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CURRICULUM VITAE Name: JA (Fred) Coalter Academic Qualifications: PhD

MSc Sociology BSc Sociology (2:1) Postgraduate Certificate in Education Professional recognition Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management:

Honorary Fellow

Fellow of the Academy of Leisure Sciences (USA) Honorary Member: The Voice of Chief Officers of Cultural, Community and Leisure Services in Scotland (VOCAL)

Date of Birth 17:7:1946 Present Post: Professor of Sports Policy, University of Stirling Visiting Professor: (i) University of Ulster

(ii) Leeds Metropolitan University, George Mitchell Centre Adjunct professor La Trobe University, Melbourne: The Centre for Sport and Social

Impact Previous Posts: 1990 - 2003 Director, Centre for Leisure Research, University of Edinburgh Senior Lecturer, Department of PE, Sport and Leisure Studies 1986-1990 Director, Centre for Leisure and Tourism Studies, Polytechnic of North

London 1984 – 1986 Research Director, Centre for Leisure Research, Moray House College 1982 - 1983 Research Fellow, Tourism and Recreation Research Unit, University of

Edinburgh 1978 - 1981 Research Fellow, Survey Research Unit, Polytechnic of North London Editorial Boards 1991 -2000 Editorial Board, Leisure Studies Managing Editor, 1993-95 Convenor, 1997-2000 1997- Editorial Board, Managing Leisure: An International Journal 2004- International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing

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Committees/chairs 1991/2 Chair, Leisure Studies Association 1992 - 1993 Member, Sports Council's Sport and Recreation Research Advisory Group 1993-1995 Executive member. UK Higher Education Standing Conference on

Leisure, Recreation and Sport. 1997-2006 Chair of Board of Directors of Edinburgh Leisure Ltd (the trust which

manages sport and recreation facilities for the City of Edinburgh) 1998 -1999 Member of National Playing Field Association’s Working Group on

Performance Indicators for Play Provision 1999 - 2000 Member, Council of Europe Working Group on Sport and Social

Exclusion 1999- 2000 Chair, sportscotland’s Sport 21 Forum on Sport and Social Inclusion 2000 Member, Sport 21 Ministerial Review Group 2000-2001 Member of Sport England's Working Group on Performance

Measurement for the Development of Sport 2001 Member of Audit Commission’s Working Group on Best Value in Sport

and Recreation 2002 -3 Member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Working Group:

Defining Excellence in Sport and Recreation 2002-2003 Executive Member, Scottish Association of Directors of Leisure Services 2002 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Working group on Comprehensive

Performance Assessment for sport and recreation 2002- 3 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Neighbourhood Renewal Unit’s

Working Group on Sport 2005-6.1 Member/Expert Advisor, Scottish Physical Activity and Health Council,

Scottish Executive 2005-6 Special Advisor to Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern

Ireland) Sports Strategy Working Group. 2007- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Swiss Academy of

Development 2010-2011 Member of Centre for Social Justice‘s Working Group on Sport and Social

Regeneration Invited member of ESRC strategic seminars 1992 - 1993 ESRC Seminars: Leisure Research: The State of the Art 1997 ESRC Seminar Changing Cultural Distinctions in Lifestyles: explorations

in leisure, tourism and the social sciences 1998 ESRC seminar The Research Needs of Policy-makers in Sport, Recreation

and the Arts Leeds Metropolitan University, May 2003-2004 Joint Convenor ESRC seminar series Understanding and evaluating the

impact of sport and culture on society

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PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH Books/chapters Leisure Sociology or the Sociology of Leisure? Papers in Leisure Studies No. 4 Polytechnic of North London 1982 Recreational Welfare: The Rationale for Public Sector Investment in Leisure Gower, 1988 Senior Author (with J Long and B Duffield) Leisure Policy: An unresolvable dualism? in C Rojek (ed) Leisure for Leisure: Critical Essays, Macmillan 1988 (Ed) Freedom and Constraint. The paradoxes of leisure (Ten years of the Leisure Studies Association) Routledge, 1989 Two chapters: a) The development of the mixed economy of leisure b) Social policy and leisure management in I Henry (ed) Management and Planning in the Leisure Industry, Macmillan, 1990 The impact of social class and education on sports participation: some evidence from the General Household Survey in K Roberts (ed) Leisure and Social Stratification Leisure Studies Association, 1995 Measuring Sports Participation: model survey packages Sports Council, 1995 (with C MacGregor and S Tait) White Collar CCT and the Politics of Professionalism in Local Government (with T McNulty) in R Fincham (ed) New Relations in the Organised Professions Gower, 1996. Leisure Sciences and Leisure Studies: the challenge of meaning in E Jackson and T Burton (eds) Leisure Studies at the Millennium Venture, 1999 Sport and community development: A manual Research Report No. 86. sportscotland, Edinburgh, 2002 The social role of sport: opportunities and challenges in S Campbell and B Simmonds (eds) Sport, active recreation and social inclusion, John Smith Institute, London, 2003 Future sports or future challenges to sport? In Sport England Driving up participation: the challenge for sport London, Sport England 2004 Stuck in the blocks? A sustainable sporting legacy? In After the Goldrush: The London Olympics Institute for Public Policy Research/DEMOS, London, 2004

