The European Association for Sociology of Sport is proud to announce the 8th EASS Young Researcher Award. The aim of the award is to facilitate the integration of outstanding graduate students and young researchers into the European community of sociology of sport scholars. The award will be granted to a scholarly paper authored by a young researcher, which is deemed by a panel of judges to be of highest quality. The winning author will be invited to receive the award and present the paper at the Annual Conference of the EASS, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 4–8 June 2016. The winning paper may be considered for publication in the European Journal for Sport and Society.