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Verity Postlethwaite: Social impact and legacy in women's sport
May 5, 2026
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Dr Verity Postlethwaite: Social impact and legacy in women's sport
May 5, 2026
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Dr Britta Sorensen: Understanding Pain in Women’s Ultra-Endurance Sports
Feb 9, 2026
22m 22s
Dr Tegan Hartmann & Dr Danielle Girard: Reproductive Health and Advancing WiSEAN across Australasia
Jan 20, 2026
43m 20s
Dr Ross Julian: Researching Performance in Women’s Football
Dec 19, 2025
27m 07s
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| 5/5/26 | ![]() Verity Postlethwaite: Social impact and legacy in women's sport | Verity Postlethwaite is a Lecturer in Strategic Event Management at Loughborough University and Co‑Chair of the WiSEAN 2026 Conference Organising Committee. Her work focuses on the social and community impacts of sport and major events. Verity currently plays a leading role in two major research projects as Loughborough University is a Spirit of 2012 Legacy Learning Partner and a UK Sport Social Impact Partner, both of these projects are helping to strengthen how major events deliver positive, long‑term outcomes for people and places across the United Kingdom. We covered these topics WiSEAN 2026 Conference Host and Organiser – anything you’re looking forward to, in particular? What can delegates expect?Own area of research and UG/PG study. Why sportfrom politics?PhD on 2012 Olympic: Legacy/change for women?Other sporting events and social change. Specific examples women? Good practice in academia/as an early career researcher?Future research plans | — | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | ![]() Dr Verity Postlethwaite: Social impact and legacy in women's sport | Verity Postlethwaite is a Lecturer in Strategic Event Management at Loughborough University and Co‑Chair of the WiSEAN 2026 Conference Organising Committee. Her work focuses on the social and community impacts of sport and major events. Verity currently plays a leading role in two major research projects as Loughborough University is a Spirit of 2012 Legacy Learning Partner and a UK Sport Social Impact Partner, both of these projects are helping to strengthen how major events deliver positive, long‑term outcomes for people and places across the United Kingdom. We covered these topics WiSEAN 2026 Conference Host and Organiser – anything you’re looking forward to, in particular? What can delegates expect?Own area of research and UG/PG study. Why sportfrom politics?PhD on 2012 Olympic: Legacy/change for women?Other sporting events and social change. Specific examples women? Good practice in academia/as an early career researcher?Future research plans | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Dr Britta Sorensen: Understanding Pain in Women’s Ultra-Endurance Sports✨ | pain experiences in female athletesultra-endurance sports+3 | Dr Britta Sorensen | WiSEANPhD+1 | — | sport sciencepsychological wellbeing+2 | — | 22m 22s | |
| 1/20/26 | ![]() Dr Tegan Hartmann & Dr Danielle Girard: Reproductive Health and Advancing WiSEAN across Australasia✨ | reproductive healthwomen's health+2 | Dr Tegan HartmannDr Danielle Girard | Reproductive Health and Advancing WiSEANCharles Sturt University+7 | AustralasiaAustralia | endometriosispregnancy loss+2 | — | 43m 20s | |
| 12/19/25 | ![]() Dr Ross Julian: Researching Performance in Women’s Football✨ | women's footballmenstrual cycle+2 | Dr Ross Julian | Women’s Football: From Science to High Performancethe University of Münster+1 | GermanyMünster+1 | women's healthphysiological responses+3 | — | 27m 07s | |
| 12/9/25 | ![]() Prof Charlie Pedlar: Building a Career in Sports Science and Supporting Women through Research and Practice✨ | Early career with the British Olympic Association and the English Institute of SportAdvice to others to get foot on the ladder+2 | Prof Charlie Pedlar | FitrWomanFitrWoman app+16 | Boston | sports sciencewomen in sports+3 | — | 28m 24s | |
| 11/1/25 | ![]() Dr Aoife Lane: Research in Ireland on Women in Sport✨ | Míde researchcommunity-based physical activity+4 | Dr Aoife Lane | Department of Sport and Health SciencesTechnological University of the Shannon (TUS) Athlone+7 | Ireland | women in sportexercise+4 | — | 29m 45s | |
| 9/13/25 | ![]() Professor Elizabeth Pike: Exploring Global Gender and Sport✨ | gendersport+3 | Professor Elizabeth Pike | University of HertfordshireSt Mary's University+43 | TanzaniaUK+2 | International Sociology of Sport AssociationRSA+1 | — | 30m 32s | |
| 8/21/25 | ![]() Dr Malika Felton: Pregnancy, breathing & cold water swimming✨ | PregnancyBreathing+3 | Dr Malika Felton | the Centre for Midwifery and Women’s HealthBournemouth University+8 | — | Health and Exercise PhysiologyBournemouth University+1 | — | 23m 49s | |
