Shape the Future of Sport, Games and Play with PhD Supervision

Study with Dr Emily Ryall at the University of Gloucestershire

Internationally recognized leader in sport, games, and play philosophy. Proven record of successful PhD and professional doctorate supervision. Supportive, collaborative approach tailored to each student.

Research Topics Welcome

  • Contemporary sport ethics
  • Technology in sport
  • Inclusion, gender, trans-athletes
  • Value and nature of games / play
  • Unconventional sporting domains
Dr Emily Ryall's Doctoral Student Receiving Award at University of Gloucestershire Graduation Ceremony
One of Emily Ryall's doctoral students graduating

Previous Doctoral Successes

  • Cultural Technology and Sporting Value: A Philosophical Investigation. (C. Thomen)
  • Towards solving the evolutionary puzzle of suicide. (C. Soper)
  • The Place and Limits of Competition in the Physical Education Curriculum. (S. Piper)
  • Sports Journalism: Self-Censorship, Ethics and Lived Experience in the Digital Era. (T. Bradshaw)
  • Reflections on Talent Development: Roles, Philosophies and Conflicts. (A. Borrie)
  • Risk management in equestrian sports coaching. (J. Winfield)
  • A comparative analysis of Netball Coach Education and Development systems. (J. Lomax)
  • The Philosophy of Exercise Professional Education. (J. Gray)
  • Interpersonal and intrapersonal considerations for the delivery of coaching and coach education. (P. Garner)
  • Playing with Being: A Philosophical Enquiry into the Aproductive Ontologies of Children’s Musical Play (A. Harmer)

Currently Supervising

  • Beyond the artistry: An ethnographic investigation of a gymnastics coaching community and its culture. (R. Skeen)
  • A deep exploration of play studies in China: methodologies and philosophical underpinnings. (B. Li)
  • Unadulterated Ludology: the Play-Concept as a Meta-Language for Re-storying Cosmology. (E. Dames)
  • Responsibility for the promotion of Sport and Physical Activity within Further Education Colleges. (J. Taylor)
  • Essential actions in sport and degrees of acceptable risk and harm. (A. Brown)
  • A Nietzschean Analysis of the Isle of Man TT Races. (T. Cain)

Why Study with Dr Emily Ryall?

  • Experienced supervisor with a proven track record in success
  • One-to-one personalized mentorship
  • Opportunities to publish and present work
  • Flexible supervision options including distance and online only

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