Prof. Nigel Curry                                                                                                 is a Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln and Professor of Countryside Planning at the University of Gloucestershire. He has a particular interest in rural development, embracing the relationship between food production, consumption and health, the social and economic value of healthy exercise and the health and welfare of rural older people. He has held visiting positions at the Queen’s University of Belfast, the Open University, the University of Lincoln, New Zealand and the ETH in Zurich, and is currently involved in HART’s health and food research programme.  is an Associate Lecturer in Social Psychology at The Open University in the East Midlands, UK. Her research specialisms lie in innovative qualitative investigations of sporting embodiment. Helen’s research has focused upon professional development in applied sport psychology, motherhood and sport, andchronic illnesses (especially asthma). Dr Jennifer Jacksonis a Research Fellow in the areas of community and health at the University of Lincoln.  Her particular research interests are in health inequalities, health promotion and services, community and rural issues. Projects at Lincoln University have included research within the community and voluntary sector, health and criminal justice systems, local government and sports partnerships.  This has often involved engaging ‘hard to reach’ groups in the research process. Dr. George Jennings Dr George Jennings is a cultural sociologist interested in the qualitative study of traditionalist physical cultures such as the non-sporting martial arts, Eastern movement forms and native games. A lecturer and researcher at the Universidad YMCA in Mexico, George’s current projects include an autophenomenolographical project on lived body heat in martial arts, distance running and boxing and has published widely on topics such as habitus, bodylineage, embodied interactions, narratives and intimacy as experienced through martial arts and combat sports. He is also co-editor of the Journal of the International Coalition of YMCA Universities. He has previously taught in England and Scotland. Dr. Florian LebretonDr Florian Lebreton is a French sociologist based at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale.  He is interested in sporting culture, especially issues of identity, health, environment, youth policy and cultural practices (urban culture) as well as qualitative research methodologies, and has published a number of books and articles in these domains.  Dr. Anu Vaittinen Dr. Anu Vaittinen is currently based at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Her doctoral thesis explored the development of different varieties of embodied knowing, through a phenomenological, ethnographic investigation of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), and her research interests lie in the qualitative study of physical culture and include: interdisciplinaryapproaches, phenomenological sociology, in particular the intertwining of embodiment, sensory perception, situatedness, lived experience, narratives and knowledge within combat sports, health & fitness, and cardiac rehabilitation. Dr John Hockey is a Research Fellow at the University of Gloucestershire. He has co-researched with Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson on research  across the sociologies of sport, education, and work. His current research interest  is in the application of sociological phenomenology to the mundane embodiment of sport and occupations.   He was awarded a Sage prize for sociological innovation at the British Sociological Association Conference of 2010. Based at the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Queensland, Australia, Amanda co-researches with Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson. Her current research focuses on qualitative explorations of the biographical and physical transitions occurring throughout the pathways of neurodegenerative illness experience, specifically MotorNeurone Disease (MND). Amanda’s work includes aspects of end-of-life and palliative care. Niro Siriwardena is Professor of Primary and Pre-hospital Health Care and director of the  at the University of Lincoln. His research involves mixed methods and focuses on improving healthcare quality and outcomes in general practice, primary care and ambulance services. Research Fellow based with the Lincoln Institute for Health (LIH), Ffion supports the development of the Lincolnshire joint research agenda between the LIH and Lincolnshire NHS Trusts. Her research interests include lifestyle and chronic conditions, specifically type 2 diabetes. Dr. Keegan is Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Canberra. Richard has experience of working with athletes from a range of backgrounds and levels: from beginners to world champions, and in a range of sports. His research includes work in exercise with Parkinson’s patients, examining the social-motivational influenceson people’s levels of physical activity  and examining the effectiveness of weight management programmes. Dr. Phillipa Caudwell Dr Phillipa Caudwell is a Medical Science Manager (Diabetes) at Astra Zeneca, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research focuses upon the impact of exerciseon appetite control and energy balance. Dr. Caudwell has authored more than 30 papers with more than 600 citations in the field of Exercise Physiology. Dr Arianna Radin is an Italian sociologist working at the University of Turin, Italy. She works within the fields of the sociology of professions, sociology of health, and visual sociology, and her primary research interests are in childhood obesity, health promotion and e-health.  Arianna visited HART in autumn 2014 and was involved in the research project on Health Trainers’ Occupational Roles, with Mr Geoff Middleton and Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson. Dr Aspasia Leledaki is an independent qualitative researcher currentlybased in Exeter, Devon, UK. She has worked on research projects with Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson of HART, and is experienced in the use of ethnography, life history and audio-visual methods to understand socio-cultural phenomena, including: a) Outdoor physical activity in the ‘natural’ environment, including issues of access and inequality; b) Embodied transformations, ecological narratives and veganism in modern meditation and yoga subcultures; c) Vegan fitness and sport; and d) Critical perspectives on animal use in sport, leisure and therapy. Dr. Sarah Chaudhary Dr Sarah Chaudhary’s background is in community health research. Her most recent academic projects and publications have focused on the impact of peer support and lay expertise on patient health and healthcare delivery. She is currently based at Lincolnshire County Council Public Health Directorate where she is working with HART on research around diet, food systems and obesity.