Ellie Gennings

Dr Ellie Gennings

  • Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching
  • DH217,
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Biography

Ellie completed her PhD in 2022 and is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching at Bournemouth University, specialising in children and young people’s experiences of sport.

Her research focuses on advancing understanding of well-being and human rights among children and young people in sport and exercise settings. She has contributed to the fields of measurement, well-being science and participatory research methods. Ellie has successfully secured research funding from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the British Academy for projects centred on youth voice and participation in sport and leisure. She has a growing body of publications in these areas, including articles in the International Journal of Wellbeing, Leisure Studies, and the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. She also works with a range of charities and organisations involved in sport and participation, including National Governing Bodies, national child protection organisations, and third-sector charities. Currently, Ellie is leading an IOC-funded project on safe sport, exploring how young athletes experience and understand safety in high-performance environments...

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Research

Ellie is interested in supervising projects within the following broad areas and welcomes interested individuals to contact her via email: 1) Youth's experiences of sport/physical activity from a wellbeing perspective 2) Ethical coaching practice, particularly focusing on safe sport.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Peace, justice and strong institutions

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"

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Journal Articles

Chapters

Conferences

  • Alshikhy, T., O'Sullivan, H., Polkinghorne, M. and Gennings, E., 2025. Developing a Framework for Enhancing Organisational Performance through Soft Power Strategies. In: 51st EBES Conference 11-13 April 2025 Rome.
  • Gennings, E., Hannah-Russell, C. and Randall, V., 2024. Breaking the Storm: A whole school approach to mentally healthy movement. In: British Educational Research Association 9-12 September 2024 University of Manchester.

Reports

Internet Publications

Posters

  • Hunter, A. and Gennings, E., 2023. Football Dreams or Nightmares: The Academy. In: The International Research Network on Violence and Integrity in Sport (IRNOVIS) Research Symposium Safe sport research today: Where are we at?.
  • Gennings, E., 2023. Young people’s experiences of returning to sport and exercise in blue spaces after national lockdown.

PhD Students

  • Sarah Tomlinson. Understanding marginalisation and experiences of water sports, (In progress)
  • Tariq Alshikhy. An investigation into the role of soft power applied to sporting mega-events to optimise organisational performance and income generation., (In progress)

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Coach and Athlete Welfare
  • Conducting Research in Sport and Exercise
  • Applied Sport Psychology
  • Developing Coaching Practice
  • Dissertation Coordinator

Invited Lectures

  • Youth Physical Activity and Health, Oxford Brookes University, 28 Mar 2021 more
  • Athlete Welfare and Wellbeing, Middlesex University, 08 Feb 2021 more

Grants

  • A Concept Mapping Study of High-Performance Adolescent Athlete’s Perspectives of Safety in Sport. (IOC Olympic Studies Centre, 01 Jan 2025). Awarded
  • Bournemouth University Evaluation of Stormbreak and NHS Dorset Project (Strombreak, 01 Oct 2022). Awarded
  • Socio-cultural barriers to participation in watersports (BU - Charity Impact Fund., 23 Jan 2022). Awarded

External Responsibilities

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • NIHR Proposal Reviewer, 01 Jan 2023

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Dissemination of research findings

Conference Presentations

  • Leisure Studies Association Virtual Conference, A return to blue space: The impact of blue exercise post-pandemic on young people, 06 Jul 2021, Southampton Solent University
  • British Psychological Society: Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, Adolescent Well-being: Conceptualisations from the perspective of the child and expert, 29 Jun 2021, Digital
  • Wessex Public Health Conference, Conceptualising Adolescents Well-being to Inform the Development of a Validated Scale of Well-being, 25 Mar 2020, Southampton

Qualifications

  • PhD in Sport, physical activity, and wellbeing (University of Winchester, 2022)
  • MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Sciences (University of Winchester, 2019)
  • BSc (Hons) in Sport Coaching (University of Winchester, 2017)

Memberships

  • Higher Education Academy, Fellow,

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