Dr Paul Gilchrist
Senior Research Fellow
contact:
Sport and Service Management
Gaudick Road
Eastbourne
BN20 7SR
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643889
Email: P.M.Gilchrist@brighton.ac.uk
Research interests
- Sport politics & policy
- Sport history
- Lifestyle sport
- Cultural geography
Biography
Paul obtained a first class Politics BA(Hons)(University of Warwick, 2001), MA Sport, Politics and Society (with distinction (University of Warwick, 2002) and a PhD (University of Brighton, 2009).
He is an experienced researcher, specialising in the politics and policy of sport, leisure and popular culture. Paul has undertaken research and consultancy projects for a range of government agencies, including Defra, Sport England, SEEDA, and the Environment Agency.
These projects have contributed to national policy development in the areas of sport policy (particularly, outdoor recreation) and workforce development and training in the creative and cultural industries. Research findings have appeared in a range of peer-reviewed academic journals including Media, Culture & Society, Society & Natural Resources and the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, as well as specialist magazines and edited books.
He is joint convenor and co-founder of the Political Studies Association's 'sport and politics' study group (www.sportpolitics.net) and has previously co-organised the annual conferences of the Leisure Studies Association (2007) and the British Society of Sport History (2008).
He is co-editor of Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? (LSA, 2008) and The Politics of Sport: Community, Mobility, Identity (Taylor & Francis, 2011).
Research Publications
Gilchrist, P. and Ravenscroft, N. (2012) Space hijacking and the anarcho-politics of leisure Leisure Studies . ISSN 1466-4496
GILCHRIST, PAUL (2012) Beyond the brink: Beachy Head as a climbing landscape International Journal of the History of Sport . ISSN 0952-3367
GILCHRIST, PAUL and Holden, R. (2011) Introduction: the politics of sport - community, mobility, identity Sport in Society, 14 (2). pp. 151-159. ISSN 1743-0437
GILCHRIST, PAUL and WHEATON, BELINDA (2011) Lifestyle sport, public policy and youth engagement: examining the emergence of parkour International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 3 (1). pp. 109-131. ISSN 1940-6940
RAVENSCROFT, NEIL and GILCHRIST, PAUL (2011) Paddling, property and piracy: the politics of canoeing in England and Wales Sport in Society, 14 (2). pp. 175-192. ISSN 1743-0437
Ravenscroft, N. and Gilchrist, P. (2009) The emergent working society of leisure Journal of Leisure Research, 41 (1). pp. 23-39. ISSN 0022-2216
Ravenscroft, N. and Gilchrist, P. (2009) Spaces of transgression: governance, discipline and reworking the carnivalesque Leisure Studies, 28 (1). pp. 35-49. ISSN 1466-4496
Church, A., Gilchrist, P. and Ravenscroft, N. (2007) Negotiating recreational access under asymmetrical power relations: the case of inland waters in England Society and Natural Resources, 20 (3). pp. 213-227. ISSN 1521-0723
Church, A., Gilchrist, P., Heys, B., Palmer, C.A., Ravenscroft, N., Rogers, G., Sharp, G. and Watson, J. (2007) Tourism, Culture and Creativity: Preparing Hastings for economic regeneration through education and workforce development in te creative and cultural sectors of the local economy University of Brighton, UK. (Submitted)
Gilchrist, P and Ravenscroft, N (2006) Festivals of transgression: governance, discipline and reworking the carnivalesque In: Fleming, S and Jordan, F, eds. Events and Festivals: Education, Impacts and Experiences. Leisure Studies Association, Eastbourne, pp. 147-166. ISBN 1905369042
Gilchrist, P (2006) The politics of totemic sporting heroes and the conquest of Everest Anthropological Notebooks, 12 (2). pp. 35-52. ISSN 1408 - 032X
Ravenscroft, N and Gilchrist, P (2005) Delimiting leisure and culture: towards a new definition of leisure property Journal of Retail & Leisure Property, 4 (4). pp. 123-133. ISSN 1750-2098
Ravenscroft, Neil and Gilchrist, Paul (2005) Post-Fordist restructuring and vocational training in sport in the UK Managing Leisure, 10 (3). pp. 166-183. ISSN 1466-450X
Tomlinson, A, Ravenscroft, N, Wheaton, B and Gilchrist, P (2005) Lifestyle Sports and National Sport Policy: An Agenda for Research Sport England, London.
Ravenscroft, Neil, Church, Andrew and Gilchrist, Paul (2005) The ontology of exclusion: a European perspective on leisure constraints research In: Jackson, Edgar L., ed. Constraints to Leisure. Venture Publishing, Inc., New York, US, pp. 363-377. ISBN 1892132540
Gilchrist, P (2005) Taking to extremes Sports Management, 9 (4). pp. 54-59.
Gilchrist, P (2004) Local heroes and global stars In: Allison, L., ed. Global politics of sport. Routledge, UK, pp. 118-139. ISBN 0415346029
Ravenscroft, N., Gilchrist, P., Church, A., Hickey, R. and Hammond, B. (2004) Improving access for canoeing on inland waterways in England Countryside Recreation, 12 (2). pp. 15-18. ISSN 1464-1194
Ravenscroft, N, Church, A, Burnside, N, Gilchrist, P, Rogers, G, Hickey, R, Markwell, S, Scott, A, Reeves, J and Hammond, B (2004) Improving Access for Canoeing on Inland Waters: A Study of the Feasibility of Access Agreements Countryside Agency.
Research & Scholarship profile
- Co-convenor, Political Studies Association Sport and Politics Study Group
- Guest co-editor, Sport in Society (issue: ‘The Politics of Sport: Community, Mobility, Identity’), 2011
- Peer reviewer: British Journal of Sociology; French Politics; Leisure Studies; International Review for the Sociology of Sport; Manchester University Press; Palgrave Macmillan; Sport in Society
- Member, Faculty of Education and Sport Research Ethics and Governance Committee
- Convenor, Centre for Sport Research seminar series
- Grant award - The Politics of Parkour: Transnationalism, Youth and Social Policy (funded by the British Academy, 2010)
- Grant award – Sport and the Big Society (funded by the Political Studies Association, 2011)
