
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Gerdin, G., Ovens, A. (2016). Spatializing health work in schools - exploring the complex interconnection of space, health, physical education and masculinity. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 2. 1-12.
Status: Published
Conference paper (Refereed)
- Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Heidrich, F. (2024). Understandings and Enactments of Pedagogies for Inclusion, Equity and Social Justice in Physical Education.. .
- Gerdin, G. (2023). Inclusion and social justice in physical education and health from a student and Freirean perspective. .
- Gerdin, G., Schenker, K., Linnér, S. (2023). Beyond the Boundaries of Context: International Constructions of Social Justice Pedagogies in Health and Physical Education. .
- Gerdin, G. (2022). EDUHEALTH 2.0 – (re)examining social justice pedagogies across different contexts and from different perspectives. Presented at ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), Yerevan, Armenia, September 1-10, 2022.
- Gerdin, G., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., Petter Erik, L., Amanda, M., et al. (2022). EDUHEALTH 2.0 : (Re)examining and developing pedagogies for social justice in Health and Physical Education. Presented at BERA (British Educational Research Association), Liverpool, UK, September 6-9, 2022.
- Gerdin, G., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., Larsson, L. (2022). Socialt rättvis och inkluderande undervisning i idrott och hälsa,. Preseterad på SVEBI (Svensk Förening för Beteende- och Samhällsvetenskaplig Idrottsforskning), Malmö, Sverige, 11–12 november, 2022.
- Gerdin, G., Rod, P. (2022). What is social justice? Good question! : Health and Physical Education teachers’ perceptions of social justice and social justice pedagogies. Presented at AARE (Australian Association for Research in Education), Adelaide, Australien, December 1, 2022.
- Gerdin, G. (2022). Pupils’ experiences of inclusion and social justice in physical education and health. Presented at ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), Yerevan, Armenia, September 1-10, 2022.
- Gerdin, G., Rod, P. (2022). Narrative(s) from a cross-cultural research project on social justice in HPE. Presented at AARE (Australian Association for Research in Education), Adelaide, Australien, December 1, 2022.
- Gerdin, G., Phipot, R., Smith, W., Schenker, K., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2021). EDUHEALTH – What have we learnt about pedagogies for social justice and implications for HPE practice. Presented at ECER 2021, European Conference on Educational Research, Geneva, Switzerland, 6-10 Sept 2021.
- Philpot, R., Smith, W., Gerdin, G. (2021). Pedagogies for social justice in secondary school HPE – Insights from the EDUHEALTH research project 1.0. Association Internationale des Écoles Supérieures d'Éducation Physique (AIESEP) Conference Banff, Canada, 7-10 June 2021.
- Philpot, R., Gerdin, G. (2021). Nine pedagogical pillars for social justice in Health and Physical Education. PENZ, Physical Education New Zealand Annual Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 11-13 July 2021.
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Philpot, R. (2020). Nine pedagogical pillars of social justice in HPE practice. AARE HPE SIG Conference, Australia, Nov 30 2020.
- Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Smith, W. (2020). Social Justice and Physical Education: Advances of the EduHealth Project. 2nd Seminar on Pedagogical Practices in School Physical Education, 3rd Meeting of Inclusive and Sports Pedagogical Practices and 2nd International Congress of School Physical Education Teachers-Researchers, Brazil, Nov 20, 2020.
- Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Mordal Moen, K., Schenker, K., Larsson, L., et al. (2019). Education for Social Justice – Social Justice Pedagogies in School Health and Physical Education. ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), Hamburg, Germany, Sept 2-6, 2019.
- Gerdin, G., Mooney, A. (2019). (Re)theorising Inclusive Physical Education In Precarious Times : Boys, Masculinities, Wellbeing and Belonging. ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), Hamburg, Germany, Sept 2-6, 2019.
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Mordal Moen, K., Westlie, K., Larsson, L., et al. (2018). Researching social justice and health (in)equality across different school health and physical education contexts. European Conference on Educational Research, ECER 2018, Bolzano, 3-7 Sept, 2018.
- Redelius, K., Standal, Ø., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Gerdin, G., et al. (2017). EDUHEALTH - Educating for equitable health outcomes in physical education. : Sweden, Norway and New Zealand in a Horizon 2020 project. (Symposium). Presented at ECER 2017.
- Smith, W., Larsson, L., Mordal-Moen, K., Gerdin, G. (2017). EDUHEALTH - Educating for equitable health outcomes in physical education. ECER (European Conference on Educational Research)Research), Köpenhamn, Danmark, 22-25/8 2017.
- Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Gerdin, G., Linnér, S. (2017). Challenging PETE. Steering mechanisms and teaching logics preserving old traditions. ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), Köpenhamn, Danmark, 22-25/8 2017.
- Gerdin, G., Larsson, H. (2017). (Dis)pleasurable boys' bodies materialising in PE. Presented at BERA (British Educational Research Association, Brighton, UK, 5-8/9 2017.
- Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2015). The politics of pleasure : An ethnographic examination exploring the dominance of the multi-activity sport-based physical education model. Presented at ECER 2015, Education and Transtition. Contributions from Educational Research. Network: 18. Research in Sports Pedagogy.
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Philpot, R. (2015). Physical Education Teacher Education – ’It’s only an intervention, but it can sow very fertile seeds’. Presented at ECER 2015, Education and Transtition. Contributions from Educational Research. Network: 18. Research in Sports Pedagogy.
- Gerdin, G. (2014). ‘Sporting' and ‘masculinising' Spaces : The performative and pleasurable spaces of boys' physical education. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE),1-5 December, 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W. (2014). Graduate physical education teachers’ enactment of critical pedagogy. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), 1-5 December, 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
- Gerdin, G. (2014). ‘Time with your mates’ the pleasures (and displeasures) of boys’ Physical Education. International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), 10-13 February, 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Gerdin, G. (2012). The Gendered Spaces and Places of Physical Education. American Educational Research Association, 13-17 April, 2012, Vancouver, Canada.
- Gerdin, G. (2012). Fit, healthy and sporty : the disciplining of boys’ bodies in physical education. Australian Association for Research in Education, 2-6 December, 2012, Sydney, Australia.
- Gerdin, G. (2010). Visual methodologies and masculine performances in physical education. Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines (CEAD),17-19 November 2010, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Book (Refereed)
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Philpot, R., Schenker, K., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2021). Social Justice Pedagogies in Health and Physical Education. London, Routledge.
- Gerdin, G. (2017). Boys, Bodies, and Physical Education: Problematizing Identity, Schooling, and Power Relations through a Pleasure Lens. New York, Routledge.
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Gerdin, G., Denison, J., Gearity, B., Kerr, R., Mcmahon, J., et al. (2024). Coaching's Urgent Need : Addressing Coaches' Abuse of Power. The Routledge Handbook of Coach Development in Sport. Routledge.
- Philpot, R., Smith, W., Pringle, R., Ovens, A., Gerdin, G. (2024). Teaching for social justice through physical education. Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice. Routledge.
- Gerdin, G. (2023). Aesthetics of Existence Post-elite Sport Performances : Negotiating the Critic and the Complicit Elite Athlete Self. Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport : Post-Retirement Perspectives. London, Routledge. 21-33.
- Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2023). Masculinities, Sexualities, and Physical Education. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education. Champaign, Palgrave Macmillan. 1-10.
- Gerdin, G., Schenker, K. (2021). Democracy, Equity and Social Justice : The constitution of ‘health’ in Swedish physical education and health. Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health. London, UK, Routledge. 27-39.
- Gerdin, G., Mooney, A. (2019). Pleasure Games (of truth) in Boys’ Schooling – Interrogating Gender and Sexuality through a Pleasure Lens. Exploring Gender and LGBTQ Issues in K-12 and Teacher Education: A Rainbow Assemblage. Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing. 53-72.
- Pringle, R., Larsson, H., Gerdin, G. (2018). Introduction : Are We Making a Difference?. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 1-24.
- Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Smith, W. (2018). Socially-critical PE : The influence of critical research on the social justice agenda in PETE and PE practice. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 134-146.
- Pringle, R., Larsson, H., Gerdin, G. (2018). "What Do We Want? When Do We Want It? Now!" : Some Concluding Observations. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 241-251.
- Gerdin, G. (2014). ‘It’s a bit of a fitness test really’: Boys’ embodied performances of gender in physical education. Education and the Body. Auckland, Edify Ltd. 39-54.
- Gerdin, G. (2013). Boys’ Visual Representations and Interpretations of Physical Education. 40th Anniversary of Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 203-225.
- Gerdin, G. (2012). Visual methodologies and performances of gender in physical education. Changing worlds : Critical voices and new knowledge in education. Auckland, New Zealand, Pearson. 100-112.
Collection (editor) (Refereed)
- Pringle, R., Larsson, H., Gerdin, G. (2018). Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 260.
Article in journal (Other academic)
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Linnér, S., Schenker, K., Larsson, L., Gerdin, G. (2015). Några nedslag på AARE-NZARE 2014. Idrottsforskaren. (1). 12-16.
Status: Published
Conference paper (Other academic)
Chapter in book (Other academic)
- Lundin, K., Schenker, K., Gerdin, G., Linnér, S. (2022). Utveckla kunskaper eller bidra till rörelseglädje - en komparativ studie av kursplaner i Idrott och hälsa i fem olika län. Idrott och språk – Språk i idrott: Nordisk nätverkskonferens vid Linnéuniversitetet den 12–13 januari 2022. Linnéuniversitetet. 83-116.
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
- Gerdin, G. (2014). Boys will be boys? Gendered bodies, spaces and dis/pleasures in Physical Education. Doctoral Thesis. The University of Auckland. 248.