The CCRSS is part of the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences within the Faculty of Applied Sciences, and comprises four full-time academic members of staff who supervise a team of PhD students exploring a variety of areas within the sociology of sport and exercise.

The Centre is especially proud to be able to count among its Visiting Professors Ivan Waddington and Ken Roberts who have made signifi cant contributions to, amongst other things, the sociological understanding of leisure and sport, health and drugs.

The University of Chester welcomes students to undertake research towards MPhil and PhD research degrees in the sociology of sport, exercise and physical education, and sports history.

Recent successful research projects in the area have included:

Young People, Sport and Leisure: A Sociological Study. Other doctoral research students are currently undertaking work on areas such as education and welfare in professional football Academies and Centres of Excellence, university students’ sport and leisure participation, the signifi cance of family cultures for sport participation, the sportization of swimming, and the sociology of physical education.

We are particularly keen to hear from students who would like to research any of the following areas: the sociology of physical education, sport policy and development, sport and health, and youth sport.

Please contact Daniel Bloyce (d.bloyce@chester.ac.uk) to discuss the process and the availability of appropriate supervision before you start to construct a detailed application.

Graduate School admissions enquiries: Email: gradschool@chester.ac.uk Telephone: 01244 511358 / 01244 511347

Chester Centre for Research into Sport and Society(CCRSS)

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