Research students
Research Students at the University of Brighton are registered with the Brighton Doctoral College (BDC) but conduct their research on a day to day basis within the University's School.
Those in the School of Sport and Service Management are currently working on a very broad range of topics across all research groups and are listed below.
See also what our past students say.
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Jon Binney
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An investigation into the teaching of non-traditional physical activities and how this influences the professional socialization of undergraduate physical education trainee teachers |
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Claudia Dolezal
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Empowerment in Utilising Tourism Encounters and Community Assets for Tourism Claudia's research project connects the areas of tourism, social anthropology and international development. Through her research she seeks to identify pathways to greater community empowerment by understanding and utilising the often criticised tourism encounter in a community-based tourism setting in less developed countries. The dynamic power relations between what the anthropology of tourism usually calls 'host' and 'guest' are therefore in the centre of this research. Claudia's geographical research focus is South-East Asia. |
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Ben Duncan
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A novel approach to induce increased fat oxidation in humans by brief hypoxia and physical activity Ben recently won the The Routledge Postgraduate Student Exhibition Prize in the Chelsea School Exhibition for his poster entitled "The effect of hypoxic exposure and physical activity on fat metabolism, body composition and weight loss in humans" which can be viewed here. |
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Gareth Edwards
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Maria Gebbels
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Self-efficacy and career inheritance: predictors of career commitment? Maria was awarded one of the two scholarships sponsored by The Savoy Educational Trust in 2012. Her research project seeks to determine whether self-efficacy and career inheritance are predictors of people's commitments to their careers. By linking the elements of psychology, sociology and career theories, she seeks to find answers to an occurring concern as to why hospitality graduates do not pursue a career in the hospitality industry. A lifework history analysis methodology will be adopted to further explore the significance of internal and external factors on the development of individuals' careers. Supervisory Team: Dr Ioannis Pantelidis, Dr Steven Goss- Turner, and Dr Paul Frost |
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Oli Gibson
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Cross-tolerance acclimation: Cellular stress response to hyperthermia and hypoxia Oli won the 2012 Chelsea School of Sport Exhibition Postgraduate Research Prize with his poster entitled “Effect of Acute Exercise-Heat Exposure on extracellular HSP70" which can be viewed here. |
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Sean Hamil
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The Governance & Regulation of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) since its Foundation and its Place in the Scottish Football “Ecosystem” |
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Mark Hayes
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Heat Acclimation in High Intensity Intermittent Sprint Exercise |
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Dan Henchy
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The power spectral analysis of cycling power meter files |
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Carl James
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Optimizing heat tolerance and the determinants of endurance performance using acute and chronic strategies. Carl completed his undergraduate degree at Bangor University and MSc at Sheffield Hallam University. Current research is focused on interventions that endurance athletes can adopt at the Rio Olympics. Before beginning his PhD Carl spent 1 year completing an unsupported circumnavigation of Africa overland in aid of charity (www.tohelandback.org.uk). |
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Indra Kusumawardhana I.Kusumawardhana@brighton.ac.uk
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Curriculum Development of Travel and Tourism Education This research study intends to seek a development of a curriculum model of travel and tourism education at Indonesia higher education level that focus on students’ thinking and critical skills to enhance innovative knowledge quality graduates. Consequently, the study should associate to those who involve in the circle of education itself particularly to those who design a curriculum and to those who going to learn it.