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Sport, Social Inclusion and Crime Reduction in Faulkner, G. & Taylor, A.H. Exercise, health and mental health: emerging relationships. London: Routledge, 2006. The Duality of Leisure Policy in C Rojek, S Shaw and A Veal (eds) (2006) A Handbook of Leisure Studies Palgrave, London, 2006 Public Policy and Leisure in E Kennedy and Pussard (eds) Defining the Field: 30 Years of the Leisure Studies Association Leisure Studies Association, Brighton. 2006 Sport-in-development: process evaluation and organisational development in vanden Auwele, Y, Malcolm, C and Meulders, B (eds) Sport and Development Ianoocampus Leuven, 2006 Sport-in-Development: A Monitoring and Evaluation Manual UK Sport/UNICEF. 2006 A Wider Social Role for Sport: Who’s Keeping the Score? Routledge, 2007 Sport-in-development: Development for and through sport? in R Hoy and M Nicholson (eds) Sport and Social Capital, London, Elsevier, 2008 The Contribution of the World Cup 2010 to social cohesion. Mega Sport Events in Developing Countries. International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE Bulletin No53. Berlin. 2008 Sport-in-development: Accountability or development? In R Levermore and A Beacom (eds) Sport and International development Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2008 Sport-for-development: limited focus programmes and broad guage problems in Tokarski, W. and Petry, K. (eds.). Handbuch Sportpolitik. Schorndorf: Hofmann, 2010

Sport-for-development impact study. Comic Relief, UK Sport and International Development through Sport. (with John Taylor). 2010

Sport development’s contribution to social policy objectives: The difficult relationship between politics and evidence in B Houlihan and M Green (eds) Handbook of Sports Development London, Routledge. 2011. Sport for development, Routledge, London. Forthcoming 2011 Journal Articles Senior Author (with N Parry) Sociology and Leisure: A question of root or branch Sociology Vol. 16 No. 2 May 1982 Crowd behaviour at football matches: A study in Scotland Leisure Studies Vol. 4 No. 1 January 1985

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The defence of public leisure services: Professional rationality or political struggle? Leisure Management Vol. 4 May 1985 A leisure profession? Definitions and dilemmas Local Government Policy Making Vol. 13 No. 3 December 1986 Leisure Professionalism: Citizens or consumers? Leisure Studies Vol. 9 No. 2 1990 Sports Participation: Price or Priorities? Leisure Studies, Vol 12 No. 3 1993 Leisure Services: All to play for? Leisure Manager, Vol No 1994 Compulsory Competitive Tendering: A Lost Opportunity? Managing Leisure: An International Journal Vol 1 No 1, 1995 Leisure Science and Leisure Studies: Different concept same crisis? Leisure Science, Vol 19 No 4, 1997 Leisure Studies, leisure policy and social citizenship: The failure of welfare or the limits of welfare? Leisure Studies Vol 17 No 2, 1998 Sport and recreation in the UK: Flow with the flow or buck the trends? Managing Leisure: An International Journal Vol 4 No 1, 1999 The rise of aerobics Fitness Focus January- May 1999 It’s official – aerobics is alive but is it all together well? Exercise May/June 1999 Leisure studies, leisure policy and social citizenship: a response to Deem Leisure Studies Vol 19 No 1, 2000 Public and commercial leisure provision: active citizens and passive consumers? Leisure Studies Vol 19 No 3 2000 Leisure Studies, Leisure Policy and Social Citizenship Globalisation and Localisation of Sport. Research Review 2001 Institute of Sports Science, Hitotsubashi University Tokyo. Reference Pricing: changing perceptions of entrance charges for sport and recreation Managing leisure: An international journal Vol 9 No 3 2004

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London Olympics 2012: “the catalyst that inspires people of all ages and all talents to lead more active lives. Journal of the Royal Society of Health, May, 2007 'Sports Clubs, Social Capital and Social Regeneration: 'ill-defined interventions with hard to follow outcomes'?', Sport in Society, 10:4, 537 – 559, 2007 The politics of sport-for-development: limited focus programmes and broad gauge problems? International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol 5 No 3: pp 295-314. 2010 Sport-for-development: going beyond the boundary? Sport in Society Vol 13 No 9: pp 1374-1391. 2010 Current Research The Value of Sport Monitor Sport England/UK Sport, ongoing; 2004- Current contract until September 2012

Sport and conflict resolution: 9 UK projects. Comic Relief (with the Loughborough Partnership) Monitoring and evaluation of International Inspiration UK Sport, British Council, UNICEF (responsible for Brazil and India) Published Research Reports (all funded contract research) Information awareness and needs of recreation professionals Sports Council/SSRC Joint Panel on Leisure and Recreation Research 1982 Senior Author (with J Hall) A study of the behaviour of Aberdeen fans at the European Cup Winners Cup Final 1983 Football Trust TRRU Working Paper No. 8 Crowd behaviour at football matches: A study in Scotland Football Trust/Centre for Leisure Research 1984 Heart of Midlothian F.C.: The organisational and behavioural aspects of a trip to Paris Football Trust/Centre for Leisure Research 1985 Access to the Countryside for Recreation and Sport Countryside Commission/Sports Council 1987 (with R Sidaway, Prof H Newby, P Scott and I Rennick) Sport and Anti-social Behaviour: A literature review Scottish Sports Council, Research Report No. 2 1988

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Playing the Machines: The Use of Amusement Arcades The Centre for Leisure Research/British Amusement Catering Trades Association 1989 (with Dr E Wimbush and M Allison) Recreation Management Training Needs: Main Report Sports Council 1990 Recreation Management Training Needs: Summary Report Sports Council 1990 Digest of Sports Statistics: Third Edition Sports Council 1991 Senior Author (with L Johnson et al) Review of Sports, Recreation and Leisure Degree Courses CNAA, 1991 Financially Assisted Transport for Rural Swimming Pools Research Report No. 30 Scottish Sports Council, 1993 Information Sources and Survey Methods for Recreation Management Sports Council, 1993 Differential Charges and Sports Participation Scottish Sports Council, 1993 Senior Author (with R Frizzel and M Allison) Sport and Leisure Management: Compulsory Competitive Tendering Survey Report Sports Council, 1993 Visitors to the Dumbarton and Loch Lomond Area Dunbartonshire Enterprise, 1994 The Leisure Needs of Young People Wester Hailes Partnership, 1994 (with M Allison) Team Sport Scotland: An Evaluation Scottish Sports Council, 1994 (with M Allison and I Martin) Compulsory Competitive Tendering and Sports Development Planning in Scotland Scottish Sports Council, 1994 A survey of visitors to Arran and their activities in the countryside Scottish Natural Heritage, 1995 (with C MacGregor and R Frizzel) Sport and Community Development Research Digest No.42 .Scottish Sports Council, 1996 (with M Allison)

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Sport and Anti-social Behaviour: A policy analysis Research Digest No.41.Scottish Sports Council, 1996 UK Day Visits Survey, 1994 Countryside Commission, 1996 National Parks Visitor Survey, 1994: Summary Report Countryside Commission, 1996 (with C MacGregor and R Denman) Research Register: Leisure, Recreation and Sport English Sports Council, 1996 (with J Taylor) Facility Planning Model: Information Digest English Sports Council, 1997 Young People and Sport, 1994: Individual sports profiles English Sports Council (with J Taylor), 1997 Social Class and Sports Participation Sports Council, 1997 (with S Dowers and M Baxter) Sports Participation in Scotland (1987-1996) Research Report No 54,Scottish Sports Council, 1988 Unitary Pricing and Participation at Sports Centres Research Report No 60 Scottish Sports Council, 1998 Sports Participation in Scotland, 1997 Research Report No 61 Scottish Sports Council, 1998 Reference Pricing in Sport and Recreation Scottish Association of Directors of Leisure Services, 1999 (Senior author with C MacGregor) Sports Participation in Scotland, 1999 Research Report, sportscotland, 2000 The Role of Sport in Regenerating Deprived Urban Areas Scottish Executive, 2000 (Senior author with M Allison and J Taylor Realising the Potential of Cultural Services: the arts Local Government Association, London, 2001 Realising the Potential of Cultural Services: sport Local Government Association, London, 2001

