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Kenneth Aggerholm

Professor Department of Teacher Education and Outdoor Studies
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Email
kennetha@nih.no
Phone
+47 23 26 22 59

Background and experience

Kenneth Aggerholm is professor at the Department of Teacher Education and Outdoor Studies at NIH.

His research areas are sport pedagogy and the philosophy of sport, with special attention to human science approaches to experience, Bildung, practising and development in physical education, sport, and adapted physical activity (APA).

He is responsible for the Master Programme in Sport and Social Science, Pedagogy profile, and he is a member of The Committee for Research Education (KFU).

He is former president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Sport and Sport Ethics and Philosophy.

Kenneth is a former professional football player and has worked with street football for homeless and excluded people in Copenhagen.

Teaching

Pedagogical theory, Bildung theory, physical education, qualitative method, movement and experience.

 

Research

Philosophy of sport, sport pedagogy, philosophy of education, existential philosophy, phenomenology, ethics, talent development, physical education, adapted physical activity, embodiment and learning.

Publications

  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2026). Sports coaching as pedagogy: a humanist approach. Sports Coaching Review. ISSN 2164-0629. p. 1–10. doi: 10.1080/21640629.2026.2653315. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2026). Coaching of Ambiguity. In Hardman, Alun R. & Jones, Carwyn (Ed.), The Ethics of sports coaching. Routledge. ISSN 9780415557740. p. 1–15. doi: 10.4324/9781003545484-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Madsen, Kasper Lasthein & Volshøj, Esben Stilund (2026). Phenomenologically grounded action research: suggestions for broadening the scope of educational action research. Educational Action Research. ISSN 0965-0792. doi: 10.1080/09650792.2026.2623918. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Ronkainen, Noora & Schmidli, Xenia (2025). The digi-appearing body: bodily awareness when mediated by digital self-tracking technologies. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. ISSN 1568-7759. doi: 10.1007/s11097-025-10102-6. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nielsen, Glen; Krustrup, Peter; Rossing, Niels Nygaard; Elsborg, Peter Juul; Nøddesbo, Jesper & Krabbe, Annemette [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2025). How to Promote Wellbeing in Youth Sport: Recommendations From the 2024 Copenhagen Consensus Conference. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. ISSN 0905-7188. 35(8), p. 1–5. doi: 10.1111/sms.70121. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander (2025). Hannah Arendt in the gym: Physical education as bodily Bildung. Educational Philosophy and Theory. ISSN 0013-1857. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2025.2552765. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2025). An Existential Approach to Talent Development. In Borrie, Andy & Ryall, Emily (Ed.), Reimagining Talent Development in Sport: Seeing a Different World. Routledge. ISSN 9781032573946. p. 66–80. doi: 10.4324/9781003439189. Full text in Research Archive
  • Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander; Aggerholm, Kenneth & Løndal, Knut (2024). Discontinuity, risk, patience, and appeal: existential aspects of practising in physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. ISSN 1740-8989. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2024.2368045. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Sport humanism: Contours of a humanist theory of sport. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. ISSN 0094-8705. doi: 10.1080/00948705.2024.2388775. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Hordvik, Mats Melvold (2024). A Bildung theoretical framework for Models-based Practice in physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. ISSN 1740-8989. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2024.2446787. Full text in Research Archive
  • Robb, Catherine M.; Archer, Alfred & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). ‘Life outside the diamond is a wrench’: on experiencing talent loss in sports. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. ISSN 0094-8705. doi: 10.1080/00948705.2024.2420364. Full text in Research Archive
  • Volshøj, Esben; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Beni, Stephanie & Madsen, Kasper Lasthein (2024). Meaningful physical education: Towards an embodied pedagogy. European Physical Education Review. ISSN 1356-336X. doi: 10.1177/1356336X241300426. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Giese, Martin (2023). Bildung-Theoretical Approaches in German-Speaking and International Sport Pedagogy. In Balz, Eckart & Bindel, Tim (Ed.), Bildungszugänge im Sport : Grundlagen und Offerten. Springer. ISSN 9783658388942. p. 27–40. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-38895-9_3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2023). Practising in physical education: a phenomenologically grounded study of student experiences. Sport, Education and Society. ISSN 1357-3322. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2023.2265384. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronkainen, Noora; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn & Ryba, Tatiana V. (2022). Beyond life-skills: talented athletes, existential learning and (Un)learning the life of an athlete. