Transforming Sport
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Transforming Sport is a podcast run by the Sport and Leisure Cultures research group at the University of Brighton. In it, we feature discussions on the place and role of sport in contemporary society, drawing on the research expertise of our staff and guests. The overall focus of the podcast is on understanding how sport can rise to meet various challenges it faces in the 21st century. In this way, we highlight both transformations that are needed within sport itself, and also the ways sport can help to transform individuals, communities, and societies.
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Episodes
Episode 14: Mobilizing Football Fans for Climate Change with Jennifer Amann
May 06, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBIn this episode of Transforming Sport, Sean Heath speaks with Jennifer Amann, a rising force in the academic and not-for-profit worlds connecting football and climate change. They speak at length about Jenny’s work in the field of climate change and football, the intersections of sport fandom and climate action, and the requirements to think, and take action, in a holistic manner to work towards environmental sustainability. Jenny discusses her recent work with Pledgeball, a not-for-profit b...
Episode 13: eSport for Development with Dr. Holly Collison
September 24, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBOn the third episode in our mini-series on eSport I had the pleasure to speak with Dr. Holly Collison, Lecturer at the Institute for Sport Business at Loughborough University London, UK. She is an anthropologist in the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP). Holly has completed extensive fieldwork in West and East Africa and South East Asia examining post-conflict development interventions and the use of sport. Her research explores youth identity, notions of community, international...
Episode 12: eSport Health and Performance with Gscience Co-founder Jamie Kiff
August 20, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBThis week we have our second instalment on the topic of eSports. In March of 2021 Jamie Kiff, Co-founder of Gscience delivered aa virtual guest lecture to Sport Management degree students at the University of Brighton. There he spoke about his experiences working outside of academia in the start-up industry, working with professional eSports athletes to develop healthier practices in the professional gaming industry. With a background in sport science and human kinetics, and a Master’s degre...
Episode 11: The eSport Revolution with Dr. Anne Tjønndal
July 16, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDr. Anne Tjønndal is Associate Professor of Sport Sociology at Nord University, Norway, and has held the title of Norwegian National Champion in Women’s Boxing. She has a prolific publishing record in academia on a variety of topics from gender equity issues in boxing, eSports, coaching policy in sport, and social innovation in sport. She recently published an article “Youth Sport 2.0” which reviews the growth of eSports in Norway between 2016 and 2019. In this episode we discussed the stere...
Episode 10: Sport Ecology with Dr. Madeline Orr
June 11, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 51.7 MBIn January 2021 Dr. Madeline Orr delivered an online talk for the Sport and Leisure Culture’s research group’s 2021 Seminar Series. In her lecture she explores the bidirectional relationship between sport, the environment, and climate change, and why sport can be a vehicle for change to the growing and continuing climate crisis. As Director and co-founder of the Sport Ecology Group, Maddy is a leading voice for change in the sport sector, how everyone from grassroots to transnational sportin...
Season 2 Trailer - Transforming Sport
May 28, 2021 13:37 - 47 seconds - 751 KBThe Transforming Sport Podcast is back for a second season this coming summer. We have a new series of public talks and conversations with sport experts, both academic and professional, coming your way.
Episode 9: Running, the Environment, and Human Becoming
December 19, 2020 15:02 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn this episode Dr. Thomas F. Carter, Reader in Anthropology at the University of Brighton, speaks with your host, Sean Heath, about all things running. Tom’s ethnographically focused anthropological research centres on the relationships between the individual and the state, the movement, migrations, and mobilities of various peoples, the politics of spectacle, and the dialectic relations of spatialized embodiment. He is currently working on a project centred around the human body, human mo...
Episode 8: NFL and College Athlete’s Career Transitions
November 27, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIn this episode of Transforming Sport, Dr. Anastasiya Khomutova from the University of Brighton speaks with Dr. Robert W. Turner II, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Science and Global Sport Visiting scholar at Arizona State University. They sat down to discuss the issues facing professional football players transitioning out of sport and the unpaid labour of college athletes in...
Episode 7: Swimming and Well-Being
November 13, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBIn this episode of Transforming Sport, Alex Channon interviews Sport and Leisure Cultures research group member Sean Heath about his ongoing research with youth competitive swimmers An expert in youth competitive swimming and children’s sport scholarship, and an avid swimmer, Sean Heath recently turned his attention to pain, injury, and the well-being of youth who compete and train with competitive swimming clubs. Here he discusses the importance of the physical, emotional, and social aspec...
Episode 6: Mixed Martial Arts Sport Medics
October 09, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIn this episode of Transforming Sport, I interview Sport and Leisure Cultures research group member Dr Alex Channon about his ongoing research with combat sport medics. An expert in mixed martial arts and combat sport scholarship, and an avid practitioner, Dr Channon recently turned his attention to medical care, or lack thereof within combat sports. Here he discusses the importance of situating sport medics within the social, economic, and political frameworks which place pressures on comb...
Episode 5: Refugees Welcome - Sports Clubs, Coaching and Integration
September 24, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIn this episode of Transforming Sport, I interview Sport and Leisure Cultures research group member Dr Mark Doidge about his research on refugee’s integration into sports clubs and wider communities. An expert in the political and social role of football fans, Dr Doidge began volunteering his time with charities who work with refugees in Calais and in Brighton during the refugee ‘crisis’ of 2015. Here he discusses the importance of sport clubs as welcoming sites of sociality and integration...
Episode 4: Constraints Based Coaching and Athlete Centred Coaching Pedagogy
September 11, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBIn this Episode of Transforming Sport, Sport and Leisure Cultures research group member Sean Heath interviews Dr. James Wallis of University of Brighton about his research on athlete centered approaches to coaching, and coaching youth cricketers. An expert in pedagogy of physical education and coaching, Dr. Wallis has had to adapt his coaching techniques in unique ways during the COVID-19 lockdown. Here he discusses the importance of constraints based coaching methods and how these, combined...
Episode 3: Sport for Development Research during a Global Pandemic
August 28, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBThis week I sat down with my fellow PhD Candidate Arthur Gaillard from the School of Sport and Service Management at the University of Brighton. His research focuses on the production of knowledge in the Sport for Development sector, trying to understand how the metrics for monitoring and evaluating these disparate developmental programs are created in the field, and how those are then translated and transformed by the various actors involved with these organizations. Our discussion centered...
Episode 2: Mixed Martial Arts and Men's Mental Health
August 14, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBIn this episode of Transforming Sport, Sport and Leisure Cultures research group member Dr Alex Channon interviews Dr Jack Sugden of Edge Hill University about his research on mixed martial arts (MMA) and men’s mental health. An expert in sport development and management, Dr Sugden started training in MMA as part of a research project exploring the sport’s appeal to its practitioners. Here he discusses the importance it holds in the lives of those who practice it, focusing specifically on ...
Episode 1: Why Transforming Sport Matters
July 31, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIn this inaugural episode of Transforming Sport, Sean Heath speaks with Sport and Leisure Cultures research group members, Dr. Thomas Carter, Dr. Dan Burdsey, and Dr. Mark Doidge about the broad field of social science research into sport. Drawing from their collectively edited book Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices, Structures our discussion centred around why sport matters and what transforming sport means in today’s volatile world. If we are the type of games we play, then we need...
Transforming Sport - Season 1 Trailer
May 26, 2020 15:42 - 1 minute - 1.23 MBAlthough the Transforming Sport podcast is run by and features discussions with academic researchers, our intention is to discuss these kinds of issues in ways which appeal to listeners outside of academia. For listeners who want to engage with deeper theoretical questions, think critically about research methods and so on, we will provide links in each podcast to academic literature to help keep the conversation going. Thank you for listening to this introduction; we hope that your interest...