Transforming Sport and Physical Cultures through Feminist Knowledges

Simone Fullagar is chair of the Sport and Gender Equity research hub at Griffith University. As an interdisciplinary sociologist Simone works with feminist new materialist theories and (post)qualitative methods to pursue change across sport, health and physical cultures.Emma Rich is chair of the Physical Culture, Sport and Health research group at University of Bath. Working across sociology and critical pedagogies her, her works advances theoretical frameworks to understand how people learn about health and their bodies and the impact on their identities, health practices and physical activity. Adele Pavlidis is interdisciplinary sociologist at Griffith University. Her work traverses the fields of sport, mental health, and feminism and draws on contemporary theorisations of affect and emotion. She has published two co-authored monographs and a number of articles in international peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. Cathy van Ingen is interdisciplinary scholar whose academic and activist work is informed by cultural studies, feminist, and critical race theories. Her research is focused on gender-based violence, sport for development and peace, trauma and violence informed approaches to physical culture, and the relationship between sport, inequality, and social change.