Adam B. Evans

Adam B. Evans

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Women in sports leadership: A systematic narrative review

    Evans, Adam B. & Pfister, G. U., 2021, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 56, 3, p. 317-342 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Constructing the ethical active older subject: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of active ageing policies in Copenhagen, Denmark

    Evans, Adam B. & Nistrup, A., 2020, In: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 12, 4, p. 617-635 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    ‘Black Lives Matter:’ sport, race and ethnicity in challenging times

    Evans, Adam B., Agergaard, S., Campbell, P. I., Hylton, K. & Lenneis, V., 2020, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 17, 4, p. 289-300 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    ‘Personal goals, group performance and ‘social’ networks: Participants’ negotiation of virtual and embodied relationships in the ‘Workplace Challenge’ physical activity programme.’

    Evans, Adam B., Carter, A., Middleton, G. & Bishop, D., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    How to survive the revision process in academic journals

    Evans, Adam B., 7 Jul 2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Physical activity as a means of health promotion in the ageing population – Shifting health policies in Denmark

    Evans, Adam B., Nistrup, A. & Pfister, G. U., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  7. Non-disabled secondary school children's lived experiences of a wheelchair basketball programme delivered in the East of England

    Evans, Adam B., Bright, J. L. & Brown, L. J., 2015, In: Sport, Education and Society. 20, 6, p. 741-761 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Why do some papers get desk rejected from the European Journal for Sport and Society?

    Evans, Adam B., Clay, Georgia Emily, Fahlén, J., Hoekman, R., Lenneis, V., Smith, M., Wicker, P. & Wilcock, Laura, 2021, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 18, 4, p. 287-292 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  9. "You feel like people are looking at you and laughing": Older adults' perceptions of aquatic physical activity

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., 2012, In: Journal of Aging Studies. 26, 4, p. 515-526 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Older adults’ lifelong embodied experiences of leisure time aquatic physical activity in the United Kingdom.

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  11. ‘Swim for Health:’ Barriers to participation for pre-school aged children and their families in an aquatic activity intervention in the North of England.

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., 2008, In: International Journal of Obesity. 32, S1, p. 169

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Foucaults optik: En begrebsmæssig 'værktøjskasse'

    Evans, Adam B., 2016, Grundbog i Idrætssociologi. Thing, L. F. & Wagner, U. (eds.). 2. ed. København: Munksgaard , p. 101-118 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducationpeer-review

  13. ‘Some of these people aren’t as fit as us …’: experiencing the ageing, physically active body in cardiac rehabilitation

    Evans, Adam B. & Crust, L., 2015, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 7, 1, p. 13-36 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Supporting Women in Achieving Their Goals (SWinG): Moving towards gender equality in sports governance

    Evans, Adam B. & Henderson, H., 2022, Why Does Sociology Matter?: The Role of Sport Sociology in Interdisciplinary Research. European Association for the Sociology of Sport, p. 213-2013 1 p. 266

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Experiencing the ageing body in aquatic physical activity: Participants’ experiences of the ‘Swim for Health’ aquatic activity programme in the North of England.

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., Jul 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Reflexivity in practice: Managing gendered and cultural researcher perspectives in politically polarised times

    Evans, Adam B., Agergaard, S. & Lenneis, V., 2019, p. 49. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The politics of minority ethnic women’s leisure time and physical activity in Denmark

    Evans, Adam B., Agergaard, S. & Lenneis, V., 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity. Molnár, G. & Bullingham, R. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 115-125 11 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Working across borders: Reflections on the “Active Workplace Certification” Project

    Evans, Adam B., Vandaele, F., De Dominicis, Stefano, Gross, M. & Heuze, G., 28 Jul 2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  19. Older adults’ lifelong embodied experiences of leisure time aquatic physical activity in the United Kingdom

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., 2015, In: Leisure Studies. 34, 3, p. 335-353 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Sport in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: towards an agenda for research in the sociology of sport

    Evans, Adam B., Blackwell, J., Dolan, P., Fahlén, J., Hoekman, R., Lenneis, V., McNarry, G., Smith, M. & Wilcock, Laura, 2020, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 17, 2, p. 85-95 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  21. Published

    Research impact in the sociology of sport: Views from stakeholders outside academia

    Evans, Adam B., 2020, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 17, 3, p. 185-195 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    ‘Changing it up’: the lived experiences of a wheelchair sport intervention amongst secondary school pupils aged 11-12 in Lincolnshire.

    Evans, Adam B., Bright, J. & Brown, L., Jul 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    ‘Decreasing contrasts, increasing varieties: Perceptions of physical activity provision for older adults amongst service providers in Copenhagen’s ‘Activity Centres.’

