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Dad | Husband | Researcher | Senior Lecturer in Sport Management @lborossehs | 🇬🇧🇨🇦

Loughborough, England
Joined August 2011
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Excited to announce our book on “agency and institutions in sport” has been published today. The edited volume brings together a collection of works from internationally recognised sport scholars examining how actors shape institutional environments routledge.com/Agency-and-Ins…
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Last week to apply! Fully-funded PhD on organisational sustainability in sport with me +Paul Downward at Loughborough University. Stipend + fees covered. Apply now: lboro.ac.uk/study/postgradua… #PhD #lboro #OrgSustainability #logics
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Excited to announce a fully-funded PhD opportunity with me and Prof @downward_paul exploring organisational sustainability within not-for-profit sport orgs at @LboroSSEHS. Application deadline: 10th March, 2025 . Please R/T and share! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLB207/phd-st…
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New book exploring the governance of post-games #legacies of Winter #OlympicGames led by colleague @jinsu_byun and co-authored with @bleopkey link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Excited to see this out in print. We explore the inherent complexities within the US safe sport system and explain why it is fundamentally broken #athleteabuse #safesport #governance #polygovernance #ussafesport doi.org/10.1177/019372352412…
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Our special issue on agency and institutions in sport is now available to pre-order as a book! routledge.com/Agency-and-Ins…
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Confused as much as I am about the different types of governance? Here is my 1 page cheat sheet explaining the key differences #academicchatter #academicx #sport #governance
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British Cycling warned by UK sport that their partnership with Shell could have legal and reputational damage.
UK Sport warned British Cycling against Shell sponsorship raising possible impact on future public funding trib.al/NzqYzL6
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My favourite quote “No amount of sport on television, and no amount of gold medal ceremonies, have been able to arrest the long-term decline in young people’s activity rates, the obesity crisis, or the sedentary nature of most of our lives.”
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Numbers may not lie, but how you present them tells a different version of the truth…China equals the US on gold medal count (40 golds) but the US wins by a landslide on total medal count. #Olympics2024Paris bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/art…
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The zero-sum game of olympic medals tables. One country’s gain is another’s loss. bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/art…
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Australia 🇦🇺 on course for its best #olympicgames ever at #Paris2024. @TeamGB will achieve its overall medal target (50-70) but less gold than #Tokyo2020 (27) and #rio2016 (22) and #london2012 (29)
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Who’s really winning Paris 2024? Here is the medals table per population size: bloomberg.com/graphics/paris…
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Dr Mathew Dowling retweeted
I don't usually watch the Olympics, but I think the bloke in front is cheating. 😐🤣
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