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. ISSN 2159-676X. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2022.2037694. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Standal, Øyvind Førland (2021). Kroppslig læring er noe man kan øve seg på. In Østern, Tone Pernille; Bjerke, Øyvind; Engelsrud, Gunn Helene & Sørum, Anne Grut (Ed.), Kroppslig læring - perspektiver og praksiser. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215043708. p. 72–83. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2021). Practising movement. In Larsson, Håkan (Eds.), Learning Movements: New Perspectives of Movement Education. Routledge. ISSN 9780367356811. p. 118–132. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). Handicap - Om det pædagogiske arbejde med besværligheder, forhindringer og ulemper. In Lund, Ole & Jensen, Jens-Ole (Ed.), Sans for bevægelse - livsnerven i pædagogisk arbejde. Hans Reitzels Forlag. ISSN 9788741274942. p. 95–114. Full text in Research Archive
  • Madsen, Kasper Lasthein; Aggerholm, Kenneth & Jensen, Jens-Ole (2020). Enactive movement integration: Results from an action research project. Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies. ISSN 0742-051X. 95. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2020.103139. Full text in Research Archive
  • Madsen, Kasper Lasthein & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). ”Den følelse kan jeg ikke skabe, hvis jeg bare står og fortæller” – Lærernes erfaringer med en handlingsorienteret tilgang til bevægelse i folkeskolen. Forskning og Forandring. 3(1), p. 132–152. doi: 10.23865/fof.v3.2096. Full text in Research Archive
  • Madsen, Kasper Lasthein & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). Embodying education - a bildung theoretical approach to movement integration. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 6(2), p. 157–164. doi: 10.1080/20020317.2019.1710949. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronkainen, Noora; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Aggerholm, Kenneth & Ryba, Tatiana (2020). Superwomen? Young sporting women, temporality and learning not to be perfect. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSN 1012-6902. doi: 10.1177/1012690220979710. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronkainen, Noora; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Ryba, Tatiana V. & Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2020). Learning in sport: from life skills to existential learning. Sport, Education and Society. ISSN 1357-3322. 26(2), p. 214–227. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2020.1712655. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). Defiance in sport. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. ISSN 0094-8705. 47(2). doi: 10.1080/00948705.2020.1724514. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Breivik, Gunnar (2020). Being, having and belonging: values and ways of engaging in sport. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. ISSN 1743-0437. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2020.1734562. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rucinska, Zuzanna & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2019). Embodied and Enactive Creativity in Sports. In Cappuccio, Massimiliano L. (Eds.), Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology. MIT Press. ISSN 9780262348171. p. 669–694. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Larsen, Signe Højbjerre (2018). Bubbles & Squat – did Dionysus just sneak into the fitness centre? Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. ISSN 0094-8705. 45(2), p. 189–203. doi: 10.1080/00948705.2018.1481415. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Standal, Øyvind Førland & Hordvik, Mats (2018). Competition in Physical Education: Avoid, Ask, Adapt or Accept? Quest (National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education). ISSN 0033-6297. 70(3), p. 385–400. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2017.1415151. Full text in Research Archive
  • Barker, Dean; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Standal, Øyvind Førland & Larsson, Håkan (2018). Developing the practising model in physical education: an expository outline focusing on movement capability. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. ISSN 1740-8989. 23(2), p. 209–221. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2017.1371685. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Standal, Øyvind Førland; Dean, Barker & Håkan, Larsson (2018). On practising in physical education: outline for a pedagogical model. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. ISSN 1740-8989. 23(2), p. 197–208. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2017.1372408. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Larsen, Signe Højbjerre (2017). Parkour as acrobatics: an existential phenomenological study of movement in parkour. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. ISSN 2159-676X. 9(1), p. 69–86. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2016.1196387. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2017). Ethics of Youth Sport. In Kretchmar, Scott (Eds.), Philosophy: Sport. Macmillan Publishers Ltd.. ISSN 9780028663371. p. 223–242. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Martiny, Kristian Moltke (2017). Yes We Can! A Phenomenological Study of a Sports Camp for Young People With Cerebral Palsy. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. ISSN 0736-5829. 34(4), p. 362–381. doi: 10.1123/apaq.2015-0135. Full text in Research Archive
