Research Degree Supervision Expertise
Currently the school provides specialist expertise to supervise research students in the areas listed below. The staff are broadly categorised below by Areas but there is considerable cross-over in some research topics and therefore joint supervision is always considered, to best tailor expertise to a student’s project.
Physical Education and Dance
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Physical education pedagogy; sociology of physical education; equity and inclusion |
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Philosophy of education; Moral education; Philosophical considerations of physical education and sport; Analysis of sport concepts |
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Gender and Physical Education ; Outdoor Education ; Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning ; Mentoring in Physical Education Teacher Training |
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Personal and moral development in physical education; historical development of PE; equity and inclusion |
Sport and Exercise Science
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Biomechanics of overuse knee injury (applied to cycling); cycling performance; fatigue; footwear mechanics and microclimate |
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Cardiac rehabilitation; Exercise training for chronic heart failure patients; Exercise prescription for special populations, including pregnancy; Primary care exercise referral |
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Exercise in heart failure patients; physical activity in cystic fibrosis children; physiological responses to exercise in Cerebral palsy athletes; intermittent exercise; muscle metabolism; critical power |
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Measure of endurance capacity; Physiology of endurance training; Exercise intensity domains |
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Energetic, neuromuscular fatigue and exercise tolerance; training; swimming physiology |
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Oxygen uptake kinetics and critical power; walking schemes and public health promotion |
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Application of goal-setting theory to sport ; Efficacy of Psychological Skills Training ; Processing of visual information by sports performers; Self presentation and expectancy effects |
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Exercise adoption and adherence; behaviour change; the promotion of physical activity; interpretive methods; Motivational interviewing |
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Exercise & Environmental Physiology; heat strain and tolerance; heat acclimation, pre-cooling and hydration manoeuvers; pacing strategies and exercise performance in the heat; thermal sensitivity in multiple sclerosis; physiology of high-altitude exposure and training; tolerance to hypoxia/altitude |
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Prediction of altitude tolerance; Hypoxic and altitude training; Metabolism and weight loss in hypoxia; Hydration status and physiological performance; Fluid balance; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing. |
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Neurophysiology of sport and exercise; the role of the central nervous system in exercise induced fatigue; the effect of extreme environmental perturbations on central nervous system function (e.g. heat, hypoxia); exercise in populations with neurodegenerative disease. . |
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Training anticipation and decision-making skill in sport; facilitating and developing expert performance; applying motor control and learning theory to skill learning |
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Exercise and diabetes; measuring metabolism in man; influences in gene and environment on metabolism and body composition; exercise and health |
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Disabled sport; Paralympics; disabled athletes |
Sport and Leisure Cultures
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Football and its communities; Race and ethnicity; British Asian communities; Sport, space and place; Sport stadia; Sport and diaspora; Seaside leisure; Sport and international development |
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Anthropology of Sport; Cuba, Caribbean, and Latin America; Ethnography; Space, place, and the city; Sovereignty, citizenship, and the state; transnational Labour migration; conceptualizations of the coast |
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Gender theory and theories of sexuality in sport and leisure studies; feminist theory and feminist methodologies, the body, subjectivity and identity; Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) sport cultures. |
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Girls’ and feminist studies of sport and physical culture; sport and international development and peace; qualitative research methodologies, especially creative analytic practices and personal narrative, US sport and sporting cultures. |
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Globalisation of Sport ; Football Culture and Politics ; Corruption and Sport; The Performance of Identity ; The Sporting Body; The performance of masculinity, Europeanisation and European approaches to sport, Fan-groups (in particular Ultras and Hooligans), and New Social Movements |
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Sport politics & policy; Sport history; Lifestyle sport; Cultural geography |
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Sport policy and development in Britain; Political history of sport; Reflective Practice in Sport Development and Management; Sport and International Relations; Sport in South Africa |
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Media Sport - textual and audience analysis of media sport events, sport stars and gendered identities; Young People - media and sporting interests, consumption and interpretation; Physical Education- socio-cultural issues in pedagogy |
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Sport documentaries; sport and India; sport and critical social theory; sport and politics |
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Global politics of sport; sport and international relations; sport in divided societies; sport and deviance; ethnographic and investigative research methods |
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The application of cultural studies to the analysis of sport; consumption and identity; investigative sociology and sport journalism; sport and spectacle |
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Lifestyle/action/adventure sport cultures; the sporting body identity and difference (gendered bodies, ageing bodies, racialised bodies); leisure and environmentalism; ethnography and qualitative research methods ( e.g. media consumption); leisure and space (rural and urban); youth cultures and the politics of popular culture |
Tourism, Hospitality and Events
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Volunteer tourism; volunteering in a sporting context; Nature-based Tourism niches; Sustainable tourism development |
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Tourism policy and planning; Tourism and social science of climate change; Tourism and poverty reduction strategies; Tourism and social identity; Tourism and visual culture; Tourism and the Pacific Islands |
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Planning and development of tourism in peripheral cities; Tourism, politics, and the culture of urban change; Urban spaces and the construction of urban tourism places |
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Service innovation management; principles of learning generally and in the development of individuals and organisations. |
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Organisational culture and labour turnover within the service sector; Human resource management in multi-site hospitality businesses |
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Operations management especially logistics and supply chain management; business strategy especially business models, financial strategy and resource planning; new product development in theory and in practice |
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Gender and sexuality issues in the leisure, tourism and event sectors; sport tourism; Sport and event sponsorship; identity issues among sport athletes and event participants; socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism; attractions management |
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Tourism, space and place; embodiment and the senses; visuality and tourism; tourism, film and photography; cruise tourism. |
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Sociology and politics of international sports events and spectacles; International politics/foreign policy and sport in Europe and South-East Asia; The socio-historical development of the Soccer World Cup and European football cultures; Divided societies, inequalities, power and conflicts; |
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SME retailing; SME marketing; Brand management; Brand Communities / Consumer tribes |
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Regional development and tourism; tourism policy and planning: tourism and international development; niche tourism; rural diversification & tourism; sustainable development approaches (ie responsible tourism, community based tourism, pro-poor tourism); tourism and development in sub-Saharan Africa; capacity building in tourism development |
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Application of anthropology to the understanding of tourism; tourism, space and place; identity; heritage; embodiment and the senses; collection and use of travel photographs, postcards, souvenirs; cultural analysis of the seaside. |
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Consumer behaviour in hospitality; social media, e-hospitality; food and beverage management; Hospitality technology and consumer perceptions. |
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Ethical and responsible tourism; Ethical consumption; Values; Consumer behaviour and motivation; Destination marketing; Cruise tourism |