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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.
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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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 → 30/04/26
Project: Other
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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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Governing Paralympians: A Media Discourse Analysis of Disability and Gender in China
Wang, L., Clift, B., Pang, B. & Francombe-Webb, J., 4 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communication & Sport. 21674795251364564.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What does it mean to psychoanalyse sport? Reflections from the field
Jack Black, Joseph S. Reynoso & Pang, B., 26 Sept 2025, Cogent Social Sciences, 11, 1 21 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Decolonization in sport: Reimagining embodiment from an anthropocosmic perspective
Pang, B., Balram, R. & Knijnik, J., 22 Nov 2024, Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines. Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A. & Liamputtong, P. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore: Springer, Vol. 2. p. 1007-1018 12 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter
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Informal sport and leisure, urban space and social inequalities: Editors’ Introduction
Neal, S., Pang, B., Parry, K. & Rishbeth, C., 31 Dec 2024, In: Leisure Studies. 43, 6, p. 875-886Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trans*, female bodybuilding and racial equality: narratives from a Hong Kong Chinese gender-fluid bodybuilder
Pang, B., Tang, D. T. S. & Law, S., 31 Dec 2024, In: Sport, Education and Society. 29, 5, p. 535-547Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (SciVal)
Prizes
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Pang, B. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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