Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am a Professor of Sociology and Deputy Dean in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Roehampton, with strategic and operational oversight of social sciences, history and politics.
My research focuses on understanding social inequalities in sport and leisure, providing a sociological theorectical analysis of inequality and power relations. Drawing on qualitative data from women and girls involved in sport, I have published articles in several international journals on womens cricket, martial arts, leadership and sport. I am author of a monograph Women's Cricket and Global Processes, the first academic text to provide a sociological global analysis/explanation of the emergence and development of women's cricket. I have co-authored texts, Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance and Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health. This body of research sits within sociology providing an academic understanding of gender and power in sport participation to leadership.
I am currently (2023) involved in two collaborative projects which include understanding female students experiences of sexual harm in Higher Education contexts, and the use of Bystander Interventions to address cultural awareness and ways to address gender regimes in Higher Education cultures. The second project is understanding pre-school commerical enrichment activites and considering how the development of these activities reflects forms in intensive parenting and may contribute to long term gaps in particpations around socio-economic status, gender and opportunity.
Other research related activity includes PhD supervision, and I am one of the co-founders of the critical pedagogies in sport network. I commit to a number of academic citizenship activites and I sit on the advisory editoral board for Leisure Studies.
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, PhD, Brunel University,London,United Kingdom
31 Oct 2003 → 5 May 2007
Award Date: 1 Jul 2007
Sociology of Sport, MA, University of Leicester
1 Sep 2001 → 1 Sep 2002
Award Date: 1 Sep 2002
-
“That's where you start to think like, does anyone actually listen to or watch women's sport?” Gender Regimes and Students Experiences on Higher Education Sport Courses
Velija, P. & Phipps, C., 16 May 2022, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
‘Do full-grown men really play netball?’ Stigma and men’s experiences of playing for an elite London netball team
White, N., Velija, P. & McDonough, B., 8 Sep 2022, In: Sport in Society. 0, 0, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance
Velija, P. & Piggott, L., 27 Jan 2022, Emerald Group Publishing. (Emerald Studies in Sport and Gender)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
-
Cricket has no boundaries with NatWest? The hyperreality of inclusion and diversity in English cricket
Powis, B. & Velija, P., 2020, In: Sport in Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Women's Cricket and Global Processes
Velija, P., 2015Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
-
That's where you start to think like, does anyone actually listen to or watch women's sport?
Philippa Velija (Speaker) & Catherine Phipps (Speaker)
22 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
-
International Review for the Sociology of Sport (Journal)
Philippa Velija (Peer reviewer)
1 Jan 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
-
Leisure Studies (Journal)
Philippa Velija (Peer reviewer)
31 May 2001 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial Activity
Press/Media
-
Men’s Cricket World Cup: the story of the Afghanistan team and why it’s such a crowd pleaser
11/06/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media