  • Standal, Øyvind Førland & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2016). Habits, skills and embodied experiences: a contribution to philosophy of physical education. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. ISSN 1751-1321. 10(3), p. 269–282. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2016.1220972. Full text in Research Archive
  • Martiny, Kristian Moltke & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2016). Embodying Cognition: Working with self-control in cerebral palsy. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 9(e33), p. 1–22. doi: 10.1017/S1754470X16000192. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2016). On practising in sport: towards an ascetological understanding of sport. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. ISSN 0094-8705. 43(3), p. 350–364. doi: 10.1080/00948705.2016.1159917. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2015). Existential philosophy and sport. In McNamee, Mike & Morgan, William J. (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport. Routledge. ISSN 9780415829809. p. 142–160. doi: 10.4324/9780203466261-11. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronglan, Lars Tore & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2014). ‘Humour helps’: Elite sports coaching as a balancing act. Sports Coaching Review. ISSN 2164-0629. doi: 10.1080/21640629.2014.885776. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronglan, Lars Tore & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2013). Humour and sports coaching : a laughing matter? In Potrac, Paul; Gilbert, Wade & Denison, Jim (Ed.), Routledge handbook of sports coaching. Routledge. ISSN 9780415782227. p. 222–234. doi: 10.4324/9780203132623.ch18. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2013). Express yourself: the value of theatricality in soccer. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. ISSN 0094-8705. 40(2), p. 205–224. doi: 10.1080/00948705.2013.785414. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Jespersen, Ejgil & Ronglan, Lars Tore (2012). Falling for the feint - an existential investigation of a creative performance in higj-level football. In Martínková, Irena & Parry, Jim (Ed.), Phenomenological approaches to sport. Routledge. ISSN 9780415697101. p. 159–174. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2011.602589. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Ronglan, Lars Tore (2012). Having the last laugh : the value of humour in ivasion games. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. ISSN 1751-1321. 6(3), p. 336–352. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2012.689321. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Jespersen, Ejgil & Ronglan, Lars Tore (2011). Falling For The Feint – An Existential Investigation Of A Creative Performance In High-Level Football. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. ISSN 1751-1321. 5(3), p. 343–538. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2011.602589. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Jespersen, Ejgil & Ronglan, Lars Tore (2011). Ko pades na finto: Eksistencialna preiskava ustvarjalnega nastopa v vrhunskem nogometu. Borec. ISSN 0006-7725. LX111(676-680), p. 330–353. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Lund, Ole; Munk, Mette; Aggerholm, Kenneth & Jensen, Jens-Ole (2026). Bevægelse og idræt med mennesket i centrum. doi: https:/open.spotify.com/episode/2DqOfG7uC1ACSPyfKMwXda?si=359d558695694b71. Full text in Research Archive
  • Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2025). Hannah Arendt in the gym: Physical Education as Bodily Bildung. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Larsen, Signe Højbjerre & Gaffney, Paul (2025). The Sportification of Parkour. A Configurational Analysis of Movement Cultures. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Standal, Øyvind (2025). Hannah Arendt and Embodied Bildung - Towards a World-Centred Physical Education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2025). Sports Coaching as Pedagogy - A Humanist Approach. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2025). What would sport philosophers have to say to sport pedagogues? Full text in Research Archive
  • Lund, Ole; Aggerholm, Kenneth & Madsen, Kasper Lasthein (2025). Eksperter: Vi skal væk fra, at trænere ser trivsel som ekstraarbejde. Idrætsmonitor. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2025). Are theories of sport relevant for sport pedagogy? Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Arendt i gymsalen – om Vita Activa og pedagogisk arbeid med rørsle. Full text in Research Archive
  • Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Practising in Physical Education: A phenomenologically grounded study of student experiences. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Trivsel i idræt er et spørgsmål om idrætspædagogik og dannelse. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Archer, Alfred & Robb, Catherine M. (2024). Life Outside the Diamond is a Wrench: On Experiencing Talent Loss. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Til forsvar for det menneskelige i idræt og bevægelse. Re:Move. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Drømme for børn og unge i bevægelse. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander (2023). Øving i kroppsøving. En fenomenologisk forankret studie av elevers erfaringer. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2023). Training and Practising: Same same but different? Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2023). Admiration in Sport. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2023). Growing Playgrounds in Physical Education: On the Role of Practising (Øving) for Meaningful Experiences. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2023). Sport Humanism - Contours of a Humanist Theory of Sport. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Ronkainen, Noora & Xenia, Schmidli (2023). The Digi-appearing Body. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2023). Practising in Sport. What is it and why does it matter? Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronkainen, Noora & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2022). Practising and Meaningful Experiences in Physical Education. [Internet]. Physical Activity Researcher Podcast. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ronkainen, Noora & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2022). Creativity and Practising in Sport. [Internet]. Physical Activity Researcher Podcast. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2022). Idrettens verdier og etikk - et spørsmål om pedagogikk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2022). The Digi-appearing Body: Questions Concerning Physical Activity in the Digital Age. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Standal, Øyvind Førland (2021). Humanvitenskapelig pedagogikk i kroppsøving. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hordvik, Mats Melvold & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2021). A Bildung Theoretical Underpinning of Models-based Practice in Physical Education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Ronkainen, Noora (2021). Existential Learning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Barker, Dean; Standal, Øyvind Førland & Larsson, Håkan (2021). Practising movement at home: An idea for meaningful remote teaching in physical education. idrottsforum.org/artiklar. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Signe Højbjerre & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). En filosofisk tilgang: Bubbles & Squat - har dionysos sneget sig ind i fitnesscenteret? In Larsen, Signe Højbjerre & Ravn, Susanne (Ed.), Krop og bevægelse i idræt og sundhed: Kulturanalytiske tilgange. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788740832679. p. 149–162. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). Kropp + Øving = Sant. NIH-bloggen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2020). The Philosophy of Football by by Borge, S., Abingdon, Routledge, 2019, 296 pp. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. ISSN 1751-1321. 14(2), p. 282–286. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2020.1720278. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Breivik, Gunnar (2019). Being, Having and Belonging: Values and Ways of Engaging in Sport. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2019). Defiance in sport. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2019). Bevægelsesglæde – et pædagogisk mål eller middel? Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Jespersen, Ejgil (2018). Kroppslig forståelse av motivasjon i kroppsøving. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Standal, Øyvind Førland (2018). Bildung-Theoretical Reflections on the Justification of Physical Education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Larsen, Signe Højbjerre (2017). Bubbles & Squat - Did Dionysus just sneak into the fitness center? Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth & Matthews, John (2017). Having a talent or Being a talent - that is the question. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth; Standal, Øyvind Førland & Hordvik, Mats (2017). Vi må tale om konkurranse i kroppsøving. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2014). The Philosophy of Sport: Advances, Contours and Potentials of an Academic Discipline (The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport). Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2014). Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. ISSN 1751-1321. 8(2), p. 203–208. doi: 10.1080/17511321.2014.912675. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2008). Research ethics in exercise, health and sports sciences [bokandmeldelse]. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2006). Jespersen, Ejgil, Matti Goksøyr & Lars Tore Ronglan (red) Ethical Expertise, Phronesis and Moral Education: Special Issue of Moving Bodies, No. 2 2006 Vol. 4 [anmeldelse]. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum. Full text in Research Archive
  • Askildsen, Carl-Emil Marstrander; Løndal, Knut & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2024). Pedagogical reorientation and qualitative self-transformation - Teachers’ and students’ experiences with physical education informed by the Practising Model. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. ISSN 9788283646375. Full text in Research Archive
  • Martiny, Kristian Moltke & Aggerholm, Kenneth (2015). “Ja vi kan” – Et pilotstudie fra HEC Vintercamp 2014. Helene Elsass Center. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aggerholm, Kenneth (2013). Elite-Bildung : An Existential-Phenomenological Study of Talents Developing in Football. Aarhus Universitetsforlag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Olesen, Jesper; Aggerholm, Kenneth & Kofoed, Jette (2008). Flere end to slags børn - en rapport om køn og ligestilling i børnehaven. Aarhus Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788792142238. Full text in Research Archive

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