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Andy Smith is Professor of Sport and Physical Activity and member of the senior management team in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity.
Andy’s research focuses on the links between sport, physical activity and (mental) health, youth sport, sport policy and development, and social and health inequalities from a sociological perspective. He is author of The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport (with Ken Green, 2016 and 2018), Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies (with Ivan Waddington, 2014), Sport Policy and Development (with Daniel Bloyce, 2010) and An Introduction to Drugs in Sport (with Ivan Waddington, 2009), all published by Routledge.
Andy’s research on sport, education mental health has informed the work of community and professional sport and health organisations, the UK Select Committee’s Suicide Prevention report (2017), Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s MBE Duty of Care in Sport Review (2017), and the receipt in 2016 of the Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community award at the Times Higher Education Awards.
Andy manages the undergraduate sports development, management and coaching programmes. Andy is also Programme Leader for the MSc Sport, Physical Activity and Mental Health.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, University of Liverpool
… → 2006
Sociology of Sport, MA, University of Leicester
… → 2002
Sports Studies, BSc, Staffordshire University
… → 2001
Reader in the Sociology of Sport, University of Chester
2006 → 2012
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
ANDY SMITH (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
ANDY SMITH (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
ANDY SMITH (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
ANDY SMITH (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
ANDY SMITH (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work