Adam B. Evans

Adam B. Evans

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    You realise you tick a lot of boxes’: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the rehabilitating body through a Bourdieusian lens

    Blackwell, J., Henderson, H., Evans, Adam B. & Allen-Collinson, J., 2023, Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times: COVID Assemblages. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 691-714 (Global Culture and Sport).

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

  9. Published

    ‘Becoming’ an elite coach: A longitudinal study examining elite soccer and rugby union players’ transitions into elite coaching.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. ‘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

  15. Published

    ‘Ladies Present’: An Auto/ethnographic Study of the Perceptions and Lived-Embodied Experiences of Women Amateur Golfers.

    Evans, Adam B., Mitchell, S. & Allen-Collinson, J., May 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  16. ‘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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. ‘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

  21. Published

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

    Evans, Adam B., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  22. ‘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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  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

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