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Research interests
Laura's research interest in sports coaching stemmed from her involvement in the sport of rowing. Her work with elite coaches and athletes in several countries (Canada, New Zealand and Ireland) led her to consider the interactions between coaches, athletes and administrators and their contribution to the coaching climate. This scholarship drew attention to power and interaction in the coaching process, coaches’ pedagogical actions and identity construction.
Laura’s subsequent interactions with coaches and athletes led her to consider the various conditions and contexts in which elite/professional coaches and athletes/players operate. As such, her recent projects focus on welfare, representation and advocacy of sport workers (e.g. coaches, athletes/players, etc.) in diverse European contexts.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Otago
Other positions
University of Limerick
University of Worcester
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The Basics: Sports Coaching
Purdy, L., 24 Oct 2017, Abingdon: Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Analytical attractions and the techno-continuum: Conceptualising data obsessions and consequences in elite sport
Kohe, G. Z. & Purdy, L., 29 Apr 2018, In : Sport, Education and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Changing it up: Implications of mid-season coach change on basketball players’ career and professional identities
Purdy, L., Kohe, G. & Paulauskas, R., 14 Mar 2018, In : Sport in Society. p. 1-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Coaches as sport workers: Professional agency within the employment context of elite European basketball.
Purdy, L., Kohe, G. Z. & Paulauskas, R., 3 May 2017, In : Sport, Education and Society. p. 1-13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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In Protection of Whose “Wellbeing?” Considerations of “Clauses and A/Effects” in Athlete Contracts
Kohe, G. Z. & Purdy, L. G., 26 Feb 2016, In : Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 40, 3, p. 218-236Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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