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Research interests
I am an interdisciplinary social researcher with an established track record in critically exploring the experiences of Chinese diaspora communities and broadly underrepresented groups in sport, health and physical activity/education. This line of research sought to identify the nuance connections between subjectivities and social structures, addressing the challenges and opportunities into the impacts of various forms of inequalities.
My theoretical interest is to explore and challenge the established cultural imaginary and to produce new knowledge from epistemological loci other than the ones traditionally embraced by power. My approach focuses on widening the knowledge base that enables a bilateral flow of knowledge and reshapes the academic landscape characterised by ‘a doer and done to’ binary relationship. My thinking is informed by the fields of sociology, psychoanalysis and pedagogy.
My research also explores the use and development of qualitative research and creative research methodologies to construct and represent minority experiences. This includes the use of arts-based methods, (auto)ethnographic methods, narrative inquiry and digital methods.
I am deputy director of the Centre for Qualitative Research, and an ILM certified coach for the doctoral college network at University of Bath. Externally, I am an executive board member of the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, an editorial board member of Sport, Education and Society, an associate editor for Leisure Sciences, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society in Western Sydney University.
I am a named investigator on research funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 Scheme, Economic and Social Research Council, British Academy, Australian Research Grant Council, and philanthropic donations.
I joined University of Bath in Janaury 2021 from Leeds Beckett University where I was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow (2019-20). Prior to that, I was a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University (2013-18) after I gained my PhD from the University of Queensland in 2013 on a competitive UQ research scholarship.
I welcome PhD applications in areas specifically related to under-represented groups (e.g. Chinese communities, international students, people with disability) that concern with the broad themes of inequalities, lived experiences, mental health, and social media in sport, physical activity/education. I am primary supervisor to four PGR students and they are carrying out research on: an ethnographic study in kitesurfing in the lives of diasabled people (on SWDTP scholarship); online hate in football on Chinese social media (on Vice Chancellor's International Scholarship); gender and disability in China's Winter Paralympic Games; and mental health literacy and help seeking behaviour of university students in South Africa.
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 SDG(s):
External positions
Adjunct Fellow, Western Sydney University
28 Jan 2021 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Rethinking Health Experience and Active Lifestyles (REHEAL): Chinese Communities in Australia
Pang, B. (PI)
1/01/17 → 31/12/25
Project: Research-related funding
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Developing a Cohesive and Collegiate Qualitative Research Culture
Costas Batlle, I. (PI), Pang, B. (CoI), Lin, H. Y. (CoI), Mathur, V. (CoI), Clift, B. (CoI) & Prosser, A. (CoI)
1/12/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research-related funding
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How does community football promote social cohesion between British Chinese communities and the UK society?
Pang, B. (PI)
30/10/23 → 28/02/24
Project: Research council
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Just turn up – informal sport, public space and participatory social life in the multi-ethnic city
Pang, B. (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
3/10/22 → 2/10/24
Project: Research council
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Increasing the Visibility of British Chinese Communities’ Health and Physical Activity Experiences in Bath and North East Somerset (BANES)
Pang, B. (PI), Curdt-Christiansen, X. L. (CoI) & Rich, E. (CoI)
30/04/21 → 30/10/24
Project: Research-related funding
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Visual search strategies and game knowledge in junior Australian rules football players: testing potential in talent identification and development
Kassem, L., Pang, B., Dogramaci, S., MacMahon, C., Quinn, J. & Steel, K. A., 6 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1356160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chinese international students’ mental health–related experiences and education engagement in Australia
Pang, B., 1 Jan 2023, Bourdieu and Sino-Foreign Higher Education: Structures and Practices in Times of Crisis and Change. Taylor and Francis/ Balkema, p. 87-103 17 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section
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Creative and Inclusive Research Methods in Sport, Physical Activity and Health: Understanding British Chinese Children's Experiences
Pang, B., 1 Jan 2023, Abingdon, U. K.: Routledge. 118 p. (Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justice in Sport and Leisure)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Gay Games: Hong Kong’s groundbreaking role as first Asian host could be overshadowed by politics
Pang, B., Tang, D. & Fullagar, S., 2 Nov 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Informal sport and leisure, urban space and social inequalities: Editors’ Introduction
Neal, S., Pang, B., Parry, K. & Rishbeth, C., 11 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Leisure Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Pang, B. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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