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Realising the Potential of Cultural Services: libraries Local Government Association, London, 2001 Realising the Potential of Cultural Services: play (with John Taylor). Local Government Association, London, 2001 Realising the Potential of Cultural Services: parks and open spaces (with John Taylor). Local Government Association, London, 2001 Realising the Potential of Cultural Services: tourism (with G Evans). Local Government Association, London, 2001 Young people and sport: a national survey Sports Council Northern Ireland, 2003 School Sport Co-ordinator Programme: An evaluation (with Malcom Thorburn) Research Report No: sportscotland, 2003 The Benefits of Sport Research Report No. 93 sportscotland, 2005 Increasing Demand for Sport and Physical Activity by Girls With Stuart Biddle, Toni O’Donovan, Jessica MacBeth, Mary Nevill and Sarah Whitehead. sportscotland, 2005 Free swimming: the need for a more strategic approach A report to the Health Education Board for Scotland, 2006 An Analysis of Regional Variations in Sports Participation in Scotland (with S Dowers) Research Report no. 105 sportscotland, Edinburgh, 2006 Culture of Winning in Scottish Sport (with J Taylor, G Jarvie). The Scottish Institute of Sport Foundation, 2006 How to achieve a sporting culture of excellence in Scotland (with S Radtke, J Taylor, G Jarvie) The Scottish Institute of Sport Foundation Department of Sports Studies. 2006 (with J Lyle and T Kay) Lessons from Evaluations of Sport and Physical Activity Programmes for Young People Research Report no. 99 sportscotland, 2007 The Use of School Sports and Cultural Facilities: A review of the impact of policies and management regimes (with Genesis Consulting) sportscotland, Scottish Executive, Scottish Arts Council, 2008 An Analysis of Regional Variations in Sports Participation in Scotland: Volume 2 Scotland (with S Dowers) Research Report no. $$$ sportscotland, Edinburgh, 2008 (with S Radtke) Sports Schools: An International Review ICSSPE, 2008

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Large Scale Sports Events: Event Impact Framework UK Sport, 2008 (with TNS) Evaluation of the sports development impact of the Sudirman Cup Glasgow, 2007, sportscotland, 2009 (with Sports Industry Research Unit, Sheffield Hallam University) An evaluative framework to assess and measure the impact and benefits of hosting major events UK Sport Edited Conference Publications Work and Leisure Leisure Studies Association Conference Papers No. 15 Brighton, 1982 (with T Veal and S Parker) The Politics of Leisure Leisure Studies Association Conference Papers, Brighton 1986 Leisure in Different Worlds Leisure Studies: Conference Edition (editor), 1994 Published Conference Papers: [* Invited papers] * Access to the countryside for recreation and sport 12th Annual Conference Proceedings of the Central Council for Physical Recreation 1983 (with B Duffield and Prof H Newby) * The state and leisure policy in A Tomlinson (ed) Leisure Politics, Planning and People Vol. 1 Leisure Studies Association 1985 * Angling and Canoeing: Value Conflicts and Administrative Solutions in New Approaches to Access to the Countryside for Recreation and Sport Sports Council: Yorkshire and Humberside 1987 Sport and anti-social behaviour: hits and myths in J Long (ed) Leisure, Health and Well-being Leisure Studies Association 1989 * Sports Development: Opportunities or Outcomes? Sport and Leisure in Scotland, Scottish Sports Council 1991 * Team Sport Scotland: Monitoring and Evaluation in A Conference Review of School-aged Sport in Scotland, 1993 Scottish Sports Council

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Research/Consultancy Reports (unpublished) A study to establish criteria for the evaluation of proposals for improvements to Football League grounds Football Grounds Improvements Trust 1984 (with J Long, M Foley and B Duffield) A Review of Sports-Related Research Scottish Sports Council, 1987 (with J Long, C McGregor, M Foley and A Dean) Water-based Recreation: Training needs in the London Docklands Training Agency and the London Docklands Development Corporation 1989 Senior Author (with P Cooke) Graduate Monitoring: Sport, recreation and leisure graduates Sports Council 1990. Senior Author (with J Potter) Swimming provision and competencies among primary pupils London Docklands Development Corporation 1990 Senior Author (with T McNulty) A Rationale for a Leisure Strategy Moray District Council, 1991 Loch Lomond and Dumbarton Area Visitor Survey Loch Lomond Park Authority 1992 (Senior author with M Allison) Loch Lomond and the Trossachs: Tourism Trends Scottish Office, 1992 The Impact of Concessionary Access Schemes in Leisure The Association of Directors of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism, 1993 Planning for Countryside Sports: A feasibility study Scottish Sports Council (with M Allison) 1993 The Impact of Compulsory Competitive Tendering: A Critical Evaluation of a Research Project. Sports Council, 1993 (with S Dowers and M Allison) The Role of Schools as Sports Providers East Midlands Sports Council, 1994 (with M Allison) A Planning Study of Sports Halls in the North West of England North West Sports Council, 1994 (with M Allison and S Dowers)

