Adam B. Evans

Adam B. Evans

Associate Professor


  1. "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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. "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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Active aging policy and associative democracy in Denmark: A critique of the 'Neoliberal' critique

    Evans, Adam B. & Nistrup, A., 2018, p. 61. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    An ethnographic study of career aspirations amongst students studying level 3 sports courses at a Further Education college in England

    Connolly, D. J., Evans, Adam B. & Allen-Collinson, J., 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Breathing in life: somatic empathy, attunement and the sharing of asthma ‘troubles.’

    Allen-collinson, J., Owton, H., Crust, L. & Evans, Adam B., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. Published

    Community Health Trainers, occupational identity, boundary work and the spatio-temporal

    Allen-Collinson, J., K. Williams, R., Middleton, G., Henderson, H., Crust, L. & Evans, Adam B., 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Conceptualisations of ageing and physical activity after stroke: a review and application of figurational sociology

    Clay, Georgia Emily, Evans, Adam B., Allen-Collinson, J. & Henderson, H., 2022, Why Does Sociology Matter? : The Role of Sport Sociology in Interdisciplinary Research. European Association for the Sociology of Sport, p. 192-192 232

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

  14. 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

  15. Contesting far flung fields: Sociological studies of migration and acculturation through sport

    Evans, Adam B., 2014, Acculturation: Psychology, Processes and Global Perspectives. Merton, J. (ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers, p. 67-86 20 p.

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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Covid-19 and unstructured physical activity in those with long-term conditions

    Blackwell, J. M., Henderson, H., Evans, Adam B. & Allen-Collinson, J., 25 Mar 2021.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Discrimination in Danish organised grassroots football: Gender, ethnicity, and sexuality

    Bennike, S., Schelde, N. & Evans, Adam B., 2023, Social Issues in Sport, Leisure, and Health. Agergaard, S. & Karen, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 40-55

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

  23. Published

    Elite athlete to high-performance coach in men’s rugby union and soccer: a cohort longitudinal study.

    Blackett, A. D., Evans, Adam B. & Piggott, D., 2015.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Exploring mind-body detachment following a cardiac event - through a Bourdieusian lens

    Blackwell, J., Henderson, H., Evans, Adam B., Allen-Collinson, J. & Bunn, A., 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Published

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

    Evans, Adam B., Bright, J. & Brown, L., 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. Published

    Phenomenological insights on motherhood and aquatic embodiment

    Evans, Adam B. & Allen-Collinson, J., 2022, Motherhood and Sport: Collective Stories of Identity and Difference. Spowart, L. & McGannon, K. R. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 15-29 15 p. (Qualitative Research in Sport and Physical Activity).

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

  46. Published

    Physical activity across the life-course: Socio-cultural approaches

    Evans, Adam B., Nistrup, A. & Allen-Collinson, J., 2018, The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion. Nyman, S. R., Barker, A., Haines, T., Horton, K., Musselwhite, C., Peeters, G., Victor, C. R. & Wolff, J. K. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 551-569 19 p.

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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  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

    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

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