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Kirsti Laerdal
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Space and place of culture through hospitality It is also in my interest to research the construction and consumption in this context. I have been doing research within the hospitality field on the perception of atmosphere from a management perspective. My motivation for going further is the importance to gain more knowledge on this dynamic field in relationship with the multicultural implementation of people involved and the mix of cultural experiences, and as such to contribute to the body of knowledge in my way. |
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Rodrigo Lucena de Mello R.LucenaDeMello@brighton.ac.uk
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Rainbow Families on Holiday: Motivations, Destination Choices and Need for Safety My research looks at the motivations and destination choices of the rainbow families (gay and lesbian parented families): I am interested in understanding what factors motivate these families when choosing where to go on holiday and how the decisions take place within the family unit. I believe my research would amplify the voice of these families and add theoretical contribution to knowledge of both families and gays and lesbians. |
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Elena Matzaridou
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Innovative Approaches to the Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union: A comparative policy analysis of four European countries on current situation and the challenges ahead in Sail Yachting Elena won the University of Brighton's Research Student Poster Prize in 2011 with her poster which can be seen here. |
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Jess Mee
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Thermo-tolerance and adaptation to heat acclimation in female endurance runners |
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Jacob Naish Jacob.Naish@albioninthecommunity.org.uk
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A critical examination of the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility, Sport for Development and Peace, and football- based development initiatives |
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Carla Ricaurte Quijano
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The planned and the unplanned: self-organisation, complexity, and emergent patterns of tourism governance in Santa Elena, Ecuador
My research explores the interplay between non-linear, stakeholder-led and self-organised dynamics of tourism planning and the formal, linear and government-led planning processes in a tourism destination. The contribution of the study lies in the combination of complexity theory with critical realism, a matching philosophical and methodological framework that emphasises the multi-layered, contextual and unpredictable nature of the tourism system. It also advances the understanding of the complex dynamics involved in destinations’ planning and policy-making, particularly in the context of the shifting approach from government-led tourism planning, to social-led processes of tourism governance. |
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Emma Richards
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An Investigation into the cardiovascular fitness levels of 16-19 year old students after a training intervention study of Speed Interval Training versus continuous training. |
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Georgina Roy
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Feminism in ‘new’ sporting spaces: Gender, subjectivity and the female surfer in Britain |
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Conor Sheehan
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Emotional self-management and its significance for wellbeing in service work Conor’s current research explores the factors affecting the emotional self-management of customer facing agents within the increasingly challenging environment of service work. This research adopts an interdisciplinary approach between the ‘caring’ and ‘service’ professions to further explore the emotional dynamics in agent-customer relationships and the propensity of emotional self-management to influence agents’ personal and professional fulfilment. |
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Drew Smith
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Repeated cooling acclimation and intermittent sprint exercise in hot humid conditions |
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Karl Stevenson
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An ecologically valid investigation into anticipatory & decision making skills in men’s cricket batting A piece on some of Karl's work can be viewed here |
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Hsinny Tsai
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A case-study of the status and influence of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee in the context of the Cold War and ‘Two Chinas’ issue |
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Gareth Turner
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Optimising hypoxic and altitude training methods in elite endurance athletes |
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Rosie Twomey
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Investigation into the Neurophysiological determinants of fatigue in graded hypoxia Rosie appeared on the BBC Horizon Programme "The Truth About Exercise" (here).
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Ibrahim Vishan
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Climate change in tourism-dependent SIDs: capacity building in the Maldives
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Brian Watmough
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International development organisations and tourism in Mongolia Supervisors: Dr Marina Novelli and Dr Angela Benson |
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Angela Wichmann
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Tourism, Turnen, Tournaments: Understanding sports event tourists in the context of the 2011 World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne My research aims to identify and make sense of the meaning non-elite gymnasts attach to sports event tourism in the non-competitive environment of the 2011 World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne, Switzerland. More specifically my project contributes to advance the understanding on sports tourists by exploring the processes and mechanisms of how meaning and identity are created when people interact within a specific sports community while travelling. Motivation for research What fascinates me about research is to systematically discover, disclose and understand a tiny little piece of the social world. |
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Michael Williams
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The conceptual and phenomenological development of music events as spectacle: U2s Union of Rock and Resistance Context
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Ash Wilmott A.Willmott1@uni.brighton.ac.uk |
Acute and Chronic Effects of the Interplay between Acclimation State, Training Status and Immune function during Heat Acclimation within Endurance Cyclists |
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James Wrightson J.Wrightson1@uni.brighton.ac.uk
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The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on gait in Parkinson's disease James recently won the Postgraduate Prize in the School of Sport and Service Management Exhibition for his presentation entitled "Slow Walking is dependent on cognitive function in healthy young adults".
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