Adam B. Evans

Adam B. Evans

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Narratives of physical activity amongst those diagnosed with cancer: Reflections from the 'Get Active Feel Good' physical activity programme.

    Windard, D., Henderson, H., Cooper, N. & Evans, Adam B., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Experiences of pleasure in physical activity for individuals with spinal cord injury

    Wilcock, Laura, Evans, Adam B., Sparkes, A. & Williams, T., 27 Jul 2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Exploiting sport events: Towards a breaking point?

    Sterchele, D., Velija, P., Wheaton, B., Donnelly, P., Doidge, M., Evans, Adam B. & Roderick, M., 2022, Why Does Sociology Matter? : The Role of Sport Sociology in Interdisciplinary Research. European Association for the Sociology of Sport, p. 230-230 1 p. 288

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

  6. Published

    Understanding physical activity in parents – state of the evidence and future directions

    Simpson, R., Versele, V., Laukkanen, A. & Evans, Adam B., 9 Jun 2021.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  7. Published

    Labour migration, national identity and basketball: the acculturation experiences of the Lithuanian Diaspora in the east of England

    Piggott, D. & Evans, Adam B., 2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    “It made me feel young again”: Older adults’ perceptions of a physical activity intervention delivered at activity centres in Copenhagen.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  9. ‘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

  10. 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

  11. The importance of parents and teachers as stakeholders in school-based healthy eating programs

    Middleton, G., Evans, Adam B., Keegan, R., Bishop, D. & Evans, D., 2014, Health Education: Parental and Educators' Perspectives, Current Practices and Needs Assessment. Larock, Y. B. & Gustave, D. C. (eds.). New york: Nova Science Publishers, p. 233-252 20 p.

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. Published

    ‘Stepping out of ‘We’ into ‘I’: Reflections on an Academic Sojourn.’

    Evans, Adam B., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  34. 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

  35. ‘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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. Published

    Rethinking ‘Q’ualitative methods: From concept to practice

    Evans, Adam B., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. 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

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