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The Sport, Diversity and Social Change group is based at the Institute of Health and Sport at the Victoria University, Melbourne Australia.
The research group is primarily concerned with social justice, and asks critical questions regarding equity, inclusion and exclusion in sport, physical activity, and physical education contexts. The group seeks to understand how people’s experiences of sport, physical activity and physical education are shaped and constrained by broader structures and cultural processes; and how to facilitate positive social change in and through sport, physical activity and physical education.
The group is grounded in social science and humanities – in particular, sociology and cultural studies, and researchers employ a range of methods such as ethnography, interviews, surveys, focus groups, observations, policy, media and archival analysis. The group has specific interest and expertise in migration, cultural diversity and social inclusion; race and racism; and gender and sexuality.
