Professor Mike Hartill
Centre Director
Faculty of Arts & Sciences:
Social Sciences
Mike is a Professor of Sociology of Sport in the Department of Social Sciences and director of CPSS. He has conducted research into child sexual exploitation in sport since joining Edge Hill, working on a number of national and international projects aimed at preventing abuse of children in sport.
Professor Melanie Lang
Email: [email protected]
X: @DrMelLang
Centre Director
Faculty of Arts & Sciences:
Social Sciences
Melanie is Professor in Child Protection and Children’s Rights in Sport in the Department of Social Sciences and director of CPSS. Her work is focused on child emotional/psychological, physical and sexual abuse in sport, safeguarding/child protection policy and practice, gender-based violence, and children’s participation rights in sport.
Dr Nick Ashley
X: @Nick_Ash01
Loughborough College of Further & Higher Education
Nick is Curriculum Manager of HE Sport and Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough College. His research focuses on safeguarding in sports culture and practice and approaches to successfully embedding safeguarding in sport.
Leon Fraser
Faculty of Education
One of Leon’s roles at Edge Hill University is the safeguarding lead for the Faculty of Education, supporting and guiding academic colleagues, students and external partners associated within Initial Teacher Training (ITT).
Sarah Hunt
Faculty of Arts & Sciences:
Sport & Physical Activity
Sarah is Associate Head of Department in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill. She is undertaking a PhD on safeguarding and adult-child touch practices in sport and physical activity pedagogy under the supervision of Prof Hayley Fitzgerald, Dr Beccy Watson (Leeds Beckett University) and Prof Melanie Lang (EHU).
Dr Jimmy O’Gorman
Faculty of Arts & Sciences:
Sport & Physical Activity
Jimmy O’Gorman is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Development, Management and Coaching in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity where he teaches on the undergraduate Sports Development, Management and Coaching, and the MSc Sport, Physical Activity and Mental Health programmes.
Professor Bettina Rulofs
Associate Member
University of Wuppertal
Professor for Diversity Studies in Sport, Institute of Sociology & Gender Studies, German Sport University (Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln)
Rik Southworth
Faculty of Arts and Sciences:
Social Sciences
Rik is a PhD candidate at Edge Hill and a lecturer in sport at Bolton College. His PhD focuses on care practices in academy boy’s football and approaches to creating safe sport cultures. Rik holds a BA (Hons) in Sports Coaching and Development and an MSc in Sports Coaching. He also works as an elite category 2 professional football academy coach.
Associate Professor Jenny McMahon
Associate Member:
University of Tasmania, Australia
Jenny is Associate Professor in Education in the College of Arts, law and Education at University of Tasmania Australia and an associated member of the CPSS.
Dr Laura Purdy
Associate Member:
Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Laura is a Senior Lecturer in the faculty of Business and Law at Liverpool John Moores university. Her academic work focuses on power and interaction in the coaching process, coaches’ pedagogical actions and identity construction, and coach and athlete welfare.
Paul Rimmer
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine
Paul is the Programme Leader for the social work element of the Integrated Masters in Nursing and Social Work. Paul currently leads a number of modules across Social Work programmes and has a special interest in Mental Health Social Work.
Dr Jo McVeigh
Faculty of Arts & Sciences:
Sport & Physical Activity
Joanne is a senior lecturer in Physical Education and School Sport in the department of Sport and Physical Activity. Her academic work focuses on inclusive pedagogies for physical education teachers and educators and the role of technology in enhancing this process.
Saffron
Quinlan
Faculty of Arts & Sciences:
Sport & Physical Activity
Saffron is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity investigating the impact of workforce regulation on harm prevention in sport.