(Mostly dormant - but do email me) Runner & Human Geographer @BCUHELS interested in active mobilities, sport & physical culture.

Birmingham, England
📣New paper alert📣 And personally, this is a big one. The product of 4 years of active work and ~12 years of broader thinking "Sport mobilities: a framework and agenda for the study of sport in mobilities" is finally here & open access in Mobilities. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Very pleased to share our @MyBCU Research for Athlete and Youth Sport Development (RAYSD) Lab Vision & Mission and Values & Principles… 🤩 We have some super exciting projects that are transforming youth sport settings - privileged to be working with such a fantastic team! 📸
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New paper out! ‘Yes, everyone is blindfolded but that doesn’t make it equal': the intersectional experiences of visually impaired women footballers in England doi.org/10.1080/13573322.202… Absolute pleasure working with @AndySprake on this project. Open access thanks to @UCLanResearch
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Simon Cook retweeted
Join us Online for the Cultures of Mountain Biking Seminar Series on February 20th at 6:00 BST! Don't miss out on learning about the Indigenous Mountain Bike Project (Aus) and Transformative Marketing in MTB (UK). Register via: eventbrite.co.uk/e/122319979…
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Simon Cook retweeted
"What on earth is jogging" is another gem just uploaded to the BBC Archives, as explained by the DfT minister in Hyde Park. The letter J's drawn on trees are novel. Paging @SimonIanCook youtube.com/watch?v=txBS99s0…
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Following the success of last year’s @CoMTB_Research seminar series, we are now recruiting for 2025. If you, or someone you know, has some exciting research to present on cultures of MTB, and can spare 2 hours in June or November, please get in touch (j.cherrington@shu.ac.uk)
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We are excited to announce a call for abstracts for a symposium to be held at @ManMetUni in June 2025 ‘Families on the Move: The Geographies of Intergenerational Mobilities’. Please send 200 word abstracts by 28th February 2025.
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We're looking for #runners in #Worcestershire to take part in this new survey into runner harassment. If this is you, or you know someone, please do consider completing and sharing the survey. Closes 16th Dec. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… #ukrunchat #running #run #runchat
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Calling all Worcestershire runners 🏃 Dr Simon Cook, a Senior Lecturer in the Health, Education and Life Sciences faculty at BCU is supporting a research project by Worcester University about how to make running safer. Simon is acting as an expert advisor on the project, helping to guide the research and will be involved with discussing key findings and implications. It's been launched during the 16 Days of Action Against Gender-based Violence to tackle harassment and violence. Click here to share your experiences 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… @SimonIanCook Survey closes Monday, 16th December.
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We're looking for #runners in #Worcestershire to take part in this new survey into runner harassment. If this is you, or you know someone, please do consider completing and sharing the survey. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… #ukrunchat #running #run #runchat
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Really looking forward to speaking at this online event next month, hosted by the wonderful @movbodlab_IMH @DurhamImh. medhumsplatform.org/event/ru… Join us (free) for an hour of all things running.
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