Ulster Sports Academy

Dr Katie Liston

Biography

Dr Katie Liston completed her PhD in sociology at University College Dublin and has worked in the Irish and UK Universities sector since 1998. She joined the University of Ulster in 2008 as part of the teaching and research team in the social sciences of sport. Dr Liston's sporting background includes national and international representation in team sports (Gaelic football, rugby union and football). She was Tournament Director for the UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, held for the first time in Northern Ireland in 2010. She is also currently involved in the voluntary sports sector in Northern Ireland and is Chair of the Advisory Board of Amazing Brains NI (Community Interest Company).

Research Interests

Dr Liston's research is situated within the discipline of sociology and is multifaceted. She has published on a range of sports-related topics including sport and gender, pain and injury, media coverage and national identity. She also published within mainstream sociology (on sociological theory), all on topics informed by the figurational sociological research tradition.

Current and future projects include exploratory studies of sport, gender and ethnicity in Northern Ireland, ‘Irish’ involvement in the British Empire Games as well as on-going collaboration with colleagues on sports development and sports coaching.

External Relationships

Research Affiliate of Instituto Superior da Maia, Portugal (2008-2010)
External Examiner - University of Worcester (2004-2008)
External Examiner - University of Ulster, Jordanstown (2007-2008)
Editorial Board Member of Sport in Society
Editor, Human Figurations: Long-term perspectives on the human condition (Published by MPublishing

Teaching Areas

Level One: Sport in Society
Level Two: Sociology of Sport
Level Three/Four: Research Project (Sports Studies), Give Sport a Free Pass?, MSc:
Understanding Sport; Research Methods in Sports Development and Coaching
PhD Supervision: Elizabeth Moreland (2009), Sara Booth (2009 to date), Nienke Van der Meij (2010 to date), Elizabeth Annet (2012 to date).

Recent Publications

Liston, Katie/K, Gregg, Robin and Lowther, Jim (2012) Elite sports policy and coaching at the coalface. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2012 (iFirst). pp. 1-22. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K and Pereira, Ana Luisa (2012) The Narrative of João Garcia: Climbing to Transcendence. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 36 (1). pp. 1-19. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2012) Northern Irish athletes and Olympic representation: Irish or not?, Today FM [Other]

Liston, Katie/K (2012) Long-term perspectives on the human condition. Human Figurations: Long-term perspectives on the human condition, 1 (1). pp. 1-8. [Journal article]

Linklater, Andrew and Liston, Katie/K (2012) Sociology and International Relations: The Future? Human Figurations: Longterm perspectives on the human condition, 1 (2). pp. 1-8. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie (2011) Sport and Leisure. The Sociological Review, 59 (s1). pp. 160-180. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2011) Sport and Leisure. In: Norbert Elias and Figurational Research: Processual Thinking in Sociology. WileyBlackwell, pp. 160-180. ISBN 9-781444-339574 [Book section]

Bloyce , Daniel, Liston, Katie/K, Platts, Chris and Smith , Andy (2010) Pride of the Lions:a sociological analysis of media coverage of the 2005 tour from the perspective of the Four Home Nations. Sport in Society, 13 (3). pp. 448-469. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K and Moreland, Elizabeth/E (2009) Hockey and Habitus: Sport and National Identity in Northern Ireland. New Hibernia Review, 13 (4). pp. 127-140. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K and Mennell, Stephen/S (2009) Ill Met in Ghana: Jack Goody and Norbert Elias on Process and Progress in Africa. Theory, Culture and Society, 26 (7-8). pp. 52-70. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2008) Sport and Gender Relations. In: Matters of Sport: Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning. Routledge, pp. 114-132. ISBN 978-0-7146-8282-2 [Book section]

Liston, Katie/K (2008) The problem of ideology in making sense of physical education and sport: reflections on the Colwell-Mansfield debate. European Physical Education Review, 14 (1). pp. 123-134. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2007) A Question of Sport. In: Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map. UCD Press, Dublin, pp. 114-132. ISBN 1904558879, 9781904558873 [Book section]

Liston, Katie/K, Reacher, Dean, Smith, Andy and Waddington, Ivan (2006) Managing Pain and Injury in Non-Elite Rugby Union and Rugby League: a case study of players at a British University. Sport in Society, 9 (3). pp. 388-402. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K and Rushe, Michael (2006) Social Capital and Health in Irish Sports Policy. Administration, 53 (4). pp. 73-88. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2006) Women's Soccer in the Republic of Ireland: some preliminary sociological comments. Soccer and Society, 7 (2-3). pp. 364-384. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2006) Revisiting the feminist-figurational sociology exchange. Sport in Society, 10 (4). pp. 623-646. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2006) Sport and Gender Relations. Sport in Society, 9 (4). pp. 616-633. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K, Green, Ken, Smith, Andy and Bloyce, Daniel (2005) Violence, competition and the emergence and development of sports: reflections upon the Stokvis-Malcolm debate. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 40 (1). pp. 119-123. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2005) Established-outsider relations between males and females in male-associated sports in Ireland. European Journal for Sport and Society, 2 (1). pp. 25-35. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K (2005) Some reflections on women's sports. In: Sport and the Irish. UCD Press, Dublin, pp. 206-223. ISBN 9781904558330 [Book section]

Liston, Katie/K (2005) Established-Outsider relations between males and females in sports in Ireland. Irish Journal of Sociology, 14 (1). pp. 66-85. [Journal article]

Liston, Katie/K and menzies, gina (2004) Women in Sport. Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Government of Ireland. 80 pp. [Research report (external)]

Liston, Katie/K (2004) Established-outsider relations between males and females in Ireland. In: Sport and Society. KORAW, pp. 68-85. ISBN 83-89721-01-5 [Book section]

Liston, Katie/K (2002) The Gendered Field of Irish Sport. In: Ireland Unbound: A Turn of the Century Chronicle. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, pp. 231-247. ISBN 978-1902448695 [Book section]

Liston, Katie/K (2001) Power at Play: Sport, Gender and Commercialisation. Studies, 90 (359). pp. 251-265. [Journal article]