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Research interests
Research and theoretical interests:
Psycho-social and cultural understandings of minorities and under-represented communities (social cohesion, representations, inequalities, subjectivities) using qualitative research methods
Postgraduate research supervision:
I am currently primary supervisor to four postgraduate research 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.
Governance and Service:
Deputy director of the Centre for Qualitative Research; ILM certified coach for the doctoral college network
Externally: Executive board member of the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise an editorial board member of Sport, Education and Society, and an associate editor for Leisure Sciences.
External positions
Adjunct Fellow, Western Sydney University
28 Jan 2021 → …
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):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Catalysts for Change - Empowering Qualitative Doctoral Research through Public Engagement
Lin, H. Y. (PI), Moothedath, G. G. (CoI), Zhang, J. (CoI), Raghavan, A. (CoI), Costas Batlle, I. (CoI), Pang, B. (CoI), Hatzisavvidou, S. (CoI) & Prosser, A. (CoI)
1/05/25 → 30/11/26
Project: Other
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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)
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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Governing Paralympians: A Media Discourse Analysis of Disability and Gender in China
Wang, L., Clift, B. C., Pang, B. & Francombe-Webb, J., 30 Apr 2026, In: Communication & Sport. 14, 2, p. 515-534Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction to the special issue, ‘reimagining curriculum, policy and pedagogy in health and physical education: Chinese societies and Chinese diasporas’
Pang, B. & Wright, J., 31 Dec 2026, In: Sport, Education and Society. 31, 3, p. 339-345 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Making waves: knowledge production in sport, health and physical education
Pang, B., Dania, A. & Nascimento Luguetti, C., 10 Sept 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sport, Education and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Playing on the edge. Sport, society and culture in Asia and Oceania
Rowe, D., Pang, B. & Parry, K., 2026, Oxford, UK: Peter Lang Publishing Group. 210 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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What New Confucianism Can Offer to Sport for Development and Peace Research
Pang, B. & Liu, L., 31 Aug 2026, Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Sport for Development and Peace (1st ed.). Graeff, B. (ed.). 1st ed. London, U. K.: Routledge, p. 18-26 9 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter
Prizes
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Pang, B. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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