
Dr James Brighton
@jamesbrighton_g
Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise at CCCU
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Sport, Exercise & Rehab Sciences MSc Applied Exercise and Health Science Jamie Edwards Dr Jamie O'Driscoll Phil bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

📰 New OA article 🔓 We (w/Dr Jess Macbeth) are delighted that "Navigating a sighted world: visually impaired runners’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic" is finally published! For an accessible version, including audio description, please click below: tinyurl.com/3t2j3b6r

📆 Last week of Disability History Month! Enlightening paper by @KayInckle Dr James Brighton & Andrew C Sparkes exploring Disability research and studies, born from the activism of disabled people challenging oppressive structures. #UKDHM #InclusiveResearch eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/9898



Holiday reading 1/2… theoretically eclectic, empirically rich, deeply reflexive and fun to read! Fabulous ethnography bringing essential contemporary analysis to #gym cultures and #IPED use. Smashed it Nick Gibbs can’t wait to read future works.


As the #Paris2024 #Paralympics begin, why not grab a copy of Researching Disability Sport (Routledge Sport, Leisure, and Tourism)– out now in paperback. If you are new to disability sport or want to develop a critical understanding of this topic, this book is the place to start! shorturl.at/F5W8e

Proofs! Excited to get this important paper over the line with Dr James Brighton #ebike #Disability #greenexercise #mountainbikes Let's keep pushing for more critical and less essentialist takes on this important (and often life-changing) technological intervention.


Congratulations to Toni Williams and @MartinRoderick1 from our Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. who have taken up exciting roles with the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise. 🏃♂️🏃♀️ Read more at brnw.ch/21wMuqf QRSE QRSEH



The content in this article re: shoulder health and function for wheelchair users is heavily influenced by Dr James Brighton work and this SCJ article in particular


Thrilled to finally share a recent collaboration with the talented Dr James Brighton in Transactions of the Inst. of British Geographers: 'My Body is No Longer a Problem: Electric mountain biking, disability, and the cultural politics of green exercise'.bit.ly/4eAkFoc

📢New paper published in #TIBG by Jim Cherrington (Sheffield Hallam University) and Dr James Brighton (Canterbury Christ Church University): '‘My body was no longer a problem’: Electric mountain biking, disability, and the cultural politics of green exercise'. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/tran.1…


Interested in a funded PhD on physical activity, sport and disability? Please see below and if interested please reach out early to us via email. [email protected] jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN643/phd…

Congratulations, Team! Official launch of The Olympic Studies Research Centre for Safe Sport and Human Rights Professor Dikaia Chatziefstathiou Phil Dr Laura Gubby Dr James Brighton Dr Hayley Mills


Full PhD scholarship in #sci #disabilitysport #femaleathletes #disability #wheelchairrugby at Canterbury Christ Church University #cccu Canterbury Christ Church University Sport, Exercise & Rehab Sciences #spinalcordinjury canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/fee…



If you missed it, our – w/ Dr James Brighton and Dr Robert Townsend – new Sociology Journal article is online. The Dis/appearing Sporting Body: The Complex Embodiment of Disabled Athletes Available open access below 👇 tinyurl.com/2ntn7k47

NEW PAPER: No one wants to be the washed-up ex-cricketer sitting at the bar getting pissed talking of the good old days’: A narrative analysis of retirement as experienced by male professional cricketers in England #cricket #careertransition #retirement journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…