Dr Rebecca Hings
Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Dr Rebecca Hings (pronouns: she/her) is a Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences (Psychology) at Brunel University London. She is an expert in the emotional labour and wellbeing of sport, health, and exercise employees across a range of domains including high-performance sport, the NHS, and third sector sport organisations.
Beckie is a founding member of the international Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology Development and Training research group that focuses on advancing the practice of sport and performance psychologists through evidence-based research, education and training.
Beckie graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a First Class Honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science and went on to complete her PhD in Organisation Studies at Portsmouth Business School. Beckie's doctoral research examined how and why sports medicine and science practitioners manage their emotions when interacting with clients as part of their professional practice. Prior to her role at Brunel, she was a Research Planning Officer (Impact) at the University of Birmingham.
Responsibility
- Undergraduate Admissions Tutor for the Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Member of the Student Experience Stream for the CHMLS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Member of the CHMLS Athena SWAN Committee
Newest selected publications
Fenton, JL., Wagstaff, CRD. and Hings, RF. (2025) 'Navigating Emotion Norms in Sport Organizations'. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 2152-0704 Open Access Link
Beddoe, A., Hings, R. and Kerner, C. (2025) '“Making Choices for Yourself”: A Qualitative Visual Methods Study on Adolescent Boys’ Autonomy in Physical Activity'. Journal of Adolescent Research, 0 (accepted, in press). pp. 1 - 67. ISSN: 0743-5584 Open Access Link
Beddoe, A., Hings, R. and Kerner, C. (2024) '“It’s Like Feeling Everyone Will Be Looking at You, but in Reality, No One Cares.” A Qualitative Visual Methods Study Exploring Adolescent Males’ Relatedness in Physical Activity'. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 18. ISSN: 1524-9220 Open Access Link
Hings, RF., Furmaniak, K., Dunford, C. and Wagstaff, CRD. (2024) 'The problems and potential for emotional labour in occupational therapy'. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 87 (9). pp. 527 - 529. ISSN: 0308-0226 Open Access Link
Beddoe, A., Hings, R. and Kerner, C. (2023) 'Adolescent Males’ Motivations to be Physically Active: A Qualitative Systematic Review Framed by Self Determination Theory'. American Journal of Health Education, 54 (6). pp. 439 - 450. ISSN: 1932-5037 Open Access Link