Our research
Our research addresses the key opportunities and challenges shaping the future of sport and active recreation. Through industry-engaged, evidence-based projects spanning sport experience and design, inclusion and community impact, and leadership and sustainability, we collaborate with partners to deliver innovative solutions that create meaningful social, economic and organisational outcomes.
Bowell, P., Sherry, E., Pechenkina, E. & Scifleet, P. (2026). “It’s almost like a time trial day every day”: AFLW footballers’ experience of club-led digitised performance monitoring. Sport Management Review.
Yeomans, C., Storr, R., Landi, D., Albury, K., Ridgers, N., & Sherry, E. (2026). Exploring LGBTQ+ people’s perception of belonging in sport and leisure. Sport, Education and Society. Advance online publication.
Yeomans, C., Purser, D. & Karg, A. (2025). Applying Experience Sampling Methods in Leisure Research Contexts.
Verhagen, J., Karg, A., Sivasubramaniam, D., Yeomans, C. & Framer, J. (2025) Affective Judgement of a Sense of Social Connection: A Scale Refinement Process. Social Indicators Research
Yeomans, C., Karg, A., Storr, R., Symons, K. & Purser, D. (2025) Esport Social Capital: An Avenue to Develop Social Connection and Subjective Wellbeing. Leisure Sciences
Yeomans, C., Bowell, P., Karg, A., & Jopp, R. (2025). Authentic assessment and digital literacy in sport marketing. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 36, Article 100549.
Nguyen, J., Yeomans, C. & Karg, A. (2024), Racial preferences in sports NFTs? Empirical evidence from NBA Top Shots, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
Yeomans, C., Storr, R., Sherry, E., & Karg, A. (2024). Social value accumulation through Australian aquatic facilities. Managing Sport and Leisure (Ahead of Print).
Yeomans, C., Karg, A. & Nguyen, J. (2024). Who churns from fitness centres? Evidence from behavioural and attitudinal segmentation. Managing Sport and Leisure. p.1-17.
Bowell, P., Scifleet, P., Pechenkina, E., & Sherry, E. (2024). The carousel of gendering and othering: Women Australian Rules footballers’ affective experiences of digital self-tracking. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, ahead of print.
Polkinghorne, S., Bowell, P., & Given, L. M. (2024). Transdisciplinarity: An imperative for information behaviour research. Information Research, 29(2), 495–511.
Sherry, E., Bowell, P., Symons, K., & Pankowiak, A. (2024). Researching women in sport development: An intersectional approach. Sport in Society, 27(5), 820–842.
Bowell, P., Scifleet, P., Pechenkina, E., & Sherry, E. (2026). Case Study: Women Australian Rules Footballers’ Digital Self-Tracking. In D. Proctor (Ed), Practicing Digital Ethnography. Routledge
Yeomans, C., Karg, A., & Duncan, S. (2025). Digital sport consumption cultures. In V. Girginov & K. Vassileva Girginova (Eds.), Handbook of Sport & Culture. Routledge.
Yeomans, C. & Storr, R. (2025). LGBTIQA+ participation in sport and leisure activities. In D. Pearson, J. J. Zhang, & K. Hallmann (Eds.), WASM Book #15.
Symons, K., & Yeomans, C. (2025). When 'you can't be what you can't see': Marketing limits possibilities for diverse representation in women’s sport: A mascot case study. In P. O’Keeffe, I. Willing, R. Pringle, & E. Phillips (Eds.), Research Handbook on Young People, Sport and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bowell, P. (2025). How do digitised sporting metrics feel? The affective experiences of women Australian Rules footballers. In V. Goodyear & A. Bundon (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education. Routledge.
Purser, D., Yeomans, C., Benson, A., & Shorter, K. (2026). Skateboarding Trick Attempt Database. Swinburne University of Technology.
Storr, R., Yeomans, C., Curro, G., White, S., & Houston, R. J. (2025). Exploring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion across the Aquatic and Leisure Ecosystem in Victoria.
Sherry, E., Yeomans, C., Taylor, T., Faulkner, E., Fernandes, P. (2025). Gender representation within the Victorian sport sector workforce. RMIT University. Report.
Storr, R., Yeomans, C., Albury, K., Ridgers, N., & Sherry, E. (2024). Free to Exist: Documenting participation data on LGBTIQA+ young people in sport and physical activity.
Yeomans, C. & Bowell, P. (2024) Shaping the Future of Aqua Exercise: Insights from the 2024 Think Tank. Swinburne University of Technology.
Verhagen, J., Karg, A., Sivasubramaniam, D., Yeomans, C., Farmer, J., & De Cotta, T. (2024). Measuring Social Connection: Social Innovation Research Institute’s Social Connection Measurement (SIRI-SCM) Toolkit. Swinburne University of Technology.
Our research partners
The Sport Innovation Research Group works with leading sporting organisations, governments, universities and industry partners to deliver innovative research with real-world impact. Through collaborative projects, PhD sponsorships and student industry placements, we help shape the future of sport and active recreation.
Research partners we have collaborated with include:
- VicHealth
- Richmond Football Club
- Melbourne Victory Football Club
- Royal Life Saving Australia
- Aquatics and Recreation Victoria
- Aligned Leisure
- Bachar Houli Foundation
- Yarra Junior Football League
- Freedom Sports Foundation
- Lacrosse Victoria
- Peninsula Leisure
- Moonee Valley City Council
- Whitehorse City Council
- Boroondara City Council
- City of Casey
- Southside Flyers
- Safeguarding You
- Australian Sport Technology Network (ASTN)
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