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.

Arnold Bronkhorst

Arnold Bronkhorst is a lecturer in Sport Studies at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.

Camilla Knight

Camilla Knight is an Associate Professor in Sport Science at Swansea University.

Chris Harwood

Chris Harwood is a Professor of Sport Psychology at Loughborough University.

David Turner

David Turner is the Coaching Children & Safeguarding Lead at UK Coaching.

Gordon Clark

Gordon Clark is a senior officer with Sport Wales.

Kristine De Martelaer

Kristine De Martelaer is Professor in the faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Kristoffer Henriksen

Kristoffer Henriksen is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark.

Laura Whapham

Laura Whapham is a Senior Safeguarding in Sport Officer for the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)

Nicolas Lemyre

Nicolas Lemyre is a Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Nicolette Schipper-van Veldhoven

Nicolette Schipper van Veldhoven is a Professor in Sports pedagogics at the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.

Paul Donnelly

Paul Donnelly is Head of Policy, Planning and Research at Sport Northern Ireland.

Rhodri Lloyd

Rhodri Lloyd is a Reader in Strength and Conditioning and Chair of the Youth Physical Development Academy at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Simon De Vriendt

Simon De Vriendt works for the ICES (International Centre Ethics in Sport)

Thomas Love

Thomas Love is a Lecturer in nutrition at Swansea University

Bård Erlend Solstad

Bård Erlend is a Researcher at The Norwegian Research Centre for Children and Youth Sports.

Maita Furusa

Maita is an MSc by Research student at Swansea University

Olivier Rouquette

Olivier Rouquette, PhD student in a joint research degree at Swansea university and Université Grenoble-Alpes (FRA)

Paul Stephenson

Paul is a senior consultant for NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Wales based in Northern Ireland

Rachael Newport

Rachael Newport is a PhD researcher in Sport Psychology at Swansea University.

Sam Thrower

Sam is a Research Associate in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University.

Steffan Berrow

Steffan Berrow is a PhD student at Swansea University.

Victoria Lovett

Victoria is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Swansea University.