Adam B. Evans

Adam B. Evans

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    How Person-Centred Is Cardiac Rehabilitation in England? Using Bourdieu to Explore Socio-Cultural Influences and Personalisation

    Blackwell, J., Allen-Collinson, J., Evans, Adam B. & Henderson, H., 2024, In: Qualitative Health Research. 34, 3, p. 239-251

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    “Standing out like a sore thumb”: exploring socio-cultural influences on adherence to cardiac rehabilitation

    Blackwell, J. M., Allen-Collinson, J., Evans, Adam B. & Henderson, H., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2023
  5. 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

  6. Published

    Workplace Active Certification: The creation of a certification process that values and rewards professional organisations implementing physical activity for their employees

    Vandaele, F., Evans, Adam B., De Dominicis, Stefano, Gross, M., Heuze, G. & De Clerck, I., 2023, In: European Journal of Public Health. 33, Suppl. 1, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    ‘They’ve just never been involved in it’: what senior athletes think about older people who do not participate in sport

    Cannella, V., Serrat, R., Villar, F. & Evans, Adam B., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Leisure Studies.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2022
  9. Published

    Activating the ‘peerness’ of youth leaders in a community sport programme through techne and phronesis

    Christensen, J. H., Evans, Adam B., Klinker, C. D., Staal, M. T., Bentsen, P. & Nielsen, Glen, 2022, In: Health Promotion International. 37, 6, 11 p., daac141.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 2021
  13. Published

    Negotiating a coach identity: a theoretical critique of elite athletes’ transitions into post-athletic high-performance coaching roles

    Blackett, A. D., Evans, Adam B. & Piggott, D., 2021, In: Sport, Education and Society. 26, 6, p. 663-675 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. Published

    Sensoriality, social interaction, and “doing sensing” in physical–cultural ethnographies

    Allen-Collinson, J., McNarry, G. & Evans, Adam B., 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 50, 5, p. 599-621 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Sport, race and ethnicity in the wake of black lives matter: introduction to the special issue

    Evans, Adam B., Agergaard, S., Campbell, P. I., Hylton, K. & Lenneis, V., 2021, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 18, 3, p. 187-191 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 2020
  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Football is/as medicine: The growth of a health promotion movement and a challenge for sociologists.

    Evans, Adam B. & Ottesen, Laila Susanne, 2020, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 17, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. Published

    ‘We have the time to listen’: community Health Trainers, identity work and boundaries

    Allen-Collinson, J., K. Williams, R., Middleton, G., Henderson, H., Crust, L. & Evans, Adam B., 2020, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 12, 4, p. 597-611 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    “Together, we can do it all!”: narratives of masculinity, sport and exercise amongst physically wounded Danish veterans

    Evans, Adam B., Andreassen, S. M. N. & Virklund, A. W., 2020, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 12, 5, p. 697-716 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 2019
  33. 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

  34. Published

    "They have to toe the line": A Foucauldian analysis of the socialisation of former elite athletes into academy coaching roles

    Blackett, A. D., Evans, Adam B. & Piggott, D., 2019, In: Sports Coaching Review. 8, 1, p. 83-102 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: Physical activity and ageing

    Bangsbo, J., Blackwell, J., Boraxbekk, C-J., Caserotti, P., Dela, F., Evans, A. B., Jespersen, A. P., Gliemann, L., Kramer, A. F., Lundbye-Jensen, J., Mortensen, E. L., Lassen, A. J., Gow, A. J., Harridge, S. D. R., Hellsten, Y., Kjær, M., Kujala, U. M., Rhodes, R. E., Pike, E. C. J., Skinner, T. & 6 others, Skovgaard, T., Troelsen, J., Tulle, E., Tully, M. A., van Uffelen, J. G. Z. & Viña, J., 2019, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53, 14, p. 856-858 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. 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

  37. Published

    To be or not to be phenomenology: That is the question

    Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2019, In: European Journal for Sport and Society. 16, 4, p. 295-300 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  38. 2018
  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

    Active ageing in Denmark; shifting institutional landscapes and the intersection of national and local priorities

    Evans, Adam B., Nistrup, A. & Pfister, G. U., 2018, In: Journal of Aging Studies. 46, p. 1-9 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 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

  42. Published

    ‘You’re just chopped off at the end’: Retired servicemen’s identity work struggles in the military to civilian transition

    Williams, R. K., Allen-Collinson, J., Hockey, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2018, In: Sociological Research Online. 23, 4, p. 812-829 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    “Active” and “Passive” coach pathways: Elite athletes’ entry routes into high-performance coaching roles

    Blackett, A. D., Evans, Adam B. & Piggott, D., 2018, In: International Sport Coaching Journal. 5, 3, p. 213-226 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. 2017
  45. 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

  46. Published

    To ‘just be relaxed and with your own thoughts’: Experiences of aquatic activity amongst individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia

    Evans, Adam B., 2017, In: Loisir et Societe. 40, 2, p. 175-192 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Why ‘the best way of learning to coach the game is playing the game’: conceptualising ‘fast-tracked’ high-performance coaching pathways

    Blackett, A. D., Evans, Adam B. & Piggott, D., 2017, In: Sport, Education and Society. 22, 6, p. 744-758 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 2016
  49. A level playing 'field'? A Bourdieusian analysis of the career aspirations of further education students on sports courses

    Connolly, D. J., Allen-Collinson, L. & Evans, Adam B., 2016, In: Sport, Education and Society. 21, 8, p. 1144-1160 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. 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

  51. From ‘just a swimmer’ to a ‘swimming mother’: women’s embodied experiences of recreational aquatic activity with pre-school children

    Evans, Adam B. & Allen-collinson, J., 2016, In: Leisure Studies. 35, 2, p. 141-156

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. 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, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 8, 3, p. 301-318 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Shooting for Lithuania: Migration, national identity and men's basketball in the East of England

    Evans, Adam B. & Piggott, D., 2016, In: Sociology of Sport Journal. 33, 1, p. 26-38 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. ‘Ladies present!’: an auto/ethnographic study of women amateur golfers at an English provincial golf club

    Mitchell, S., Allen-Collinson, J. & Evans, Adam B., 2016, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 8, 3, p. 273-286 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. 2015
  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. ‘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

  59. 2014
  60. ‘It’s a long way to the Super League’: The experiences of Australasian professional rugby league migrants in the United Kingdom

    Evans, Adam B. & Stead, D. E., 2014, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 49, 6, p. 707-727 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  61. 2013
  62. "Swim for Health": Program evaluation of a multiagency aquatic activity intervention in the United Kingdom

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., 2013, In: International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education. 7, 1, p. 24-38 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  63. 2012
  64. "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

  65. 2008
  66. ‘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

  67. ”Swim for Health:’ programme evaluation of a multi-partner intervention utilising aquatic exercise in the north of England: Interim findings.

    Evans, Adam B. & Sleap, M., 2008, In: International Journal of Obesity. 32, S1, p. 169 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

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