Highlights / Expert opinion - Qualitative research | Champ | Wiltshire | Monforte

2025-01-27

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What are the most interesting advances in qualitative research in sports and physical activity science? Dr Francesca Champ is a Lecturer in Psychology of Football at Liverpool John Moores University. Francesca has expertise in the psychological development of youth athletes, qualitative methods including ethnography, and the training and education pathways of sport psychologists. Dr Gareth Wiltshire is a lecturer at Loughborough University. Gareth is a social scientist with broad interests related to the social...

What are the most interesting advances in qualitative research in sports and physical activity science?

Dr Francesca Champ is a Lecturer in Psychology of Football at Liverpool John Moores University. Francesca has expertise in the psychological development of youth athletes, qualitative methods including ethnography, and the training and education pathways of sport psychologists.

Dr Gareth Wiltshire is a lecturer at Loughborough University. Gareth is a social scientist with broad interests related to the social determinants of health. His main research interests fall into three areas: exercise and health for organ transplant recipients; the social determinants of physical activity and health inequalities; advanced and innovative methodologies.

Dr Javier Monforte completed his PhD at the University of Valencia (Spain) and is member of the ECR Committee at the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise (twitter @QRSEsoc). Javier’s research addresses the role that physical activity plays in the lives of people with disabilities and chronic illnesses in society. His interests also lie in narrative psychology and new forms of thinking and doing research, such as post qualitative inquiry.

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