Members
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Sport (ECSS) Research Group's team members.
As a cooperatively focused group, the team has no leader.
Our work is largely social scientific and emphasises the critical application and understanding of sport and society. This involves exposing and critiquing power. We are an interdisciplinary team that includes sociologists, historians, policy researchers, political scientists, and communication and media studies and management academics. While our activities are grounded in the specialisms of researchers at the University of Edinburgh, we have members from a range of institutions.
We welcome academics, students and practitioners outwith the University of Edinburgh whose work aligns with ours. All members receive updates on our work and invitations to group activities and knowledge exchange events.
Members based at the University of Edinburgh
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dr Davies Banda | Senior Teaching Fellow in Sport Management and International Development |
| Dr Simon Beames | Senior Lecturer Outdoor and Environmental Education |
| Dr Shereen Benjamin | Senior Lecturer in Primary Education |
| Dr Joe Bradley | Associate Tutor |
| Dr Shirley Gray | Senior Lecturer in Physical Education |
| Dr John Kelly | Lecturer in Sport Management and Sociology |
| Dr Jung Woo Lee | Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy |
| Dr Sarah MacIsaac | Bicentennial Research Fellow |
| Dr Matthew McDowell | Lecturer in Sport Management and History |
| Dr Stuart Moir | Bicentennial Education Fellow |
| Dr Gavin Reid | Lecturer in Sport Management and Policy |
| Dr Irene A Reid | Associate Tutor |
| Professor John Sproule | Personal Chair of Physical Education |
| Dr Wendy Timmons | Lecturer in Dance Science and Education |
Members based outwith the University of Edinburgh
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Professor Alan Bairner | Loughborough University |
| Tiffany Boyle | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Professor Younghan Cho | Hankook University of Foreign Studies |
| David Goldblatt | Independent Researcher |
| Professor John Horne | Waseda University |
| Dr Koji Kobayashi | Otaru University of Commerce |
| Dr Jennifer Jones | Dundee College |
| Dr Eilidh Macrae | University of the West of Scotland |
| Maureen McBride | Glasgow University |
| Dr Fiona Skillen | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Professor Tien-Chin Tan | National Taiwan Normal University |
| Dr Friederike Trotier | University of Passau |
| Dr Stuart Whigham | Oxford Brookes University |
| Dr Beth Whiteside | Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow |