Nils Asle Bergsgard

Professor
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Department of Sports, Physical Education and Outdoor Studies
Campus Bø (1-220)
I am a professor in sport sociology, mainly focusing on sport and politics, sport facilities, and sport and society. I have published several journal articles, chapter in anthologies and books within these subjects. I have also done research in cultural policy, cultural studies, and voluntary welfare production. From 2019-2022 I had a fixed term position as Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty.

Responsibilities

  • Supervising ph.d.-students/master students
  • Teaching on sport, politics and society
  • Projectmanager of EvaFag2025

CV

Curriculum vitae with track record

Personal information

First name, Surname:Nils Asle, Bergsgard

Date of birth:27.11.1964

Sex:Male

Nationality:Norwegian

Researcher unique identifier(s)
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URL for personal website:

https://min.usn.no/ansatte/ansattsok/nils-asle-bergsgard-article181926-14611.html


Education

Year

Faculty/department - University/institution - Country

2005

Dr. Polit. - Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo - Norway

1993

Cand. Sociol. - Department of Sociology, University of Oslo - Norway


Positions - current and previous

(Academic sector/research institutes/industrial sector/public sector/other)

Year - Job title – Employer - Country

2019-2022

Vice dean research - Faculty for humanities, sports- and educational science, USN – Norway (4 year tenure, leave from permanent position, see below)

2014-

Professor – Department for outdoor life, sport and physical education, USN - Norway

2006-2017

Senior Researcher – International research institute of Stavanger (IRIS) - Norway

1993-2005

Researcher - Telemark Research Institute - Norway

 

Project management experience

(Academic sector/research institutes/industrial sector/public sector/other. Please list the most relevant.)

Year - Project owner - Project - Role - Funder

1994-2014

Leading a number of commissioned research projects at Telemark

Research Institute and International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS)

2001-2003

Telemark Research Institute - Evaluering av det lokale arbeidet med Opptrappingsplanen for psykisk helse med fokus på arbeids- og fritidstiltak. [Evaluating the local implementation of National Program for Psychiatric health, focus on work and leisure time activities]. - Project Manager - Commissioned by Research Council Norway.

2006-2008

IRIS - Offentlig styring for frivillig idrett [Public governing of voluntary sport] - Project Manager - Commissioned by Research Council Norway.

2011-2014

IRIS - Rapid social change, value transformation, and the field of culture. The city of Stavanger as prism - Project Manager - Commissioned by Research Council Norway

2014-2017

IRIS - Innovation or standardization of welfare services? - Sub project manager, as a part of the project Pluralisation, the welfare state and civil association (Hilmar Rommetvedt overall project manager) - Commissioned by Research Council Norway

2021-2025

Evaluering av implementering av fagfornyelsen i klasserom og fag, EvaFag2025. [Evaluation of the implementation of Fagfornyelsen in classrooms and subjects, EvaFag2025]. Finansiert av Utdanningsdirektoratet.

1999-2010

In addition, part of research team that applied for and completed three Research Council Norway funded projects


Other relevant professional experiences

(E.g. institutional responsibilities, organisation of scientific meetings, membership in academic societies, review boards, advisory boards, committees, major research or innovation collaborations, other commissions of trust in public or private sector)            

Year

Description - Role

2019

Head of the local organizing committee for the 16th European Association for Sport Conference (EASS) in Bø, Norway

2017-2018

The Impact of Sport and Outdoor Recreation on the Natural Environment. Member of an international working group to draft a background paper to Mistra (The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research) to prepare a call for research applications

2017

Selection Committee Young Researcher Award, EASS, Praha 2017

2017

Chairs of the Scientific Committee, 2.nd International Conference of Football, Valencia 2017

