Thoughts and Ideas
This section is a space for me to consider issues within society and contemporary culture.
Here, I’ll introduce and further develop ideas I like to work with, explain and expand on issues that stem from previous projects, as well as consider immersive research and developing practices.
Study a PhD with Dr. Christopher R. Matthews
I specialise in conducting and supervising immersive research, but I’m keen to discuss various projects and research methods with prospective students as well.
Two fully funded PhD projects
Two fully funded community-focused research projects with the University of Nottingham’s, and Nottingham Trent University’s Co(l)laboratory. They focus on sport as a tool for reducing violence and sport in relation to dementia care.
Symposium - Concussion in sport: what do we know and what’s next?
A symposium recording of the Concussion in Sport seminar with two broad aims. Firstly, to help inform people who would like to know more about the risks of concussion and what is currently being done to support athletes, coaches and medical personnel to reduce the damaging effects of brain injuries. Secondly, to consider what problems still need further understanding and to develop ideas to shape the future directions of work in the area.
Join my team: Fully-funded PhD
Join my team! You could be working alongside me and two other PhD students studying interesting issues connected to health, wellbeing and sport.
Immersion in action research with Dr. Cathy van Ingen
I’ve relied on Cathy’s work in my teaching and publications so, I wanted to explore two main issues with her. Firstly, how Cathy maintains the scientific basis of her work while acknowledging that it has an ideological basis. And secondly, to discuss some of the challenging stories that come from doing 13+ years of conducting research with people who have suffered some form of trauma.
Getting inside the steroid industry with Dr. Luke Turnock
In building an immersive research strategy, based on his existing personal contacts within a powerlifting community, Luke was able to gain access to information about the underground production of steroids.
Exploring drugs and doping with Dr. Paul Dimeo
Paul is a Reader at the University of Stirling and he’s a leader in the field of drug use in sport. Here, we discuss a bunch of issues connected to drug use, doping regulations and various logical inconsistencies regarding the ‘war on drugs’. We explore a range of examples and compare how drug use and users were, and are treated in very different ways to what has become normalised in the world of elite, and now sub-elite sport.
OPD interview with Joe Jeffrey and Austin Stout
This is a recording of my appearance on the OPD (Optimal Physique Development) podcast with Joe Jeffrey and Austin Stout. We discussed critical thinking, social science, subcultures, performance enhancing, strength sports and bodybuilding.
Immersion in performance sport with Dr. Alex Culvin: Some findings from women’s football and men’s boxing
I was lucky enough to have Dr. Alex Culvin speak to me about her research in professional women’s football. Her career at the top end of the sport has resulted in her having fantastic access to elite players at a key time for the sport, so we consider how shared experiences can be a great way of gaining insight during interviews.
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