| 8/11/25 | ![]() Melissa Lodge: REDs, fuelling and scientific communication | Melissa Lodge, MSMelissa Lodge is an Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD candidate and graduate assistant at the University of Rhode Island. Her research focusses on female athlete physiology, particularly under conditions of low energy availability (LEA), such as Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and its associated impact on health and performance across thelifespan. She has presented her work at several regional, national and international conferences featuring work in female athletes on LEA outcomes. Melissa is interested in exploring intervention-based models, such as education, to improve outcomes for female athletes and girls in sports in the future. She is passionate about translating research to the athletic population and also runs the social media account @FED_collaborative on female athlete physiology, LEA/REDs, and eating disorders/disordered eating.What we talked about: FED collaborative – purpose, successes.Work forWiSEAN overview; personal usefulness.Publication,“Where are the girls, women, and female athletes in relative energy deficiencyin sport research?” Explanation of content.Publication(Risk of Low Energy Availability, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, and BoneStress Injuries in United States Female Track and Field: Original Research) keyfindings.Currentintervention programmes – knowledge and physiology.Dreamjob/goals following PhD success. | — | ||||||
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| 7/21/25 | ![]() Prof Stacey Pope: Women Football Fans and Safer Spaces | Stacey Pope is a professor based in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, UK. Professor Pope leads research in the area of women, football andinequalities. She is a leading guru in the area of women football fans. She has developed a new programme of work examining men’s responses to the growing visibility of women in sport and issues of sexism and misogyny. She also leads research on media coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and fans of the England women’s team. Her research has led to her contributing as an invitedexpert for various UK Government inquiries for Culture, Media and Sport and Women and Equalities select committees. She is committed to the public engagement of her work, with her research regularly featuring in the nationaland international media.Topics covered:Women fandom – experiences, change over time, internationally, differences inmen’s/women’s sport, as role models. Research used to inform policy (e.g., briefing paper DCMS and government inquiries);advice for others on how to start this process Recent paper on feminist research in a male-dominated world. Playing the numbers gameand the emotionless feminist Advice on funding Future plans. | — | ||||||
| 6/21/25 | ![]() Dr Emma Cowley: Invisible Sportswomen | Dr Emma Cowley is a postdoctoral researcher at the SHE Research Centre in TUS Athlone. She is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie alumna and earned her PhD from Liverpool John Moore’s University; her research focused on increasing adolescent girls' participation in physical activity. Emma leads the Invisible Sportswomen international research group which aims to address the gender data gap in sport and exercise science. Previously, she held a postdoc position at the Cardiometabolic laboratory at UNC Chapel Hill before moving to the UK where she was the lead for the DTA3/COFUND PhD Fellowship Programme.In this episode, we talk about the following: Emma's identity/positionalityWomen’s experiences in academia: Findings, recommendations. Invisible Sportswomen paper and other related papers. What more can be done.Use of social media as a PhD student/as a postdoc student and other advice and opinionpieces – advice. Specific latest research on resistance training.Future research plans/goals. | — | ||||||
| 5/17/25 | ![]() Dr Stacey Emmonds. From Pitch to Policy: Navigating Research in Football and Beyond | Dr Stacey Emmonds is an Associate Professor in SportsPerformance in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. Dr Emmonds has extensive experience of working with professional sports teams, governing bodies and policy makers on consultancy and research projects. Shehas published over 50 research articles, book chapters andconference presentations in relation to sports performance and particularly women’s football. Alongside her research role, she works as a physical performance coach with the England women youth football teams as well as being an invited member of the UEFA Fitness for Football advisory board. We talk about: Stacey's journey into research – whether it wasit a natural progression from previous experience. Advice to others pursuing careers in football/research.Chapter in book (Women's Football) on talent identification and development – how this research has informed policy. What else is needed.Current research activities, e.g., English FA, ACL injury; how this research came about/evolved and key findings and actions.Collaborative work with other researchers and how to go about this/advice for others.Other research, e.g., in rugby and key findings and messagesFuture research-related plans. What more needs to be done. | — | ||||||
| 4/30/25 | ![]() Harry Meadley, Merging Art & Sport: Inclusive Skateboarding Cultures | Harry Meadley is an artist, researcher and skateboarder based in Leeds, UK, who initiates projects that, through inclusion, participation and co-production, seek to reclaim and reappropriate civic space. From municipal art galleries, universities and city centres to remote locations, Meadley’s socially engaged artistic practice aims to question not just the structures of power within society but of artistic production itself. Recent projects include the Civic kateboarding festival for marginalised gender skateboarders as part of Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and Free-for-All at Touchstones, Rochdale, which saw the entire gallery given over to the people of Rochdale to use however they wanted.Things we talked about in this podcast:Background as an artist, researcher, skateboarderOverview of keynote at WiSEAN conferenceChange in skateboarding subculture and traditional male domain; how came up with idea of spaces alsobeing occupied by women/girls/gender minority? Safety issues for women/girls.Key messages from research –interviews, focus groups. PhD.Activities and link with artFunding: Advice for sports-typical individual approaching e.g., Arts Council, arts-based funding.Next projects | — | ||||||
