Special Issue

Environmental Sciences in Sport: An Interdisciplinary Approach in Human and Social Sciences

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2026 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editors

Eric Fruchart, PhD

Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Performance Santé Environnement de Montagne (LIPSEM) – UR 4604, Via Domitia Perpignan University, UFRSTAPS, 66120 Font-Romeu, France

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Research Interests: Altitude judgment and decision making; Well-Being; Reversal theory; Information integration; Sport psychology; Performance

Helena Nogueira, PhD, Professor

Department of Geography and Tourism, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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Research Interests: Contextual health determinants; Health behaviours and inequalities; Neighbourhood effects on health; Statistical methodologies

About This Topic

The relationship between the environment and physical and sports activities (PSAs) is becoming a key issue for our society and our political and sports bodies. The effect of global warming on PSAs and the influence of PSAs on natural areas are just two examples. This relationship between (PSAs) and environment can therefore be questioned in two ways: (1) What is the impact of environmental components (of all kinds) on PSAs actors, their actions and the way they operate? (2) What is the influence of PSAs (at different scales) on environmental components (e.g., nature)?

The objective of our special issue is to study the relationship between PSAs and the environment in its physical and social dimensions, by shedding light on the processes (psychological, social, managerial, historical, geographical…) that govern this relationship.

The scientific proposals will be at the crossroads of sport psychology and environmental psychology. Works in social and human sciences (e.g., sociology, management, geography, history, etc.) will also be welcome. From an interdisciplinary perspective, investigations combining a multi-field perspective will be appreciated.

Keyword

Relationship environment/physical and sports activities;
Social environment;
Physical environment;
Sports sciences;
Social and human sciences;
Environmental psychology;
Sports psychology

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (aeer@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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Publication

Open Access Original Research Physical Education: Equity of Learning and Social Inclusion for Blind Students by Brizeida Hernández Sánchez  , Massiel Coronado-Morán  , Greisy González-Cedeño  and Tancredi Pascucci Received: 15 July 2024;  Published: 19 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2501012 Abstract Equity in the educational system is crucial to addressing the needs of all students without distinction, from their initial access to education through to graduation. Achieving equity requires implementing reasonable adjustments to ensure that all students can attend classes, actively participate, and learn effectively. Equity entails transfor [...]