Sigbjørn Hunstad Skirbekk

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Social Sciences

sigbjorn.skirbekk@nord.no

Phone

+4775517129

Study location

Bodø

Office

Bodø, Samfunnet, E310

Areas of expertise

Sports and gender, Sports research, Sports, Sociology of sports, sports technology

I work as a PhD-fellow with a project concerning the implementation of video assistant referee (VAR) in Norwegian football, focusing on how the career possibilities and conditions for female and male elite football referees, and the role of football referees, is impacted.

Practical-pedagogic education (PPU), NTNU (2021)

Worked as a teaching assistant in social science research methods (SOS1002) at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at NTNU (2019-2020)

MSc. Sports Science, NTNU (2020)

BSc. Social Sciences and Sports Sciences, NTNU (2018)

Member of the RESPONSE research group at Nord University

Member of the Leadership and Innovation group at Nord University

Participant at the research school DIGIT (Norwegian Research School on Digitization, Culture and Society)

Ongoing Ph. D-project: What implications does the implementation of VAR have for the elite football refereeing role in Norwegian football (working title) (2021-2024)

Part of the Nordic research project 'Women in a Digitized Sports Culture' (2022-2023)

2025

"Du gjorde en gal avgjørelse, denne bør du se om igjen": maktforsyvning mellom menneske og teknologi ved implementeringen av VAR i toppfotball Grenseløs idrett 2025 - Sigbjørn Hunstad Skirbekk

Technology and Gender in Elite Sports Refereeing Women in a Digitized Sports Culture: Nordic Perspectives 2025 - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Stian Røsten, Egil Trasti Rogstad, Anne Tjønndal

Nordic Women Footballers and Social Media Activism Women in a Digitized Sports Culture: Nordic Perspectives 2025 - Egil Trasti Rogstad, Riikka Turtiainen, Stian Røsten, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Anne Tjønndal

‘I feel I must work harder and still be overlooked’ – How the implementation of video assistant referee (VAR) influences gendered recruitment and working conditions in elite football refereeing 2025 International Review for the Sociology of Sport - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

“It Comes Down to Strength and Stamina”: Video Assistant Referee and the Reproduction of Masculine Performance in Football Refereeing 2025 Journal of Sport and Social Issues - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Hilde Berit Moen, Anne Tjønndal

2024

Innføring av VAR i norsk toppfotball - Dommere og dommerinstruktørers opplevelser Idrettsledelse i praksis 2024 - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

‘Women play football, not women’s football’: the potentials and paradoxes of professionalisation expressed at the UEFA women’s EURO 2022 Championship 2024 European Journal for Sport and Society (EJSS) - Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Stian Røsten, Egil Trasti Rogstad

From field to feed: Norwegian Football Players’ usage and self-presentation on Instagram throughout the UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Championship 2024 International Review for the Sociology of Sport - Egil Trasti Rogstad, Anne Tjønndal, Stian Røsten, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

2023

Video Assistant Referee (VAR), gender and football refereeing: a scoping review 2023 Soccer and Society - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

2024

Videoassistert dømming: mindre feilmargin, men større fallhøyde? 2024 - Anne Tjønndal, Tom Erik Jorung Solstad, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

A Critical Realist Theory of Sport by Graham Scambler 2024 European Journal for Sport and Society (EJSS) - Egil Trasti Rogstad, Frida Austmo Wågan, Stian Røsten, Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Thibault Fouquaert, Kristian Kjølstad Sigvartsen

2023

VAR utfordrer fotballens grunnidé 2023 - Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

The Impact of Technology on Elite Sports Refereeing 2023 2023 World Congress of Sociology of Sport - Stian Røsten, Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Egil Trasti Rogstad

"Guess it's about skills and performance" - Gendered recruitment and work load of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in Norwegian Elite Football Refereeing 2023 World Congress of Sociology of Sport - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

The future of sport? New anthology prophecies a technological revolution 2023 Idrottsforum.org - Nordic Sport Studies Forum - Siv Stavang Aune, Anne Tjønndal, Stian Røsten, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

2022

Mostly successful collection how social media and digital communication technologies impact sports in various ways 2022 idrottsforum.org/artiklar - Anne Tjønndal, Stian Røsten, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Frida Austmo Wågan, Egil Trasti Rogstad

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and gender in football refereeing - a scoping review 2022 World Congress of Sociology of Sport - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and gender in football refereeing 2022 NORA conference: Tensions and potensials in nordic feminist and gender research - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

Technology in refereeing and coaching 2022 Workshop: Women coaches and referees - Egil Trasti Rogstad, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Stian Røsten

'VAR complicates things' - VAR: contributing to or challenging gendered differences in the refereeing role? 2022 Sport & Gender Conference 2022 - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk

Football players’ usage and self-presentation on Instagram during UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 2022 The 14th annual conference of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Stian Røsten, Anne Beret Tjønndal, Egil Trasti Rogstad

Technology and gender equity in elite sports coaching and refereeing  2022 The 14th annual conference of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport - Stian Røsten, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Anne Beret Tjønndal, Egil Trasti Rogstad

2021

Gendered experiences, organizational structures and the advancement of women referees in Norwegian elite football 2021 World Congress of Sociology of Sport - Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk