• Professor of Psychology, Health, and Applied Science
• Director: Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change 
• Strategic Theme Lead (Behaviour Change): Welsh Institute of Physical Activity, Health and Sport (WIPAHS)
• Lead for the Sport and Exercise section and an International Scholar to the Center for Self-Determination Theory
• REF2029 Lead for Unit of Assessment 24 (also led Bath's REF2021 UoA-24 return)

Academic Outputs and Grant Income

• Top 1% of cited researchers worldwide in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences and top 1% of cited researchers worldwide across all areas of Sport Sciences.
• Recognised in a recent global, citation-based field profile as an eminent sport and exercise psychology researcher, and among only 34 worldwide classified as ‘truly unique’ on citation and combined h-index metrics—reflecting sustained, cumulative influence as the field has developed (Smolinski et al., 2024).
• Author of over 200 publications with more than 30,000 citations (h-index = 87).
• Secured over £9.5 million in research funding from leading funding bodies such as the MRC, ESRC, EPSRC, NIHR, The British Academy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and The Leverhulme Trust.
• Provided empirical foundations for world-leading Impact Case Studies submitted to REF 2014 and REF 2021. 

Knowledge Translation and Public Engagement

• Co-author of Super Simple Psychology: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide (DK, Penguin Random House), a best-selling title widely adopted by A-Level, International Baccalaureate, and AP Psychology students for its accessible and visually engaging presentation of psychological concepts  [View book on DK / Penguin Random House website].
• Consultant to internationally leading organisations such as Decathlon, ESPN, NNB Genco, and Intel (contract values exceeding £250k).
• Featured and interviewed by prominent media outlets, including The Guardian, New York Times, The Telegraph, TES, Channel 4, and JoWicks's' The Body Coach.

Editorial and Professional Service

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (2016–2024).
• Associate Editor, Motivation and Emotion (2010–2017).
• Member, ESRC Peer Review College (2010-).
• Participant in numerous national and international grant review panels
• External Examiner for over 30 PhD candidates, predominantly in the UK, but also in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates.

Examples of Policy and Impact

• Expert working group for the 2019 Chief Medical Officer's UK Physical Activity Guidelines.
• Expert working group for Public Health Wales' National Physical Activity Surveillance for Wales.
• Development Team for Moving Medicine, an award-winning initiative led by the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine in liaison with Public Health England and Sport England.
• Expert Panel for England's National Physical Literacy Consensus project.
• Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Active Healthy Kids England (2014-).
• Member, Health Enhancing Physical Activity Europe Working Group—supporting the development of WHO/Europe guidelines for promoting physical activity in SMEs across Europe.

PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications in Motivation and Behaviour Change

• If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree or a postdoctoral fellowship in motivation and behaviour change, please get in touch with me directly via email ([email protected])

The following is a selection of former PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows, along with their current roles:

• Prof Tom Loney (Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology; Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE)
• Prof Fiona Gillison (Professor of Health Psychology; Deputy Dean; FH&SS; University of Bath)
• Prof Clemens Drenowatz (Professor of Physical Education; University of Education Upper Austria, AT)
• Dr Simon Sebire (CEO, The Health Improvement Commission, Guernsey)
• Dr Alison Tincknell-Smith (Lecturer in Sport Psychology, University of Bath) 
• Dr Max Western (Associate Professor in Behavioural Science, University of Bath)
• Dr Peter Rouse (Associate Professor in Health and Exercise Psychology, University of Bath)
• Dr Lydia Emm-Collison (Lecturer in Physical Activity and Behaviour Change, University of Bristol)
• Dr Daniel Brown (Lecturer in Sport Psychology, University of Bath)
• Dr Dylan Blain (Academic Director at University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
• Dr Julia Zakrzewski-Fruer (Senior Lecturer in Health, Nutrition and Exercise at the University of Bedfordshire) 
• Dr Elizabeth Kaplunov (Senior Lecturer, Regent College, London)
• Dr Thomas Ingram (Research Fellow; National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society, London)
• Dr Liz Payne (Research Fellow; Centre for Applications of Health Psychology, University of Southampton)
• Dr Stefan Koehn (Senior Lecturer in Sport Psychology, Liverpool Hope University) 
• Dr Hannah Wilkie (Senior Business Analyst, North Yorkshire Council)
• Dr Benjamin Sylvester (External Supervision at UBC with Prof Mark Beauchamp; Department of National Defence, Canada)
• Prof Gabriela Argumendo (Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico and National Representative of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education in Mexico)
• Dr Phil Turner (Vice-Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) FireFit Group) 
• Dr Harriet Koorts (Associate Professor; Deakin University, Australia)
• Dr Keely Duddin (Senior Lecturer, Policing Practice and Organisation at The Open University)
• Dr Ross Jarratt (Freelance Consultant in Medical Affairs/Writing)