Schedule of seminars 2022/23

Tuesday 8 November 2022, 12-12.45pm (GMT)

(Re)imagining sport in Lithuania: Young people’s promotion of safe sporting spaces
Dr Laura Purdy, Edge Hill University,
Dr Rutenis Paulauskas, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, and
Dr Melanie Lang, Edge Hill University, UK.


Wednesday 8 March 2023, 12-1pm (GMT)

Bullying in sport: Definitions, prevalence and prevention
Dr Miguel Nery, Universidade Europeia (Lisboa), Lisbon, Portugal


Schedule of seminars 2021/22

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 12:30 – 3pm (GMT)

The impact of gender on safeguarding and protecting athletes in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Dr Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Öbrero University, Sweden

Sexual discrimination and harassment in elite sports coaching
Professor Leanne Norman, Leeds Beckett University


Wednesday 15 December 2021, 12 – 1pm (GMT)

Eyes Wide Open
Athlete activist, former elite gymnast and leading campaigner for change within gymnastics


Wednesday 9 February 2022, 1 – 2pm (GMT)

Instagram policies and the online abuse of elite women in strength sports
Dr Catherine Phipps, Southampton Solent University


Wednesday 11 May 2022, 1 – 2pm (British Summer Time)

Exploring the wellbeing of professional academy footballers
Dr Jimmy O’Gorman, Edge Hill University