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Users and non-users of public libraries Edinburgh District Council, 1995 (with C MacGregor) Meeting needs: an evaluation of library consultation procedures, Edinburgh District Council, 1995 A national survey of sports facilities: a feasibility study Sports Council, 1995 National Survey of Swimming Pool and Sports Hall Usage and Management Information Systems: Pilot and Design English Sports Council, 1996 (with Steve Dowers) City Sport: An Evaluation of the Introduction of Sport in the Primary PE Curriculum Sports Council, Northern Ireland, 1998 Youth Sport Strategy Scotland: monitoring and evaluation Scottish Sports Council, 1999 (with Mary Allison) Reference Pricing and Sports Participation Scottish Association of Directors of Leisure Services, Scottish Sports Council, Accounts Commission for Scotland, 1999 Demand for Cricket in the West Midlands English Cricket Board/English Sports Council, West Midlands, 1999 Youth Sport Northern Ireland Sports Council Northern Ireland, 1999 (with Mary Allison) Youth Sport Foyle: an evaluation Sports Council Northern Ireland, 2000 The social and economic value of montaineering Scottish Mountaineering Council Consultative Documents: Access to the countryside for recreation and sport: Issues for consultation Sports Council and Countryside Commission, 1984 (with Prof H Newby) Access to the countryside for recreation and sport: A theoretical framework Sports Council/Countryside Commission, 1994 (Senior author with R Sidaway) Invited Presentations (other than conferences)

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Sporting Trends in England: Flow with the flow or buck the trends? Strategy Review Group, English Sports Council, 1997 Young People and Sport. What do they want? Youth Sport Task Force (England) 1997 Young People and Sport: The Way Ahead. Senior Management Group, English Sports Council/Lottery Sports Fund, 1998 Young People and Sport Ministerial Briefing, Department for Cultural, Media and Sport Sport and Social Inclusion: realising the benefits Scottish Labour Party Conference, fringe meeting, March 2000 Pricing and sport and recreation services Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Cultural Committee, November, 2000 Cultural Services: realising the potential Local Government Association: Cultural Services Executive, November, 2000 Sports clubs: a social role? sportscotland. Governing Body Seminar, Stirling, February 2001 Sport and Social Inclusion Norwegian Confederation of Sports, sportscotland , March 2001 Realising the Potential of the Cultural Sector Audit Commission, Leicester, January 2002 Game Plan: Rhetoric or Reason? Local Government Association Culture and Leisure Committee, London, November 2003 Contribution of sport and physical activity to shared priorities Sport England/ Department of Culture Media and Sport Seminar, November 2003 Assessing the social impacts of sports Department of Culture Media and Sport Seminar, December 2003 London 2012: A sustainable legacy? After the Goldrush: A sustainable Olympics for London. Institute for Public Policy Research, March 2004 International Seminar on Sports Policy Telemark University College, Norway 15-16th February 2006

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Sport for Development: It’s not what you do, but the way that you do it Carnegie Centre/Senator George Mitchell Centre, Leeds Metropolitan University, October 2008 Sport-for-development: Pessism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, June 2010 Conference Papers [* Invited papers] *Crowd Behaviour at Football Matches: A study in Scotland Centre for Cultural Studies Seminar. 'Patterns of Social Violence: Football as a focus for disorder 1983 Senior Author (with S Walker, B Duffield) * Information awareness and needs of leisure professionals LSA/ILAM Seminar London, 1983 * Public Sector Involvement in Leisure SSRC Policy Study Group, London, February 1984 * The defence of leisure services: political struggle or professional rationality? GLC Seminar. 'Rate capping and leisure services', London, February 1984 * Youth employment and leisure Edinburgh District Council Conference. 'Leisure and unemployment', 1984 * Structure, ideology and leisure policy in local authorities Sports Council/ESRC Seminar 'The public and voluntary sectors in leisure' School of Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol, April 1987 * Theories of leisure and theories of social policy BSA/LSA Conference, 'New approaches in Leisure Studies' Dunfermline College, Edinburgh, January 1987 * Football Crowd Behaviour: The Scottish Experience Edinburgh District Council Conference 'Crowd Behaviour Problems in Football', February 1987 * A leisure profession: crossroads or cul de sac? European Leisure and Recreation Association, 'Cities for the Future: The role of leisure and tourism in the process of revitalisation', Rotterdam, June 1989. * Recreation Management Training Needs 'Recreation Management '90', Wembley Conference Centre, March 1990 * Leisure policy: Current rationales and future models of delivery 'Leisure Futures', Conference of the Association of Directors of Leisure, Recreation and

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Tourism, Dunblane, April, 1990 * Sports development: Opportunities or outcomes? Sport and Leisure in Scotland, Scottish Sports Council, 1991 * Swimming: A pricing experiment 'Recreation Management '92', Birmingham, March 1992 * The role of concessionary prices in leisure 'The social role of leisure', Conference of the Association of Directors of Leisure, Recreation and Tourism, Inverness, April 1992. * Participation: Price or priorities? 'Leisure and the New Citizenship', Conference of the European Leisure and Recreation Association, Bilbao, June 1992 * Pricing and sports participation: The lessons for the arts 'The Price is Right', Scottish Arts Council, Glasgow, October 1992. * CCT: The state of the market 'Recreation Management '93'. Wembley Conference Centre, March 1993 * Knowing your customers 'Recreation Management '93'. Wembley Conference Centre, March 1993 * CCT: Initial Findings 'Recreation Management '93'. Wembley Conference Centre, March 1993 CCT: Not so Compulsive After All!. European Recreation Management Conference. Groningen, September, 1993 * CCT: The English Experience 'The Quality Chain'. Institute of Sport and Recreation Management Conference. Scarborough, November, 1993. * CCT: The Scottish Experience. Sport in a Changing World. Scottish Sports Council, Glasgow, November, 1993. * Sports Participation: Age, sex, social class and the limits of recreational welfare BSA/LSA Seminar. Liverpool University, March 1994 Single parents and leisure participation: social or economic constraints? Creative Play: meeting the needs of families. Annual Conference of the International Association for the Child's Right to Play, Edinburgh, September, 1994 * The Future of Leisure Services: An Alternative View

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Leisure in Scotland's New Councils, ILAM Conference, Glasgow, November, 1994 * CCT and Sports Development Planning Sport and Leisure in Scotland, Scottish Sports Council, Glasgow, November, 1994 * CCT and Local Sports Councils Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils Annual Conference, February, 1995 (with T McNulty) White Collar CCT and the Politics of Professionalism in Local Government Second International Conference on Professions and Management. University of Stirling August 1995 Leisure Studies and Media Studies Leisure Research Symposium, National Recreation and Parks Association Conference. San Antonio, Texas. October 1995 * Leisure Sciences and Leisure Studies: Looking for solutions when answers will do? American Academy of Leisure Sciences, San Antonio,Texas, October 1995 Leisure Science and Leisure Studies: The transatlantic divide Free Time and Quality of Life for the 21st Century WLRA 4th World Congress, Cardiff, 1996 Leisure Studies, Leisure Policy and Social Citizenship: The Failure of Welfare or the Limits of Welfare? Accelerating Leisure Leisure Studies Association Conference, Wageningen, The Netherlands, September 1996 * Sports participation 1977-1993: policy implications National Sports Convention, Birmingham, 1997 Sport and recreation in the UK: Flow with the flow or buck the trends? Leisure: People, Places, Spaces Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies, Sydney July 1997 Note: Attendance funded by UK Sports Council's International Conference Committee *CCT The British Experience Leisure Services: The future. Sydney University of Technology, July 1997 * Sport and recreation: the individualisation of experience YMCA Annual Conference, London, December 1997 * Leisure Trusts: Pragmatism, Practice and Principle Leisure Trusts: Lessons Learned and Best Value. Sports and Recreation Trusts Association. Edinburgh, 9 December 1998 * Is the Price Right? An Investigation of Reference Pricing