2015-2018

Head of ph.d. programme committee for Culture Studies, USN

2014-2015

Head of the research group in Culture and Sport Policy, USN

2014-2019

Member of 5 evaluation committees for ph.d. dissertation and defence

  • Public Management of Private Non-Profit Sports Halls, Evald B. Iversen, University of Southern Denmark, 2015.
  • Regulating Autonomi, Bård Kleppe, University College of South-Eastern Norway, 2017.
  • Hög standard. En studie om kommunal anläggningspolitik och elitefotbollens standardisereande arenakrav [High Standard. A study of facility policy in the municipalities and elite football’s standardisations], Jens Alm, Malmö University, 2017.
  •  Vilje til inklusjon. Studier av innovasjon for sosial inkludering i idrett [The intention to Include: Studies of Innovation for Social Inclusion in Sport], Anne Tjønndal, Nord University, 2018.
  • Den norske arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen (NAV) sitt arbeid med oppfølging av sykmeldte arbeidstakere. Ny kontekst – nye roller? [The Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration’s (NAV) work following up sick-listed employees. New Context – New Roles?] Karianne Nyheim Stray. USN, to be publicly defended 22nd September 2022.

2014-2019

Leader of/member in five evaluation committees for appointments as professor

2009-2010

European Capital of Culture Policy Group. Participant in an international research group with partners from Turku, Finland, Marseille, France, and Liverpool, UK, aiming at establishing an International Research Model for the European Capital of Cultures, to be adopted by the European Commission.

 

Track record

  1. The total number of publications during the career.
  • 15 peer reviewed journal articles,
  • 19 book chapters (both peer-reviewed and not),
  • 1 monograph (PHD dissertation),
  • 4 edited volumes, 
  • more than 20 paper-presentations at international conferences,
  • nearly 50 administrative and professional reports,
  • a number of popularizing articles and public lectures.

 

 

 

Publications

A list of up to ten publications in major national or international peer-reviewed journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, peer reviewed book chapters and/or monographs    

Nils Asle Bergsgard & Svein Ingve Nødland Open Tenders in Public Procurement of Welfare Services: Professionalization, Standardization, and Innovation among Civil Sector Providers, Journal of Civil Society, Vol 16, No 4, s. 313-332, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2020.1827810

Nils Asle Bergsgard Power and domination in sport policy and politics – three intertwined levels of exercising power. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2018, VOL. 10, NO. 4, 653–667. 2018. DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2018.1490335

Nils Asle Bergsgard, Katja Borodulin, Josef Fahlen, Jens Høyer-Kruse & Evald Bundgård Iversen National structures for building and managing sport facilities: a comparative analyses of the Nordic countries. Sport in Society, Vol 22. No 4, s. 515-524, 2019. DOI:10.1080/17430437.2017.1389023

Nils Asle Bergsgard & Anders Vassenden Outsiders? A sociological study of Norwegian artist with minority background. International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol 21, No 3, pp 309-325. 2015

Nils Asle Bergsgard, Kari Jøsendal and Beatriz Garcia A cultural of mega event’s impact on innovative capabilities in art production: the result of Stavanger being the European capital of culture in 2008. International Journal Innovation and Regional Development,  Vol 2, No. 4, 2010

Nils Asle Bergsgard and Anders Vassenden The Legacy of Stavanger as Capital of Culture in Europe 2008: Watershed or puff of wind? International Journal of Cultural Policy, 17: 3, 301-320

Nils Asle Bergsgard and Johan Norberg Sports policy and politics – the Scandinavian way. Sport in Society. Vol 13, no. 4, 2010

Pål Augestad, Nils Asle Bergsgard & Atle Ø. Hansen The Institutionalisation of an Elite Sport Organisation in Norway - the Case of ‘Olympiatoppen’. Sociology of Sport Journal. Vol. 23, nr 3, 2006

Nils Asle Bergsgard, Hilmar Rommetvedt Norwegian Sport Politics and Policy: A Reflection of General Trends or Deviant Case. International Review for Sociology of sport, Vol 41,  nr. 1 2006, 7-27

Nils Asle Bergsgard, Barrie Houlihan, Per Mangset, Svein Ingve Nødland & Hilmar Rommetvedt Sport policy: a comparative analysis of stability and change. Oxford: Butterworth/Heinemann. 2007

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