Expert opinion - Qualitative research (Pt2) | Højbjerre Larsen | McDougall | Williams

What are the most interesting advances in qualitative research in sports and physical activity science? Three qualitative researchers share their views!

Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research focuses on play and lifestyle sports in the fields of philosophy of sport, sociology of sport and cultural analysis. Her work explores how cultural analytical approaches can contribute to a critical understanding of bodies and lifestyle sports and their societal significance. 

Dr Michael McDougall is an Assistant Professor at Keystone College, US. His research has focused on organisational cultures in elite sport, but he is also exploring people’s experience of work, sport and well-being more broadly.

Dr Toni Williams is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research explores the factors that facilitate and constrain a physically active lifestyle for people with spinal cord injury. Her research interests also include narrative inquiry, disability studies, psychology of injury and rehabilitation, and qualitative meta-synthesis. She is a founding member of the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise.