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Dr Iain Lindsey

Director of Research, Associate Professor


Affiliations
Affiliation
Director of Research, Associate Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing

Biography

Iain joined Durham University in August 2014 having previously been employed as a researcher, lecturer and researcher at Loughborough, Southampton and Edge Hill Universities. He has a BSc in Mathematics from University of Edinburgh, an MA in Sports Development from Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education and a PhD in Sport Policy from Loughborough University.

Iain’s research has primarily examines sport policy and development, and has spanned global and national levels as well as a variety of local and community contexts. In doing so, Iain's research has made significant contributions to understanding of youth and community sport policy in the UK and international use of sport for development in countries of the global South. Iain's research has also drawn on and made theoretical contributions in the fields of political science and international development.    

Iain has published widely in sport, development and politics journals. He has co-authored two mongraphs: Sport Policy in Britain (with Professor Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough University) and Localizing Global Sport for Development (with Tess Kay, Ruth Jeanes and Davies Banda), and co-edited Implementing Sport Policy: Organisational Perspectives on the UK Sport System (with Marc Keech and John Hayton). His research has been supported by grants and consultancy from the Leverhulme Trust, Commonwealth Secretariat, Sport and Recreation Alliance, Sport England and UK Sport. 

Twitter/X @iainlindsey

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UKQkJakAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

PhD Supervision

I welcome enquries and applications from potential PhD students who share any of my research interests listed below

Research interests

  • Youth Sport Policy and Implementation
  • International Sport-for-Development
  • Governance and Partnership in Sport
  • Sport and Sustainable Development
  • Evidence-based Policy in Sport

Esteem Indicators

  • 2014: Research Advisor: Research advisor on Strategic Advisory Group, Beckwith International Leadership Development Programme, UK Sport
  • 2014: External Examiner:
    • External Examiner, MA Applied Professional Studies, University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth
    • External Examiner, MSc Sports Development and Coaching, Ulster University
  • 2009: Editor: Co-Editor and Book Reviews Editor, International Journal of Sport Policy and Policy (2009 – Present)

Publications

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