Dr Spencer Swain

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Name:

Dr Spencer Swain

Email:

s.swain@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

School of Sport

Address:

York St John University Lord Mayor's Walk York, YO31 7EX

Country:

United Kingdom

Biography

Expertise:

Sociology, Sport Policy/Management, Cultural Studies, Leisure Studies, Sport Studies

Job title:

Lecturer

Biography:

Spencer has degrees in Social and Political Thought and Sport, Leisure and Culture; his PhD examined the role of leisure in the Somali diaspora in Britain, exploring issues pertaining to identity, social exclusion, and morality. During his PhD, Spencer worked as a lecturer and research assistant at Leeds Beckett University in the Centre for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion teaching on a range of degrees including Sports Development, Sports Business Management, Physical Education, and the well-renowned MA in Leisure, Sport and Culture. Recently, he has taken on the role of lecturer in Sports Development/Management and Sociology at York St John University, teaching on a wide array of interdisciplinary modules in policy, management and citizenship. Outside of academia, Spencer has a backgroundmore...

Qualifications:

BA 1st Class MA Social and Political Thought PHD

My Latest

Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Lashua, Brett and Spracklen, Karl (2021) Khat-chewing, moral spacing and belonging: Sociological insights into the cultural space of the mafrish in the leisure lives of older and middle-aged British-Somali males. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. (In Press)
Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 (2020) Voices from the margins: Khat-chewing, devotional leisure and ambivalence in the British-Somali diaspora. In: Di Martini-Ugolotti, Nicola and Caudwell, Jayne, (eds.) Leisure and forced migration: Reframing critical analysis of lives lived in the asylum system. London, Routledge (In Press)
Hague, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-4713, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 and Madigan, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-1818 (2020) The 'Goalball Family': An exploration of the social value of Goalball amongst players and communities in the UK. Technical Report. UK Goalball / York St John University.
Hague, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-4713, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 and Madigan, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-1818 (2020) The 'Goalball Family' - Executive Summary. Project Report. UK Goalball / York St John University.
Hague, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-4713, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Smith, Helen and Harland, Rebecca (2020) Youth, community and social well-being: Investigating the role of youth groups in the health and social well-being of young in semi-rural areas in the North of England. Technical Report. Office for Students/ Future HY / York St John University.
Hague, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-4713, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Smith, Helen and Harland, Rebecca (2020) Youth, community and social-wellbeing - Executive Report. Project Report. Office for Students/ Future HY / York St John University.
Riches, Gabby, Spracklen, Karl and Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 (2016) Special issue of journal for cultural research: Northernness, Northern Culture and Northern Narratives. Journal for Cultural Research, 20 (1). pp. 1-3.
Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 (2015) Book Review: Fish and Chips: A History. Cultural Sociology, 9 (4). pp. 590-592.
Spracklen, K., Sharpe, B. and Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 (2017) Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory. In: Spracklen, K., Sharpe, B. and Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory. Palgrave MacMillan
Ritchie, Lewis, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Bottomley, Stuart and Smith, Helen (2019) Service children’s thoughts on applying for university: a qualitative study exploring why young people from military families in North Yorkshire are under-represented in higher education institutions. Project Report. York St John University, York.

My Most Viewed

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1	Sport, Power and Politics: Exploring Sport and Social Control within the Changing Context of Modernity	1165	523
2	Grime music and dark leisure: exploring grime, morality and synoptic control	1090	750
3	Khat-chewing in liminal leisure spaces: British-Somali youth on the margins	1001	567
4	Strangers of the north: South Asians, cricket and the culture of ‘Yorkshireness’	886	643
5	Barriers to accessing university in coastal communities: a qualitative study exploring why young people living along the North Yorkshire Coast are underrepresented in Britain's higher education institutions	744	701
6	Service children’s thoughts on applying for university: a qualitative study exploring why young people from military families in North Yorkshire are under-represented in higher education institutions	480	419
7	Youth, community and social well-being: Investigating the role of youth groups in the health and social well-being of young in semi-rural areas in the North of England	365	356
8	The 'Goalball Family': An exploration of the social value of Goalball amongst players and communities in the UK.	347	364
9	Voices from the margins: Khat-chewing, devotional leisure and ambivalence in the British-Somali diaspora	330	592
10	Youth, community and social-wellbeing - Executive Report	317	302