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Sociology and ethics dissertation ideas Ethics and philosophy: Research Approach: ▪ Sport ethics ▪ Virtue ethics Research topics: ▪ The use of performance enhancing drugs in sport (including issues such as therapeutic use exemptions). ▪ Transgender policies in sport. ▪ Sport and mental health (including alcohol abuse in sport, gambling and sport, and eating disorders and sport). ▪ Athletes as role models Directed reading: ▪ https://theconversation.com/profiles/carwyn-jones-194305 ▪ Jones, C. (2016) Sport and Alcohol: An ethical perspective. London: Routledge. ▪ Hardman, A.R. and Jones, C. (Eds) (2010) The Ethics of Sports Coaching. London: Routledge. ▪ Jones, C., Pinder, R., and Robinson, G. (2019) Gambling Sponsorship and Advertising in British Football: a critical account. Sports, Ethics and Philosophy 1-13 ▪ Jones, C. (2015) Doping as Addiction: disorder and moral responsibility. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. Research Approach: ▪ Sport ethics ▪ Sports feminism Research topics: ▪ General issues in sport ethics (harm & risk, doping & TUEs, commercialisation & financial fair play, etc.). ▪ Sport, gender and sexuality (including transgender policies, sex categories in sport, homophobia in sport and sexual objectification in sport). Directed reading: ▪ https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/schoolofsport/staff/Pages/Dr-Lisa-Edwards.aspx ▪ Weaving, C. (2014). It is okay to lay as long as you wear lingerie : a moral evaluation of the Lingerie Football League and its rebranding. Sport and Society, Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics 17 (6): 757-772. ▪ Edwards, L., Davis, P. and Forbes, A. (2015), Challenging Sex-Segregation: A Philosophical evaluation of the Football Association's rules on mixed football. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 9(4), 389-400. ▪ Davis, P. and Edwards, L. (2014), The new IOC and IAAF policies on female competition eligibility: Old emperor, new clothes? Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 8(11): 44-56. Research Approach: ▪ Sport ethics Research topics: ▪ Mixed gender sport ▪ Sexuality and sport / Coming out in sport

▪ Technology in sport ▪ Gambling in sport. Directed reading: ▪ https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/schoolofsport/staff/Pages/Robyn-Pinder.aspx ▪ Jones, C., Pinder, R., and Robinson, G. (2019) Gambling Sponsorship and Advertising in British Football: a critical account. Sports, Ethics and Philosophy 1-13 ▪ Sailors, P. (2014). Mixed Competition and Mixed Messages. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 41 (1): 65-78. ▪ Sigmund Loland (2009) The Ethics of Performance-Enhancing Technology in Sport, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 36:2, 152-161, DOI: 10.1080/00948705.2009.9714754 Jones, C. and Edwards, L. (2010) Scoring own goals in gender research: A philosophical critique of the dominant research methodology. In A.R. Hardman and C.R. Jones (eds.), Philosophy of Sport: International Research Approach: ▪ Sport ethics Research topics: ▪ Equality, fairness and justice ▪ Nationalism and sport ▪ The moral dimensions of sport coaching Directed reading: ▪ https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/schoolofsport/staff/Pages/Dr-Alun-Hardman.aspx ▪ Iorwerth, H., Jones, C.R. & Hardman, A. R. (2014) Nation, state and identity in international sport, National Identities.16: 4, 327-347. ▪ Iorwerth, H., Jones, C.R. & Hardman, A. R. (2012) The moral pathologies of national sporting representation at the Olympics, Sport, Ethics, Philosophy. 6:2, 267-288. ▪ Hardman, A.R. and Jones, C. (Eds) (2010) The Ethics of Sports Coaching. London: Routledge.

Descriptive ethics: Research Approach: ▪ Descriptive ethics using traditional social science methods Research topics: ▪ Women Coaches Experiences in Sport (empirical) ▪ LGB (and or) Trans Experiences in Sport (empirical) ▪ Teachers/coaches’ attitudes towards mixed sex sport ▪ Sport and alcohol, sport and gambling, sport and eating disorders Directed reading: ▪ Harris, M. A., Jones, C.R, and Brown, D. (2018) Alcohol consumption by university rugby players: Culture, Hierarchy and Habit. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences ▪ Jones, C. (2014) Alcoholism and recovery: A case study of a former professional footballer. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 49 (3/4): 485-505.

Edwards, L., Smith, L. and Brown, D. (2014), "We are getting there slowly": Lesbian teacher experiences in the post-Section 28 environment. Sport, Education and Society 10.1080/13573322.2014.935317 Forbes, A., Edwards, L. and Fleming, S. (2014), 'Women can't referee': exploring the experiences of female football officials within UK football culture. Soccer and Society 10.1080/14660970.2014.882829 ▪

Sociology Research Approach: ▪ Qualitative, interpretive sociology Research topics: ▪ Life history studies of individuals in sport and physical culture ▪ Sustainability in sport and physical culture ▪ Internet ethnographies in sport and physical culture ▪ Changing practices in sport and physical culture Directed reading: ▪ https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/schoolofsport/staff/Pages/Dr-David-Brown.aspx ▪ Rapport, F., Hutchings, H., Doel, M.A,; Wells, B., Clement, C.. Mellalieu, S., Shubin, S., Brown, D., Seah, R., Wright, S., & Sparkes, A. (2018) How Are University Gyms Used by Staff and Students? A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Gym Use, Motivation, and Communication in Three UK Gyms. Societies 8(1) 15. ▪ Aldous, D.C.R., Sparkes, A.C., & Brown, D.H.K. (2012) Transitional experiences of post16 sports education: Jack's story, British Journal of Sociology of Education. ▪ Chelsea Cinquegrani & David H. K. Brown (2018): 'Wellness' lifts us above the Food Chaos': a narrative exploration of the experiences and conceptualisations of Orthorexia Nervosa through online social media forums, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2018.1464501. Research Approach: ▪ qualitative sociologist Research topics: ▪ Cultures and subcultures of sport studied through ethnography ▪ Life histories and narratives of people’s lives in sport ▪ Media depictions of masculinity and gender through film and new media analysis ▪ The invention and reinvention of sports and physical cultures Directed reading: ▪ https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/schoolofsport/staff/Pages/George-Jennings.aspx ▪ Jennings, G. (2019). The 'light' and 'dark' side of martial arts pedagogy: Towards a study of (un)healthy practices. In C. L. T. Corsby & C. N. Edwards (Eds.), Exploring research in sports coaching and pedagogy: Context and contingency (pp. 137-144). Newcastle: Cambridge Publishers. ▪ Piedra, J., Gallardo, D. & Jennings, G. (2019). Boys in Rhythmic Gymnastics: Gymnasts’, parents’ and coaches’ perspectives from Southern Spain. In McGrath, J. Cleland & E. Anderson (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Sport and Masculinity (pp. 433-448). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan...