Professor Daniel Bloyce
Head of Division
Biography
Daniel Bloyce is Professor of the Sociology of Sport and Head of the Division of Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society at the University of Chester, UK. Professor Bloyce first joined the University in 1995 teaching about the sociology of sport and health. For over 20 years, Professor Bloyce has successfully secured external funding, published numerous books and articles, and supervised several PhDs through to completion. He is well placed to manage the Division having published extensively in both sociology of sport and public health journals. Professor Bloyce is also co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics (Routledge). He is also regularly invited to review papers for various different peer-reviewed journals including the European Physical Education Review, International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Leisure Studies.
Teaching and Supervision
Professor Bloyce is an experienced lecturer, with well over 20 years experience of teaching at HE level. He continues to teach across a wide range of subject areas, including contemporary issues in sport and health, research methods, sport and health policy and sociological theories. He firmly believes, despite being a Head of Division, that continuing to teach at all levels in HE helps him as a line manager understand the ‘coalface’ of HE.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Professor Bloyce has published on a wide range of topics in the sociology of sport and public health. Initially his focus, stemming from the research undertaken for his PhD, was on the globalisation of sport, in particular baseball. However, more recently Professor Bloyce is especially known for his research in sport and health policy, active travel and the lives of professional sportspeople. The common thread across these diverse areas of research interest is his application of figurational sociology and interest in applying research to real-world practice.