Dr Andrea Scott-Bell

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Andrea is Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Sport 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 and wellbeing in sport although she has also conducted work on wellbeing within organisations beyond 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. Primarily, Andrea employs qualitative research methods including the use of vignettes and film to capture the experiences of those she is studying.

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Key Publications

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Eye movement desensitization reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD in conflict-affected areas, Wippich, A., Howatson, G., Allen, G., Farrell, D., Kiernan, M., Scott-Bell, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
The current state of concussion knowledge and attitudes in British American Football, Travis, E., Scott-Bell, A., Thornton, C. 2 Jan 2024, In: Physician and Sportsmedicine
The framed and contested meanings of sport mega-event “legacies”: A case study of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, McKenzie, J., Ludvigsen, J., Scott-Bell, A., Hayton, J. 1 Sep 2024, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
A national survey of clubs medical provision and facilities in BUCS American Football 2019- 2020, Travis, E., Scott-Bell, A., Thornton, C. 1 Oct 2023, In: Irish Journal of Medical Science
An Examination of the Framed Meanings of Legacy Ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Hayton, J., McKenzie, J., Scott-Bell, A., Dixon, K., Ludvigsen, J. 11 Jul 2023, EASM 2023 conference proceedings, Leipzig, Germany, EASM
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
Exploring how a disability sport charity utilises exchange relationships with external organisations to sustain operations in times of lockdown, McCullogh, N., Trigo Pereira, F., Scott-Bell, A., Stalenberg, R., Hayton, J. 1 Dec 2023, Lockdown Leisure, London, Routledge
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
Naomi Osaka isn't the only elite athlete to struggle with mental health - here's how sport should move forward, Scott-Bell, A., Kennedy, I. 4 Jun 2021
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

PGR Supervision

Michael Wood Spectator segmentation, and preferences for enhancements in an EPL stadium in the digital era Start Date: 15/11/2024
Uduak-Abasi Mary Udofa Medical Mistrust, Physical Activity Intervention Uptake and Co-Creation of Culturally Appropriate Healthcare Policy: A Case Study of Ethnic Minorities in North East England Start Date: 01/10/2024
Anna Wippich EMDR Trauma Research in Low to Middle Income Countries Start Date: 30/03/2019 End Date: 01/05/2025