Sport Research Degrees

About the project

With around 30 current PhD students, we have a vibrant and diverse postgraduate community conducting research in a wide range of sport disciplines.

A recent Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) revealed that 90% of students were satisfied with their programme and 100% of students were satisfied with the development of their research skills as a result of their supervision.

Our research in the Institute of Sport spans 6 broad themes and these encompass a range of research interests and approaches.

If you have a research idea you would like to pursue or just want to find out more about PhD research please do get in touch with our Research Degrees Co-ordinator Dr Neal Smith at n.smith@chi.ac.uk . Please also feel free to contact potential supervisors to arrange preliminary discussions about PhD research with us.

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• Inaugural Lectures
• PhD and MPhil Degrees Business Research Degrees Dance Research Degrees Education Research Degrees English and Creative Writing Research Degrees Law Research Degrees Pre-PhD Preparation Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees History and Politics Research Degrees Sport Research Degrees Theatre Research Degrees
• Business Research Degrees
• Dance Research Degrees
• Education Research Degrees
• English and Creative Writing Research Degrees
• Law Research Degrees
• Pre-PhD Preparation
• Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees
• History and Politics Research Degrees
• Sport Research Degrees
• Theatre Research Degrees
• Research Centres Centre for Cultural History Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity Centre for Future Technologies Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group Centre for Sustainable Business Centre for Workforce Development Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Creative Industries Research Centre MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA) People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab Qualitative Research Hub Social Work Collaborative Research Hub The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
• Centre for Cultural History
• Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity
• Centre for Future Technologies
• Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group
• Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education
• Diversity and Equality in Sport
• Enhancing Sport Performance
• Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step
• SHIFT
• Step By Step
• Integrated Caring Science Research Group
• Nutritional Supplementation
• Occupational Performance Research Group
• Centre for Sustainable Business
• Centre for Workforce Development
• Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab
• Homelessness Studies Lab
• Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
• Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
• Creative Industries Research Centre
• MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
• Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
• People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab
• Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab
• Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab
• Creative Research Methods Lab
• Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory
• Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab
• Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory
• Human Attention Laboratory
• Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab
• Quantitative Criminology Lab
• Research in Practice Hub
• Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab
• Vocal Communication Lab
• Qualitative Research Hub
• Social Work Collaborative Research Hub
• The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
• Research Excellence Framework REF 2014 REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
• REF 2014
• REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
• Data Collection Statements
• Research Governance
• Research Office

South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership: funding available in this subject pathway

We are one of just four universities making up the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) – an exciting collaboration delivering the latest in research methods and skills training for social scientists.

Backed by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the South Coast DTP provides a range of funding opportunities to doctoral students, and fantastic opportunities for postgraduate and postdoctoral study.

Professor Sam Blacker

Professor of Exercise Physiology and Nutrition

Dr Sarah Edmunds

Senior Lecturer in Exercise Psychology

Dr Suzanne Everley

Reader in the Sociology of Physical Education, Activity and Health

Dr Chris Hodgson

Senior Lecturer in Adventure Education

Dr Penny Hudson

Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics

Professor Jason Lake

Professor of Strength and Conditioning Biomechanics

Professor Mike Lauder

Executive Dean Faculty of Health, Science & Engineering

Dr Jordan Matthews

Senior Lecturer in Sport Management

Dr Julia Potter

Head of Physical Education and University Coordinator of Advance HE Provision

Dr Carla Amanda Rue

Research Fellow

Dr Jenny Smith

Innovation Lead, Reader in Performance Psychology

Dr Neal Smith

Reader in Biomechanics

Toby Richards

Part-time PhD Student

Simon Federer

Part-time PhD Student

Guillermo Martinez-Arastey

Part-time PhD Student

Dr Tilly Spurr

Senior Lecturer Sports and Exercise Nutrition

Sport Research

Explore our research themes and centres as we research sports development, performance and more.

Research areas