Paul is a doctor of sociology specialising in the social effects of sport, technology and gender. Currently Paul is a researcher within the Sports Innovation Research Group at Swinburne University of Technology. Paul's doctoral research sort to understand how women Australian Rules footballers’ affectively experience digital self-tracking, and what impacts these interactions have on the player’s construction of selfhood, identity-making and body as athletes. With these insights Paul developed a policy framework offers empowerment women footballers to maximise their performance through digital self-tracking, while promoting positive self-image and women athletes’ identity. In 2022 Paul won the three-minute thesis award for the Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand.
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Nov 07, 2024 10:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
As sport and politics are ever more intertwined in 2024, so too are the number of nations and organisations turning to sportswashing. Sportswashing uses sport to improve the reputation of an authoritarian regime,...
GPS tracking is everywhere in pro sports but many AFLW players are uncomfortable with it
Sep 06, 2024 07:27 am UTC| Technology
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