Sport and Leisure Cultures

The University of Brighton took a pioneering role in the development of Sport and Leisure Cultures research and it has been a key discipline at the university.

At the University of Brighton University of Brighton students are welcome to join an environment that takes a critical perspective on sport and leisure and develops a public-facing, interventionist social science on the Sport and Leisure Cultures Sport and Leisure Cultures programme.

Key facts

As a sport and leisure cultures PhD student at Brighton you will benefit from:

• a supervisory team comprising 2-3 members of academic staff. Depending on your research specialism you may also have an additional supervisor from another School, another research institution, or an external partner from government or industry.  

• desk space and access to a computer in a space specifically designed for research students. There are a range of facilities on the Eastbourne campus including various catering options.

• access to a range of electronic resources via the University’s Online Library, as well as to the physical book and journal collections housed within the Queenwood Library and other campus libraries.

Current specialisms include:

• Sport, in/equality and exclusion

• Sport, migration and refugees

• Sport, leisure and cultural resistance

• Everyday leisure: spaces and practices

• Outdoor recreation: environmental politics

• Sports fandom and protest

• Sport, gender and sexuality

• Sport, violence and ethics

• Sport and development