| 4/8/25 | ![]() Professor Margie Davenport: Preconception, pregnancy & postpartum/sport and physical activity | Dr Margie Davenport leads the Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, and has published more than 175 manuscripts related to physical activity and sport during preconception, pregnancy and the postpartum period. Over the last decade she has worked with a number of National/International organisations including FIFA, the World Health Organization, International Olympic Committee, Sport Canada, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and the American College of Sports Medicine, to support physical activity during and following pregnancy.Dr Davenport was the Chair of the 2019 Canadian Guidelinefor Physical Activity throughout Pregnancy, and the 2025 Canadian Guideline for PhysicalActivity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep throughout the First Year Postpartum. This work led to the development of the Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy, Get ActiveQuestionnaire for Postpartum and the Canadian Society forExercise Physiology/American College of Sports Medicine Pre & Postnatal Exercise Specialization.ContentCurrent research studies being undertaken/ PhD student activities.Recent systematic reviews (e.g., PA, sleep, pregnancy, postpartum): Overview/insightful findings;importance of systematic reviews (e.g., in PhD study/grant application); planned reviews for future. Guidelines for assessing maternal cardiovascular physiology during pregnancy and postpartum: Lab advice. Recent qualitative work. Evidence-based policies for pregnancy, postpartum, athletes. How guidelines in Canada differ from other countries. Out of all research articles/studies, the most proud of.Future plans. Perceived barriers. | — | ||||||
| 3/10/25 | ![]() Dr Alex Culvin. Professional Women's Football | Dr Alex Culvin is the Director of Global Policy and StrategicRelations, Women’s Football at FIFPro, theglobal player union. Alex is also an academic at Leeds Beckett University at the Centre for Social Justice in Sport andSociety. She is a former professionalfootballer, who played in both Englandand Europe.Items discussedFormer footballer experience and own transition experience out of football. Barriers/opportunities as a former player.Research on work practices/professionalisation. Best practices in this area, globally.PhD work and interviews with; the current situation.Impact/how have policies been informed by research.FIFPro work. Research agendas in professional women’s football. Advice for others. Future studies. | — | ||||||
| 12/12/24 | ![]() Dr Ali Bowes: Professionalisation of women's sport | Dr Ali Bowes is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Ali primarily researches the sociocultural dimensions in elite women’s sport and is the co-editor of two books: The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport and Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era. Ali has published 40 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, focusing mainly on qualitative methodologies from feminist perspectives, spanning topics including gender inequality in elite sport, equal pay debates, maternity rights, national identity, women’s sport fandom and media coverage. Ali has also discussed these issues extensively in popular spaces, featuring in a range of national and international media and culminating in being involved in the Netflix Documentary, “Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women’s Sport”. In this podcast: Sports researched/known for: Football, golf, rugby and what ‘binds’ these sports, in terms of their research approach An overview of the two chapters that were written in the book, Women’s Football: From Science to High Performance, one which was on strategic holistic workforce development and the other which was on eating disorders: Ideas and next steps. Two edited books, The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport and Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era: How these came about and advice/top tips for others on book editing as well as approach to writing in general. Other research areas on e.g., motherhood, maternity rights and media coverage, and which most proud of. Media work & three Conversation pieces – rationale for doing and advice for others. Current research – key findings. Future research activities. | — | ||||||
| 10/31/24 | ![]() Professor Kerry McGawley, menstrual health literacy | Kerry McGawley is a professor in sports science at the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, part of Mid Sweden University. She is also the senior manager of the female athlete programme at Orreco (Fitrwoman). Kerry is passionate about supporting and developing women in sport and much of her research is conducted in collaboration with national and international sports organisations. In line with her research focus, Kerry leads a M.Sc. programme in Sports Performance and Athlete Health and she tutors on several high-performance sports coaching programmes. Kerry has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has written several book chapters. Outside of work, Kerry is a keen competitive triathlete and has won several World, European and National age-group championship titles. Kerry can be found on X (Twitter) and Instagram under my name, @Kerry McGawley https://www.instagram.com/kerrymcgawley/ https://x.com/kerrymcgawley Topics covered: Improving menstrual health literacy (published paper): Six-stage recommendations for improving menstrual health literacy in sport Validation of a menstrual cycle knowledge questionnaire by PhD student, Katerina Fisher, with a large cohort of German athletes and coaches. PhD from Martina Höök on barriers to communication hindering female athletes and follow-up study (Höök et al. 2023) using Action Research with adolescent athletes and their coaches, to improve knowledge and communication around stigmatised health topics. Research/work on runners…A study comparing junior and senior female middle-distance runners. Current qual + quant data collection to investigate elite athlete menstrual cycle management strategies and hormonal cycle characteristics over repeated cycles. Advice: on accessing large cohorts, for early career researchers. Applied consultancy work with Orreco/Fitrwoman. | — | ||||||
| 9/1/24 | ![]() Dr Christy Greenleaf, psychosocial aspects of weight and body image in fitness/exercise settings | Christy Greenleaf, Ph.D. is a Professor of Kinesiology at Zilber College of Public Health, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Dr Greenleaf’s research focuses on psychosocial aspects of weight, physical activity and body image. In particular, she is curious about the lived experiences of individuals with larger bodies in health and fitness contexts and how weight bias, or negative attitudes and stereotypes towards individuals who appear to be overweight, manifests itself within physical activity settings. Dr Greenleaf's research seeks to inform practices for creating and supporting size-inclusive physical activity environments. To date, she has focused on media representations of fat exercisers in a televised weight-loss competition, women’s experiences related to plus-size exercise clothing and exercise motivation, as well as experiences of embodiment during physical activity. Most recently, she has begun exploring information on weight-inclusive and weight-neutral approaches to fitness and health directed toward fitness professionals. Dr Greenleaf has published 60 peer-reviewed articles, 15 book chapters and has made over 125 national/international presentations. Things we talked about in this episode: Current media image of what is deemed acceptable body type generally/in sport for women e.g., slender but curvy; change over time; other differences (physical disabilities, cultural). Differences in attitudes to body type in sport context versus fitness context. Weight bias amongst exercise professionals/health educators & health-neutral approaches. Sports clothing/apparel/environments for plus-sized individuals – problem, solution. Social media posts predicting behaviour. Impact of research Future research goals/activities. | — | ||||||
| 5/4/23 | ![]() Emma O'Loughlin, ACL rehabilitation with menstrual cycle-phased training | Emma completed her BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy from Trinity College Dublin. She completed rotations in Geriatrics, General Medicine, Neurology and Sports Medicine at Changi General Hospital in Singapore before travelling to the US, where she was the physiotherapist for the 3,000-mile bicycle race ‘Race Across America’ in 2015 and 2016. She then moved to Switzerland where she worked in musculoskeletal private practice with skiers in Verbier. Emma moved to New Zealand in 2017, and currently works as a Health Partner with ACC and as a Musculoskeletal Medicine Lecturer at The University of Otago, Wellington. She is also completing a PhD on the impact of a female-specific anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation programme. Emma is strongly interested in including female participants in her research and investigating female-specific prevention, causation and management of common musculoskeletal conditions. When Emma is not working, she is usually running, biking or tramping in New Zealand’s backcountry. Twitter: @femaleathletept Topics discussed: Overview of career journey to date and advice for others who would like to work and live in NZ, plus PhD progress to date. Main multi-centre RCT from PhD: Explain the intervention, follicular-phase based vs. luteal-based training. Trends observed to date. Scoping review purpose and findings regarding phase-based resistance training. Mechanisms to support adaptation. Qualitative study with health and medical practitioners on their knowledge, perceptions of and comfort in discussing the menstrual cycle. Study overview and findings. Practical recommendations, based on this study, for the medical professions. Career plans post-PhD/dream job. Personal experiences on using menstrual cycle phased training/injury avoidance. | — | ||||||
| 3/23/23 | ![]() Dr Hanya Pielichaty, Critical Pedagogies in Sport | About Dr Hanya Pielichaty and Critical Pedagogies in Sport When I retired from playing football in 2015, I had clocked up three decades of unwavering dedication to the sport. My experience of, and within, football shaped my childhood and adulthood in many personal and professional ways. My memories of football include wearing oversized shirts designed for the male form, playing on undulating pitches, paying my subs and of overwhelming joy. The joy football brings cannot be under-estimated; it stirs the grey matter in the brain, facilitates the smell of Sunday afternoon shin pads and most importantly brings you a sense of community that you didn’t know could exist. The backdrop to this joy was a relentless need to prove myself on and off the pitch, and not always related to performance, but to be able to sustain your presence in a male dominated and guarded space. This is discussed at length in my book where I interweave my own memories of playing into a broader study alongside other players’ experiences. My lived experiences of sport have shaped my professional and epistemological views of the world. My teaching covers modules relating to sport and society, and I also lead institutional equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) projects. A current study I am conducting explores the sense of belonging of students on male, white dominated degree programmes, such as Sports Business Management. I have found that my male dominated teaching spaces are reflective of my previous experiences in football. My feminist standpoint and approach to inclusive education must and does influence my teaching and learning practices. It is these experiences which led me to the creation of the Critical Pedagogies in Sport (CPIS) international network. The overall purpose of CPIS is to facilitate, support and share valuable practice relating to teaching and learning. It is hoped this will be achieved by interrogating what, why and how we teach in relation to inclusive education in sport. CPIS will be able to re/view, challenge, and address inequities in relation to teaching and learning which impact student experience. The aims of CPIS are as follows: To provide a space for academics to share, discuss, collaborate, and challenge the way in which T&L is framed, delivered, and understood within Higher Education. To host and facilitate network opportunities for critical pedagogical scholars to collaborate, innovate and create impact in teaching and learning practices. To bring together evidence-based research on critical pedagogies in sport to inform and transform T&L in sports Higher Education. Earlier this year (2023), I invited academics from across four institutions to join me in leading CPIS, they are: Professor Philippa Velija and Dr Catherine Phipps (both from Solent University), Dr Nik Dickerson (Loughborough University), Professor Chris Headleand (Staffordshire University) and Professor Belinda Colston (Eleanor Glanville Institute). Our own research which inspired us to develop this network includes work on the impact of gender regimes on students’ experiences and in relation to gender justice. The network is in its infancy but has already received overwhelmingly positive responses since its launch at the end of October 2022. The network currently has over 35 members, spanning 14 countries and is growing all the time. Academics who currently (or aspire to) teach across degrees such as sports business management, esports, sports and coaching, physical education, sport and exercise science, sports psychology, and sports technology, amongst others, will find this network valuable. We hope to put on collaborative events soon and undertake various writing projects. If you would like to learn more about CPIS and/or join the network, please do get in touch with me via email hpielichaty@lincoln.ac.uk and follow on Twitter @ CritPedSports. | — | ||||||
| 1/3/23 | ![]() Professor Győző Molnár, politics, gender & sport | Professor Győző Molnár joined the University of Worcester in September 2008. Győző is a critical sociologist with a research focus on identity politics, political populism, gender and empowering marginalised populations. His current research has focused on the migratory and gendered aspects of Fiji rugby, challenging dominant perspectives in Adapted Physical Activity research and unfolding connections between sport and populist politics in Hungary. He is co-editor of The Politics of The Olympics (2010, Routledge), Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research (2016, Routledge), Women, Sport and Exercise in the Asia-Pacific Region: Domination-Resistance-Accommodation (2018, Routledge), The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity (2022, Routledge), Encyclopaedia of Politics of Sport(Forthcoming, Elgar) and co-writer of Sport, Exercise and Social Theory: An Introduction (2012, Routledge). In this episode, we talk about the Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity, that he edited with Rachael Bullingham, his insights from his research with the Fijian women rugby players, his international collaborations and his future research directions. Themes/topics · The Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity: Overview of content · Contributing chapters and how connections between politics, gender and sport are made more explicit. How to untangle politics from socio-cultural, environmental influences · Research with the Fijian women rugby players (finding motivation in a hostile environment): key findings · The importance of and advice on expressing positionality and negotiating power relationships in ethnographical research · Collaborating with others: Tips, advice, approach · Research needs in the area · Future projects | — | ||||||
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