Department research strands
Research within the department is conducted within multi-disciplinary groups, which align to the four distinct, yet related strands of:
- Policy
- Performance
- Practice
- Health and Wellbeing
These strands highlight the multidisciplinary and complementary nature of the research undertaken in the Department within the specific research groups, which relate to one or more of the strands.
Research groups
Movement behaviours, health, and wellbeing
Politics, Pedagogy & Practice
Sport, work, and health
Sports injuries
Sports performance, exercise, and nutrition
Key research partners
Sport and physical activity promotion partners
- Youth Sport Trust
- UEFA
- World Rugby
- Rugby League Cares
- DOCIA Sport
- Sport and Recreation Alliance
- English FA
Community partners
- West Lancashire Sports Partnership
- West Lancashire Borough Council
- Everton in the Community
Academic partners
- Iowa State University
- University of Leicester
- Liverpool John Moores University
- University of East Anglia
- Ulster University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Hertfordshire
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Northumbria University
- Loughborough University
- University of Kent
- Westminster University
- Coventry University
- Birmingham City University
- University Hospital Aintree
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
- University of Rio de Janeiro
- Edinburgh University
Industry partners
- Les Mills International
- IPRS Mediquipe
- Catapult Sports
- Corin
- Mi Hiepa