    Evans, Adam B., Nistrup, A. & Pfister, G. U., Sep 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Speaking beyond borders in the sociology of sport: some points for consideration

    Evans, Adam B. & Thiel, A., 2019, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 16, 3, p. 205-209 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  25. Published

    Qualitative research in sports studies: challenges, possibilities and the current state of play

    Evans, Adam B., Barker-Ruchti, N., Blackwell, J., Clay, Georgia Emily, Dowling, F., Frydendal, S., Hybholt, Maria, Hausken-Sutter, S. E., Lenneis, V., Malcolm, D., Phoenix, C., Smith, B., Svendler Nielsen, Charlotte, Wilcock, Laura, Williams, O. & Winther, Helle, 2021, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 18, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  26. Published

    Rethinking ‘Q’ualitative methods: From concept to practice

    Evans, Adam B., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Risky bodies, risky spaces, maternal ‘instincts’: Swimming and motherhood

    Evans, Adam B., Allen-Collinson, J. & K. Williams, R., 2017, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 52, 8, p. 972-991 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Reflexivity in qualitative research: Two figurational studies

    Evans, Adam B., Nistrup, A., Henderson, H., Allen-Collinson, J. & Siriwardena, N. A., 2018, SAGE Research Methods Cases. London: SAGE Publications, Vol. Part 2. p. 1-18 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducationpeer-review

  29. Published

    Involving children and young adults with complex needs in game design.

    Gerling, K. M., Linehan, C., Kalyn, M. R., Hicks, K. C. & Evans, Adam B., 2015.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Designing movement-based play with young people using powered wheelchairs

    Gerling, K. M., Hicks, K. C., Kalyn, M. R., Evans, Adam B. & Linehan, C., 2016, CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 4447-4458 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  31. Creating wheelchair-controlled video games: Challenges and opportunities when involving young people with mobility impairments and game design experts

    Gerling, K. M., Linehan, C., Kirman, B., Kalyn, M. R., Evans, Adam B. & Hicks, K. C., 2016, In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 94, p. 64-73 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Designing for agency and compassion: Critical reflections on technology to support physical activity in late life: A 'Get a Move on' thinkpiece

    Gerling, K. M., Ray, M. & Evans, Adam B., 25 May 2017. 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Critical reflections on technology to support physical activity among older adults: An exploration of leading HCI venues

    Gerling, K. M., Ray, M., Vanden Abeele, V. & Evans, Adam B., 2020, In: ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. 13, 1, 23 p., 1.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Towards a qualitative understanding of exercise referral: Perceptions and opinions of Exercise Referral

    Henderson, H., Evans, Adam B., Allen-Collinson, J. & Siriwardena, N. A., May 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    The ‘wild and woolly’ world of exercise referral schemes: contested interpretations of an exercise as medicine programme

    Henderson, H., Evans, Adam B., Allen-Collinson, J. & Siriwardena, N. A., 2018, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 10, 4, p. 505-523 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Gendered bodies under scrutiny: women’s embodied experiences of aquatic physical activity in the United Kingdom.

    K. Williams, R., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., Sep 2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Gendered bodies under scrutiny: women’s embodied experiences of aquatic physical activity in the United Kingdom.

    K. Williams, R., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., May 2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    ‘Physical activity, aging and embodiment: Investigating contested memories of being a physically active older adult.’

    K. Williams, R., Allen-Collinson, J., Windle, K. & Evans, Adam B., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    ‘We may be falling apart but we still keep going’: Retired servicemen’s experiences of their ageing bodies

    K. Williams, R., Allen-Collinson, J., Evans, Adam B. & Briggs, J., 15 Mar 2018, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 10, 2, p. 190-205 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Swimming as self-care – A Foucauldian analysis of swimming for Danish Muslim women

    Lenneis, V., Evans, Adam B. & Agergaard, S., 2022, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 57, 3, p. 401-420 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Women-only swimming as a space of belonging

    Lenneis, V., Agergaard, S. & Evans, Adam B., 2022, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 14, 1, p. 37-52 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Muslimske kvinder: "Med kvindesvømning får vi fokus på eget velvære"

    Lenneis, V., Evans, Adam B. & Agergaard, S., 11 Jun 2021, 6 p. Videnskab.dk, ForskerZonen.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  43. Published

    ‘Doing’ competitive swimming: Exploring the skilled practices of the competitive swimming lifeworld

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2021, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 56, 1, p. 3-19 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Walking the deck: Methodological considerations and preliminary findings from a sociological-phenomenological study of embodied, sensory experiences in performance swimming

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2018, p. 75. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Somewhere between a stopwatch and a recording device: Ethnographic reflections from the pool

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2023, In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 53, 1, p. 31-50

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Sensory sociological phenomenology, somatic learning and 'lived' temperature in competitive pool swimming

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2021, In: Sociological Review. 69, 1, p. 206-222 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    "You always wanna be sore, because then you are seeing results": Exploring positive pain in competitive swimming"

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2020, In: Sociology of Sport Journal. 37, 4, p. 301-309 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    ‘Ploughing on’: a sociological investigation of ‘endurance work’ in competitive swimming and distance-running

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2021, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 13, 4, p. 658-670 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Reflexivity and bracketing in sociological phenomenological research: researching the competitive swimming lifeworld

    McNarry, G., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 1 Jan 2019, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 11, 1, p. 138-151 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Collaboration or contestation? A critical evaluation of current capacity building mechanisms in community-based obesity prevention programmes

    Middleton, G., Evans, Adam B., Henderson, H. & Windard, D., 2016, Capacity Building : Planning, Programs and Prospects. Brown, D. (ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers, p. 21-32 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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