Race, gender and the nation: anti Kaepernick memes

HART researcher, Dr Nikolas Dickerson, has recently co-authored with Dr Matt Holder (University of Rhode Island) an article published in the Journal of Sport & Social Issues. The article focuses on the San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, who kneeled Continue reading Race, gender and the nation: anti Kaepernick memes

Congratulations to Dr Zainab Yusuf

Many congratulations to HART associate member, Dr Zainab Yusuf, who recently successfully passed her doctoral viva voce examination. Zainab completed her PhD on the experiences of asthma in sport and/or exercise in the UK-resident South Asian population, which was supervised Continue reading Congratulations to Dr Zainab Yusuf

Visiting researcher, Dr Noora Ronkainen

We were delighted to welcome Dr Noora Ronkainen, one of our HART associate members, for a research visit to the University in January. Noora is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Liverpool John Moores University, in the School of Continue reading Visiting researcher, Dr Noora Ronkainen

Competitive swimming – new article

Gareth McNarry, a HART PhD student undertaking a dual doctorate with the University of Lincoln and the University of Copenhagen, has recently had published, as lead author, an article on the importance of reflexivity and bracketing in sociological/phenomenological research. In Continue reading Competitive swimming – new article

‘Weather-wisdom’ in physical cultures

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A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by HART’s Prof Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, is undertaking a sociological research project on the lived experience of weather and the senses, and including ‘weather work’ and ‘temperature’ work in a range of different sports and Continue reading ‘Weather-wisdom’ in physical cultures