Dr Laura Hills
Head of Department / Reader in SHES
Heinz Wolff 219
- Email: laura.hills@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267369
- Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Laura is the Department Head for Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Reader in Sociology Sport. Laura's research and teaching focuses in social inclusion, women/girls and sport, community sport, qualitative research and media studies.
Responsibility
Administrative Acrtivities
- Head of Department
Committees
- College Management Board
- Department Management Board
Newest selected publications
Hills, LA., Maitland, A., Croston, A. and Horne, S. (2020) '‘It’s not like she’s from another planet’: Undoing gender/redoing policy in mixed football'. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 56 (5). pp. 658 - 676. ISSN: 1012-6902 Open Access Link
Croston, A. and Hills, L. (2017) 'The challenges of widening ‘legitimate’ understandings of ability within physical education'. Sport, Education and Society, 22 (5). pp. 618 - 634. ISSN: 1470-1243 Open Access Link
Rhind, DJA., Kay, T., Hills, L. and Owusu-Sekyere, F. (2017) 'Building a system to safeguard children in sport: The 8 CHILDREN pillars'. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 41 (2). pp. 151 - 171. ISSN: 0193-7235 Open Access Link
Bradford, S., Hills, L. and Johnston, C. (2016) 'Unintended volunteers: the volunteering pathways of working class young people in community sport'. International Journal of Sport Policy, 8 (2). pp. 231 - 244. ISSN: 1940-6940 Open Access Link
Cox, R., Hills, L. and Kennedy, E. (2015) 'Myths of nation in the Champions League'. Soccer and Society, 16 (5-6). pp. 674 - 692. ISSN: 1466-0970