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The Value of Leisure and Cultural Services. Scottish Association of Directors of Leisure Services. Perth, 11 December 1998 * Sport and reference pricing National Seminar, Scottish Association of Local Sport Councils, Dunblane, January, 1999 *Youth Sport: has it made a lasting difference? Youth Sport National Seminar. Sports Council Northern Ireland, Newcastle, May 1999 * Pragmatics, practice, politics and principle To trust or not to trust? ILAM, Edinburgh, June 1999 (with S Dowers) Estimating demand for sports facilities: spatial variation at arising from differences in social class and education. GIS Research UK Conference, Portsmouth. May 1999 * Public and commercial leisure: Active Citizens and Passive Consumers? Leisure Ethics and Values. Leisure Studies Association Conference, Cheltenham, July 1999 (plenary paper) * Reference pricing and sport and recreation: policy implications Culture and Leisure Services in the New Scotland, Annual Conference, Scottish Association of Directors of Leisure Services, Dunkeld, August, 1999 * The future of leisure (services) Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (Scotland), Annual Conference, Alloa, March 2000 * Best value and making the case for leisure Institute of Sport and Recreation Management, Best Value and Leisure, Leicester, March 2000 * Sport and social inclusion: a lot of balls? Leisure: Core and Peripheries. Annual Conference of Leisure Studies Association Glasgow, July 2000 (plenary paper) * A social role for leisure services: realising the potential Culture and Leisure in Scotland: rising to the challenge of modernisation. Annual conference of the Scottish Association of Directors of Leisure Services, Dunblane , August 2000 * Sport and social inclusion Sport and Social Inclusion Seminar. sportscotland and Scottish Executive. Glasgow September 20000

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Sport and social inclusion: realising the potential The Need for Partnerships. Annual conference of the European Association of Sports Management, San Marino, September 2000 * Sport and social inclusion: managing for outcomes Sport for Life. Annual Conference North West Sports Board, Wigan September 2000 * Sport and social inclusion: managing for outcomes Sport and Recreation 2000. Annual conference of Institute of Sport and Recreation Management, Cardiff, September 2000 * The policy and the issues Leisure Delivering Social Inclusion, Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management. Glasgow December 2000 * Cultural services: realising the potential Local Government Association Annual Conference, Realising the Potential, Scarborough, March, 2001. * Governing Bodies: a social role? sportscotland, Governing Bodies Conference, Stirling, March 2001 Social Inclusion through sport: an expensive chimera? Taking Forward the Government’s Sports Strategy, Public Policy Seminars, London, June 2001 * Sports Participation: supply or demand-led? Turning Strategy into Action. Annual Conference North West Sports Board, Wigan September 2001 * Measuring the unmeasurable or managing for outcomes? Mainstreaming the Arts, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Newcastle, September 2001 * Where next for sport? Turning Strategy into Action Annual Conference, North West Sports Board, Wigan, September 2001 * Sport and social regeneration Cities: Better Places to Live, Scottish Executive and Communities Scotland, Glasgow December 2001 * Communities First: Social Inclusion Through Sport Spotlight on Sport The Sports Council for Wales, Cardiff, May 2002 Cultural services and the new policy agenda: opportunity or threat? 7th World Leisure Congress, Kuala Lumpur, October 2002

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* Making what impact? Sports policy and the need for evidence Implementing Performance and Community Targets, North West Sports Board, Bolton, November 2002 * Game Plan: Rhetoric or Reason? What’s their game? Serious about sport? Central Council of Physical Recreation Annual Conference, Chipping Norton, May 2003 * Providing the evidence Changing Lives Through Leisure and Cultural Services. Annual conference of the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management, Bournemouth, June 2003 * Evidence: Influencing agendas or managing for outcomes? International Sports and Management Conference: A sporting future, Aberdeen August 2003 Partnerships’ and ‘capacity building’: Is too much being asked of the voluntary sector in sport? Modernising sports structures and people, Sports Council Northern Ireland/Irish Sports Council, Belfast, November 2003, * Measuring the social impact of sport: Balance of probabilities or beyond reasonable doubt? The social impact of sport & the arts ESRC Seminar. Leeds January 2004 * London 2012: A sustainable sporting legacy? After the Gold Rush. A sustainable Olympics for London Institute of Public Policy Research/DEMOS, London, March 2004 * Increasing participation in sport and physical activity: the relevance of Game Plan Changing Places, changing lives: cultural services and regeneration, Local Government Association Conference, Liverpool, March 2004 * A wider role for sport: who is keeping the score? Annual conference of the Scottish

Universities Physical Education Association, Aberdeen June 2004

* Developing logic models for evaluating sports development programmes Monitoring and Evaluation of Sports-based Programming for Development UNICEF Workshop, New York, 31 January to 2 February 2005

* Sports development: How did we get here? 14th National Sports Development Seminar, Nottingham, 4 April 2005. (The plenary paper)

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* What counts as evidence? An academic perspective International Sports research Forum, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra April, 2005 * The Role of Local Authority Sport and Recreation Services National Workshop on Physical Activity and Inequalities, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh June 2005 * Measuring sport’s contribution to process of development

The Next Steps, Norwegian Olympic Committee, Livingstone, Zambia June 10-13 2005

* The Future Development of Sports 21: A Research-Based Perspective The Future for

Culture and Sport in Scotland. VOCAL Annual Conference September 2005 Plenary Paper * Sport and Social Renewal: Bowling with Mates or Bowling with Strangers?

