Numerous scholars within sport and health sciences have emphasized the critical role of the school environment in shaping young people’s physically active lives. While Sara Hoy’s PhD project and dissertation addresses this specific dimension, the inquiry is also situated within wider academic discourses (ways of thinking, speaking, and producing knowledge within scholarly communities) concerning adolescents’ physical activity in school settings.

The Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal is pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for an upcoming special series focused on Physical Activity and Menopause.

Qualitative research in sport and exercise is firmly established and continues to expand at a rapid pace. It is increasingly celebrated for what it can offer within and beyond the academy in terms of understanding people’s perceptions, experiences, and meanings that they attribute to sport, physical activity, exercise and leisure. ​This conference is dedicated to promoting cutting edge empirical inquiry, advancements in qualitative methods, and debates about methods, theory, and practice and as they relate to conducting and learning from qualitative research in sport and exercise.