Dr Andrea Scott-Bell

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Andrea is Programme Leader for Sport Development in the department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Andrea completed her PhD at Loughborough University in 2010 which examined the professionalisation, formalisation and bureaucratisation of sport and exercise medicine in British Olympic sports.

Following the completion of her PhD, Andrea undertook lectureships at Nottingham Trent University and Chichester University before joining Northumbria in 2016

As a sociologist of sport, Andrea's main teaching interests relate to sport and social inequalities as well as the application of social theory to sporting topics and research methodologies. Her teaching practice encourages students to be enthusiastic in their advocacy of sport at the same time as understanding the implications of political, social and cultural structures to its organisation

Andrea's research interests are broadly focused on athlete healthcare in sport. She has published mixed method work on the organisation and professionalisation of sport and exercise medicine, practitioner boundaries in multidisciplinary medical teams and the contextual foctors that both enable and constrain healthcare professionals' management of illness and injury

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Key Publications

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Exploring how a disability sport charity utilises exchange relationships with external organisations to sustain operations in times of lockdown, Hayton, J., McCullogh, N., Scott-Bell, A. 2 Jan 2023, In: Leisure Studies
Eye movement desensitization reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD in conflict-affected areas, Scott-Bell, A., Allen, G., Howatson, G., Kiernan, M., Wippich, A., Farrell, D. 19 Jan 2023, In: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
A national survey of clubs medical provision and facilities in BUCS American Football 2019- 2020, Travis, E., Scott-Bell, A., Thornton, C. 21 Nov 2022, In: Irish Journal of Medical Science
The current state of concussion knowledge and attitudes in British American Football, Travis, E., Scott-Bell, A., Thornton, C. 15 Dec 2022, In: Physician and Sportsmedicine
Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda, Travis, E., Thornton, C., Scott-Bell, A. 4 Jun 2021, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Moving beyond unproblematic policy implementation: some micro-level reflections on social interaction, emotion, and the enactment of safeguarding policy in sport., Scott-Bell, A., Wharton, K., Potrac, P. 27 Oct 2020, Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare, London, Taylor & Francis
The Rationalisation of Healthcare in Modern Sport: From Policy to Practice, Scott-Bell, A. 24 Jul 2019, The Suffering Body in Sport, Bingley, Emerald
The social management of medical ethics in sport: confidentiality in English professional football, Waddington, I., Scott-Bell, A., Malcolm, D. 1 Sep 2019, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
On being 'head strong': The pain zone and concussion in non-elite rugby union, Liston, K., McDowell, M., Malcolm, D., Scott-Bell, A., Waddington, I. 1 Sep 2018, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
The provision of medical care in English professional football: An update, Malcolm, D., Scott-Bell, A., Waddington, I. Dec 2017, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

PGR Supervision

Anna Wippich Psychological Trauma Research in Low to Middle Income Countries Start Date: 30/03/2019
Isobelle Kennedy The conceptualisation and management of mental health and mental illness in high-performance sport Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 15/07/2022