Our team
The Sport Parent EU team brings together researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in youth sport across Europe. Find out more about us below.
Core Team

Andrew Bloodworth
Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sports and Exercise Science at Swansea University.
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Arnold Bronkhorst
Arnold Bronkhorst is a lecturer in Sport Studies at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.
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Camilla Knight
Camilla Knight is an Associate Professor in Sport Science at Swansea University.
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Chris Harwood
Chris Harwood is a Professor of Sport Psychology at Loughborough University.
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Kristine De Martelaer
Kristine De Martelaer is Professor in the faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
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Kristoffer Henriksen
Kristoffer Henriksen is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark.
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Laura Whapham
Laura Whapham is a Senior Safeguarding in Sport Officer for the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)
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Nicolette Schipper-van Veldhoven
Nicolette Schipper van Veldhoven is a Professor in Sports pedagogics at the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.
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Paul Donnelly
Paul Donnelly is Head of Policy, Planning and Research at Sport Northern Ireland.
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Rhodri Lloyd
Rhodri Lloyd is a Reader in Strength and Conditioning and Chair of the Youth Physical Development Academy at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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Simon De Vriendt
Simon De Vriendt works for the ICES (International Centre Ethics in Sport)
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Collaborators

Bård Erlend Solstad
Bård Erlend is a Researcher at The Norwegian Research Centre for Children and Youth Sports.
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Olivier Rouquette
Olivier Rouquette, PhD student in a joint research degree at Swansea university and Université Grenoble-Alpes (FRA)
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Paul Stephenson
Paul is a senior consultant for NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Wales based in Northern Ireland
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