The Power of Sport: European Association of Sports Management. Newcastle, September 2005. Plenary paper

* Sport and social renewal: weak links and strong communities?

International Conference on Sport and Urban Development Rotterdam, 9-11 November 2005

* Sports development: What game, whose rules?

Scottish Sports Development Conference, Dunblane, December 2005 Plenary paper

* Monitoring and Evaluating Sport in Development

Development Through Sport: Moving to the Next Stage Magglingen, Switzerland, December 2005

* Sport and Social Regeneration: Not an easy game to play

The Regeneration Game: The Impact of the Olympics and Sport on Local and Regional Economies Regional Studies Association/ESRC, London. December 2005

* Sport-in-development: Process evaluation and organisational development

Unlocking the Potential for Sport for Youth Wellness and development University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, April 2006 * Monitoring and Evaluating Sport in Africa: Accountability or development?

Researching Youth Sport: Diverse Perspectives Institute of Youth Sport, Loughborough University. September 2006

* Sport and the African Transition IX World Leisure Congress. Hangou, China. October 2006

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Invited workshop: Developing Leisure Policy

IX World Leisure Congress. Hangou, China. October 2006 Invited Panelist: The Future of Leisure Policy: International/national perspectives IX World Leisure Congress. Hangou, China. October 2006

* A wider social role for sport: Rhetoric or reason? Australian Sports Commission Our Sporting Future, Brisbane March 2007 * The Contribution of the World Cup 2010 to social cohesion. The Impact of Mega

Sport Events on Developmental Goals. The University of the Western Cape/KU Leuven. Stellenbosch March 2008. Plenary paper

* Interrogating the role of theory in researching sports development. Studying Sports

Development: An International Conference. Brunel University, April 2008 Plenary paper

* Increasing sports participation. Widening Access, Making an Impact Annual Conference, The Voice of Chief Officers of Cultural, Community and Leisure Services in Scotland, North Berwick, October 2008

* Sport and social outcomes. Active 08 The West Australian Sport and Recreation

Industry Conference, Perth, November 2008. * Are take off more important than landings? Volunteering, Sport and Social Inclusion Victoria Department of Planning and Community Development, Melbourne.

November, 2008. * Thinking about non-economic impacts of large scale events: hits or myths?

Sporta Annual Conference, Bristol. April 2009. Plenary

* Sport-for-development: Pessimism of the intellect optimism of the will. Play the Game 2009: Visions for sport in times of crisis. Coventry University, June 2009

* Are take offs more important than landings? A realistic view of policy and a realist

view of evidence. IHPES Annual Conference Sport in History: Promises and Problems University of Stirling, July 2009. Routledge Keynote Presentation

* Sport-for-development: Pessimism of the intellect optimism of the will. Sports for

Peace and Development? – the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a Tool for Development and Peace”, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Oslo, October, 2009

* Sport and Social Inclusion: from developing sport in communities to developing

communities through sport? International Sport and Culture Association AGM. Copenhagen, October,2009

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* Are take offs more important than landings? A realistic view of policy and a realist view of evidence Sport Canada Research Initiative, Third Annual Conference, Ottawa, November 2009

* Thinking about non-economic impacts of large scale events: hits or myths? Sport

research Intelligence Centre, Ottowa. November 2009 * Sport-for-development: Pessimism of the intellect optimism of the will. Canadian

Heritage/Sport Canada, Ottowa, November 2009. Plenary * Sport-for-development: Tactics are as important as strategy. Maidan Summit.

Mumbai May 2010. Plenary. This was the first national sport-for-development conference held in India

* Sport and social inclusion European Conference on Local Sports Participation,

University of Leuven, 14 October 2010 * Sport-for-development: ill-defined interventions and hard to follow outcomes? UCSIA International Workshop Sports, A matter of peace? University of Antwerp, 14-

16 October, 2010. * Sport and social impacts: fuzzy snapshots and clear videos. VicHealth and the Centre

for Sport and Social Impact. ,La Trobe University Seminar, Melbourne 7 December 2010

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