Biography

My training lies at the intersection between Social and Developmental Psychology and my research focuses on the integrity of sport. In practice this means examining topics such as moral leadership, anti-doping, and athlete welfare. This includes research on values, virtues, norms, practices, identities, and the psychosocial mechanisms that combine to regulate behaviour. My published research – which is all available to download here – generally falls within these topics but I’m a curious person and occasionally you’ll find something left field that I was just interested in.

At work, I am the Director of Team Researcher Lab which currently houses 15 students (inc. ten postgrads). I also lead the Developing Young People through Sport Research Group within the School of Sport, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Sciences at the University of Essex. In terms of service, I founded SportRχiv in 2016, and more recently the Society for Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology (STORK) in 2019. I enjoy creating tools, solving problems, and bringing people together around a vision or project. I know this sounds corny but it’s true. Outside of work, I run an education focused not-for-profit. I’m also married and have two boys under 5, which keep me pretty busy. On the rare occasion I get an afternoon to myself, I love watching football and in a previous life worked as an academy and community coach.

If you’d like to discuss anything further, I’m open to grabbing a cup of tea and chatting more – virtual or otherwise.