Matter
Expert
Skill
Team psychology – empowering through coaching
Professor Joan Duda
Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Professor Duda is a sports psychology consultant specializing in motivation, the impact of coaches’ behaviors on athletes, mental skills training and mental toughness. Recognized internationally for its work with athletes, coaches, instructors and those involved in the performing arts, from the grassroots and recreational to the elite level.
Perceptions of success
Professor Sarah Beck
Reader in cognitive development
School of Psychology
Professor Beck is an expert on ‘what could have been’, disappointment and regret – for example, why silver medalists can be less happy than bronze medalists.
Training success
Doctor Alex Consterdine
Lecturer in sports pedagogy
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Consterdine is a lecturer in sports pedagogy. His research interests are in the sociology of sport, focusing on power, culture and the coach-athlete relationship. His latest work explores the training, education and professional development of community sports coaches, related to imagery capacity, imagery use and stress responses.
Training success
Dr Sarah Williams
Lecturer in Sport Psychology and Coaching Sciences
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Williams is a sports and performance psychologist with an interest in the use of techniques to regulate stress and performance and cope with pressure. She is internationally known for her work on mental imagery to respond to stress and improve performance and well-being. She has published over 40 articles.
Doping prevention/sports ethics
Professor Maria Kavussanu
Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Professor Kavussanu’s main research interest is fair play in sport. Some of the questions it seeks to answer are:
- What drives some athletes to cheat and act aggressively towards other players?
- What are the consequences of intra-team antisocial behavior for the receiver?
- What psychosocial factors are associated with doping in sport?
- Can psychological intervention reduce doping?
Exercise Psychology
Dr Neil Dallaway
Exercise Physiologist and Honorary Researcher
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Dallaway’s expertise is in the brain regulation of endurance performance and mental fatigue – how this affects physical and mental performance and associated strategies to improve performance.
High Performance: Team Sport
Doctor Barry Drust
Director of the Higher School of Sport and Professional Practice
Dr. Drust is an expert in planning and monitoring training, evaluating the effectiveness of preparation strategies for elite players, attempting to develop a detailed understanding of the demands of intermittent exercise, and identifying the importance of movement pattern as a determinant of response to exercise.
Power and performance
Dr Gareth Wallis
Associate Professor in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Wallis is a sports scientist with major interests in nutrition. His research focuses on finding ways to use nutrition to optimize performance and health in athletes.
Youth sports and mental health
Dr Marie Quinton
Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Quinton is interested in how positive approaches to youth development in sport and community settings improve emotional regulation, social connections and mental well-being in young people.
Motivational support
Matt Cole
Lecturer – Department of History
College of Arts and Law
Brought together a group of students to write biographical profiles of former England team representatives as motivational material for their current athletes. A similar project worked well for Team GB preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.
Extreme climates and physical performance
Dr Rebecca Lucas
Lecturer in Physical Activity and Health
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Rebekah Lucas is an integrative physiologist interested in how exercise and environmental medicine translate into clinical medicine and public health. His research focuses on human tolerance and adaptation to physical and environmental stressors, with a particular focus on thermal vascular physiology.
Physiotherapy
Judith Coe
Teacher
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Judith will work for the England team as a medical headquarters physiotherapist.
Concussion
Mr. Antonio Belli MD FRCS, FRCS (SN)
Professor of trauma neurosurgery
Institute of Inflammation and Aging
An expert in acute brain injury, Prof. Belli’s research interests include the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on individuals – particularly in athletes.
Concussion
Valentina di Pietro
Institute of Inflammation and Aging
Molecular neuroscientist Dr. Di Pietro is an expert in traumatic brain injury and leads research on markers in biofluids to diagnose sports-related concussions.
Sport Policy and Sport Policy, Olympic Legacy
Dr Shushu Chen
Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Chen is a lecturer in sports policy and management. His main research interests include sports policy evaluation and major event legacy studies (particularly in the areas of Olympic legacy evaluation). His recent research projects examine the legacy of sports participation in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the legacy of the Birmingham 2022 Games.
Security / Fight against terrorism / drones
Professor Dr. David Dunn
Professor of international politics
School of Government and Society
Dr. Dunn is a security and counter-terrorism expert with a particular research interest in the use of drones.
Sustainability
Professor David Hannah
Director, Birmingham Institute of Sustainability & Climate Action (BISCA)
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Birmingham leads and co-creates research to address the climate crisis and promote sustainability. Professor Hannah leads BISCA – which provides cutting-edge sustainability research and drives climate action, leading to better livelihoods and a more sustainable environment. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences and is on the Reuters list of the 1000 most influential climatologists.
Sustainability
Professor Andrew Dove
school of chemistry
Professor Dove is part of the Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of academics working together to shape the sustainable future of plastics. As the most sustainable Commonwealth Games to date, Birmingham 2022 offers an opportunity to learn valuable sustainability lessons.
Commonwealth and colonialism
Manu Seghal
Associate Professor of South Asian History
College of Arts and Law
Mo Moulton
Lecturer in Race and Empire History
College of Arts and Law
@hammock_tussock
The University of Birmingham has always been a global university. Manu Seghal and Mo Moulton are historians who have explored the intertwined histories of education and empire that our institution exemplifies.
Commonwealth Culture
Professor Ewan Fernie MA, PhD
Chair in Shakespeare Studies and Fellow
Shakespeare Institute
Professor Fernie leads the Everything to Everybody project which is the subject of a major exhibition which opens on July 22 at the Library of Birmingham as part of the official Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games cultural programme. , interrogates and seeks to update George Dawson’s 19th century mission to establish a ‘cultural commonwealth’ in Birmingham by building an extraordinarily rich multicultural Shakespeare Library for all citizens of the city.
sports history
Vanessa Heggie
Associate Professor in History of Medicine and Science
Member of the Institute for Global Innovation University of Birmingham
Dr. Heggie is a historian of modern science and medicine, with a particular interest in the history of sports medicine, health and exercise.
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