A little random, but I've analysed grants given by Sport England to local councils over time. If anyone thinks there's any interesting features/trends here, then please do reply ... I'd be interested at least!

As part of our second year Sports Development module, we welcomed Sandi Procter, President of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), to the department to give a guest lecture to our student about developing participation in British tennis.

DSES graduate and Olympic athlete Lauren Irwin recently opened a new student rowing facility at her former college! Lauren graduated with a degree in Sport, Health & Exercise from Durham in 2019 & won Bronze with Team GB as part of the women’s eight rowing team. Read more here: bit.ly/4nkoZM5

More dance breaks required! 💃🕺 Emily Davis, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Moving Bodies Lab, was invited to facilitate participatory dance activities at two major arts and health events in the UK @dusportexsci.bsky.social Read about it here 👇 medhumsplatform.org/re-thinking-...

Thanks @karimzidan.com for this summary - brilliantly captures the flow and achievements of the recent Play the Game debate on trans athletes in sport. Link for those who want to watch here: www.playthegame.org/conferences/...

The latest issue of DSES Research Newsletter is now available here: sway.cloud.microsoft/TtQ0keVLQwzD... We hope you enjoy reading about the current research and activities happening in the department.

In London, hate will never win.

Huge thanks to Mark & Nick - I really enjoyed chatting to them about my research last week! Conversations like these remind me that working in Sri Lanka was an honour, and get me excited about the future of cricket on the island. If anyone wants to learn more, get in touch.

New paper '25 years of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Psychology: How Did it Go? & What Now?' We talk about fallacies, interviewing, AI, digital methods, story completion, analysis & physical activity guidelines! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @dusportexsci.bsky.social

The follow up 'twin paper' is now published 👇. If the first one laid a solid but rather bland foundation, this one zeros in on a much more obvious set of critical issues. I think the opening line is telling - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📣 Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity where you can explore interests and develop interdisciplinary laboratory skills? 📣 Then this Technician post with us (DSES) and the Faculty of Social Sciences may be for you. For full details see the advert here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Here's your chance to name storms after oil companies- there's a SM effort to include BP, Exxon, Shell, BigOil and Equinor. #britishecologists @mrhenrymorris.substack.com @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

🌍 Studied in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences? Your voice can shape what comes next. Take the Global Alumni Survey 2025, it only takes 10 minutes. 💡 Check your inbox for your personalised link. ⏳ Closes Monday 30 June at 11:59pm (BST).

Lindsay Macnaughton, was recently invited by the Swiss Sports Nutrition Society to delivered a keynote session on Body Composition Assessment in Athletes: Why? When? How?. Lindsay also co-presented with her collaborator Therese Fostervold Mathisen from Østfold University College (HiØ) in Norway.

Delighted that the #JASPA team have been shortlisted for #FuseAwards25 more info on our project and amazing young people below #coproduction #physicalactivity #youngpeople @nihrsphr.bsky.social @dusportexsci.bsky.social

How has research addressed sustainability in elite youth sports? What are the lessons and the gaps to be filled? Very grateful that Astrid Schubring and her excellent team had me on board for this newly published article. @dusportexsci.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Fantastic to present our co-produced JASPA work with practice partners from Chilypep today. Powerful video from young people speaking about bringing joy and empowerment to physical activity. More days like this please 🙏 @dusportexsci.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social

Speaking about new theoretical ideas for sport policy (on behalf of @dusportexsci.bsky.social ) at the #psasportpolitics conference. Always a brilliant & stimulating gathering to attend.

A consistent trend of Trump & his coterie is they're so thoroughly and amoral that they genuinely do not understand the thought processes of normal people with consciences.

Particularly striking in the latest Active Lives report - Activity rates have and are increasing over long-term - Similarly, inactivity rates have decreased - Economic inequalities in activity are getting worse Report here: sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...

This is really good.

Are you a UK based self-funded post grad researcher? (PhD, MRes etc) If so, I'd like to send you a copy of my book. I have *five* to give away. Please share and drop a note below or DM me. I'll announce next Friday (from the pub) 🐕 📖 🍺 more info - www.immersiveresearch.co.uk/bookshop

New job available here working with wonderful colleague @lsmacnaughton.bsky.social !

Great opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join us & Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social to work as part of their Discovery Research Platform and Moving Bodies Lab All with the wonderful @cassie-phoenix.bsky.social too! Full details shorturl.at/zCr0h

On Monday, we teamed up with Flourish@Durham to run a workshop exploring how to improve support for researchers engaged with sensitive, emotionally-charged and contentious topics. So many brilliant ideas from those who attended, with a sense of that 👇🧵from one of our newest colleagues ...

Just dropped - March issue of our quarterly newsletter, with exciting updates from colleagues across the spectrum of our research. Take a look & do share 👇 sway.cloud.microsoft/A1Kvksz2xnGr...

Less than a week left to submit your abstracts for INSA's second annual conference at KU Leuven! Send your submissions (including 3 keywords) to [email protected] by March 19. More info: www.sportanthro.org/conference/

Five years ago today, I started collecting data on sport, nationalism, and fascism. I’m grateful to the book editors for taking this work seriously.

With #internationalwomensday falling on a weekend, here's one more Monday big-up for all great women colleagues in @dusportexsci.bsky.social thread below.

8 articles for changing your mind about physical activity, human movement, and health. 1. @benjaminrigby.bsky.social et al encourage us to pause and reflect on how our advocacy might inadvertently be limiting our efforts to try populations more active. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Keira Forde a Durham Sociology student has written about the history of Black students at Durham & her own family's history of Black Brilliance in higher education. This is part of a wider project looking at the Absence/Presence of Black histories in Durham. stories.durham.ac.uk/BlackBrillia...

Co-authored article w/ @stuartwhigham.bsky.social and Marc Keech has now found its home in ISPP Volume 17 It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A little late as we're only just here on BSky ... ... but do have a watch below for some of the valuable contributions colleagues in @dusportexsci.bsky.social were making in 2024 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9L...

We're extremely excited to share the Call for Papers for our 2nd International conference, held this year at KU Leuven, Belgium, on 5-6 June. Please share widely! To find out more, visit www.sportanthro.org/conference

Great seminar next month organised by the Moving Bodies Lab, led by our own @cassie-phoenix.bsky.social In-person and online, with sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-physica...

A date for your diaries! 'Is physical activity for any-body?' – a hybrid seminar with Meredith Griffin exploring lived, embodied experiences of in/exclusion and imagined futures (27 March, 4–5pm). Brought to you by the Moving Bodies Lab. Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-physica...

First up from @dusportexsci.bsky.social, Dr Caroline Dodd-Reynolds @carodr.bsky.social leads SPHR-funded research on physical activity insecurity in young people at risk of marginalisation. Co-production with LGBTQIA+ young people created this "Moving Spaces zine" sphr.nihr.ac.uk/zine-made-by...

Great to join the BlueSky community We're the Department of Sport & Exercise Sciences @ Durham University Our work across sport, physical activity & exercise challenges inequalities, promotes social justice, and improves health and wellbeing Posts will highlight contributions across these areas

New publication led by Durham colleague, Steve Crossley, about 'changing space of informal youth football' - super interesting! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My colleague Stephen Mumford has just co-authored a new book with Sheree Baker and it has an endorsement from Caster Semenya which I think is pretty cool for a philosophy book reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/open-play

My latest research publication focuses on personalised health behaviour support for people suffering from Post-COVID Syndrome. We found meaningful improvements in physical activity, fatigue and respiratory symptoms. Check the paper out here - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

✨CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS✨Have you navigated exercise during your eating disorder recovery? Please consider filling out our survey exploring the relationship between exercise & ED recovery. Your perspectives are important! t.co/FNrwAQIGq5 #edrecovery #exercise #eatingdisorders

Journal of Sport for Development - Call for Early Career Scholar Award 2025. Deadline 15 February jsfd.org/2025/01/22/n...

What an excellent call to action ... "to develop politically informed action on PA." Bravo Tepi and colleagues. I believe traditional scholarship (which is important of course) can be transcended in favour of creative, challenging and disruptive work.

Disgraceful simplistic/draconian approach, and the gall to present themselves as 'inclusive'. Complex policies required for complex issues. I've been involved in hockey most of my life, but told EH today that I'll no longer contribute to anything under their banner www.bbc.com/sport/hockey...

"Sport at the Conjuncture: Sport History, Sexual Abuse, and Resistance" Our latest. Certainly my most radical contribution. It's a critique of sport history, a plea for historians to engage more in the present, and a call for a collaborative project on 🇨🇦 sport. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

ICYMI Recording of December seminar 'Running (to/from) Work' with Prof Alex Mold & Dr Simon Cook is now on our Event Archive page. Hosted by the Moving Bodies Lab. Featuring my Christmas jumper! 🎄🏃‍♀️ #runcommute #running #physicalactivity #jog @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/archive/

More brilliant Durham Uni Sport & Exercise Sciences colleagues joining up here ... @arthurgaillard.bsky.social & @mattarmstrong95.bsky.social also definitely ones to follow!

I continue to push for appropriate financial support for St Cuthbert’s Hospice. We must not see any further cuts to staffing or services.