Background and experience
Matti Goksøyr is a professor emeritus in sport history at the Institute of Sport and social Science.
Goksøyr graduated as a Cand. polit at the University of Bergen in1981. He started working at the has worked at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 1984 and received his doctorate in sports history in 1991. From 2006-2012 he was head of the former section for culture and society at NIH.
Over the years Goksøyr has published several books and articles in Norwegian and English. He has aslo supervised doctoral students, led research projects and authored textbooks.
Research
Professor emeritus in sports history and sport and Society