The 2nd Blog Post from @davidmeir77.bsky.social and mine's Scottish Parliament Fellowship Evidence Review has now been published - just in time for my presentation on this project at the @leisure-studies.bsky.social conference this week! spice-spotlight.scot/2025/07/04/s...

Headed to the @leisure-studies.bsky.social Conference in York? Check out presentations by two SEG members: @matthutch96.bsky.social and @dscottresearch.bsky.social! www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/50th-...

A really interesting line-up of talks for the @sportanthro.bsky.social conference, really excited to engage with such a wide range of topics!

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Take a look at James Lever's article, which outlines his work on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Sport for Development and calls for organisations to participate - please share widely and consider taking part! www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/...

Been waiting a long time to do this - the first time I've been sent a physical copy of the book I contributed a chapter to! Such a pleasure to work with Karen Petry and Louis Moustakas on this, thank you for making the process so easy and for a fascinating book.

Tomorrow is Earth Day 🌏 Tomorrow is our final Earth Month webinar on women’s sport and climate with @sportmgmtprof.bsky.social, Hilary Meyer and @maddyorr.bsky.social See you there!

New blog post from @davidmeir77.bsky.social and myself on the @scotparl.bsky.social website about our Academic Fellowship with SPICe. Sport and Physical Activity Participation and Policy in Scotland: What, How, and Why? spice-spotlight.scot/2025/03/26/s...

Almost Earth Month again and our annual webinar series is back! We hope to see you online for these important conversations. sportecology.org/earthday

We’re committed to the university’s long term future, but this cannot mean throwing staff on the scrap heap #SaveHE #StoptheCuts @ducuuo.bsky.social Dundee University staff begin three-week strike www.bbc.com/news/article...

*taps mic* *clears throat* Is this thing on? The Sport Ecology Group is officially live on BlueSky!

Did you know? LSA membership includes access to a back catalogue of publications covering a wide range of content on leisure studies.

Leisure Studies Graduate Paper Award: Submissions open! Find full details: leisurestudies.org/news/leisure... Submissions should be sent to Professor Thomas Fletcher, [email protected] Deadline for receipt of submissions: Thursday May 1st 2025

Innovative initiative by @obsclima.bsky.social, #Brazil's top #Climate #NGO to use the language of #Football to communicate and educate about #ClimateChange! @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social @fbandclimate.bsky.social @climateblawg.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/a-ne...

The second call for papers for LSA 2025 is available! To submit your abstract, please access templates and instructions @ leisurestudies.org/lsa2025/ and email your abstract to [email protected]. Updated Conference Updates: www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/50th-...

LSA Conference 2025 Timeline: 7 March 2025: Second date for abstract submission 28 March 2025: Decision notification to authors 2 May 2025: Early bird registration closes 29 June 2025: Conference registration closes 29 June 2025: Final presentation submission 8-10 July 2025: LSA York 2025

Wishing all a happy 2025! We have now migrated our social media content to Bluesky. Membership details and the latest content from the LSA --> leisurestudies.org

Following on from our Country Profile article this is the latest article exploring PA & sport policy in Scotland. What is the problem? A WPR analysis of physical activity policy in Scotland www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

First post on Bluesky! David Meir and myself have our first output from a SPICe academic fellowship exploring barriers to physical activity in Scotland: digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBrie...