Research
Pedagogy and Socio-cultural Studies research focuses on developing theory and methodologies to inform and achieve evidence-based policy and practice in areas including Health and Physical Education (HPE) curricula, government agendas, community and sporting organisations, and theories of pedagogy.
Our researchers in HPE and broader fields of education attract international interest related to HPE curriculum, pedagogy and policy, education commercialisation, as well as informing government agendas. Their work also includes research into HPE teacher education and the meaning of physical activity in the lives of young people.
Sport history research focuses on philosophical, digital and Indigenous history, and history as represented through material culture including film, monuments, memorials, and photographs.
Sociological and cultural studies of sport explore the role of bodies and culture in relation to our sporting and physically active lives, with a focus on diversity and inclusion in relation to sex/gender, sexuality and indigeneity, and spaces such as schools, media, industry, and nature
Current and previous funded research projects (led by HMNS)
Current projects
Title | Investigators | Funding Scheme | Duration |
Gary Osmond Murray Phillips Al Harvey | ARC Discovery Project | 2023-2026 | |
Pride, Resilience and Identity: Reimagining Aboriginal Sport History | Murray Phillips Gary Osmond Barry Judd The investigatory team would like to acknowledge Honorary Professor Colin Tatz, who passed away on 19 November 2019, as a Partner Investigator. | ARC Discovery Project | 2020-2023 |
Previous projects
Title | Investigators | Funding Scheme | Duration |
| Yarrabah Community, Identity and Pride: A History of Yarrabah Sport | Gary Osmond Keane Wheeler Emily Hall
| UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund | 2023 |
| Creating a HIIT: Co-designing Workouts with Students & Teachers for Educative and Health Outcomes | Stephanie Duncombe Michalis Stylianou Jacqui Walker | Sports Medicine Australia Research Foundation | 2022 |
Pride, Resilience and Identity: Reimagining Aboriginal Sport History | Murray Phillips Gary Osmond Barry Judd The investigatory team would like to acknowledge Honorary Professor Colin Tatz, who passed away on 19 November 2019, as a Partner Investigator. | ARC Discovery Project | 2020-2023 |
Understanding ecological sensibilities in recreational lifestyle sport | Rebecca Olive | ARC DECRA | 2019-2022 |
Michael Gard, Deborah Lupton, Deana Leahy, Carolyn Pluim | ARC Discovery Project | 2015-2019 | |
Sport, Stories and Survival: Reframing Indigenous Sport History | Gary Osmond | ARC Future Fellowship | 2017-2021 |
Murray Phillips Stephen Townsend
| Basketball Queensland | 2018-2019 | |
Louise McCuaig, Doune Macdonald, Eimear Enright, Michalis Stylianou, Anna Hogan, Michael Gard, Nicola Burton, Sjaan Gomersall, Michael Leveritt, Sue Monsen | Queensland Department of Education, Education Horizon | 2018-2020 | |
A sustainable strategy for improving school physical activity practices
| Michalis Stylianou, Leon Straker, N. Schranz Sjaan Gomersall M. Rosenberg
| Healthway Project led by Curtin University | 2018-2020 |
Anna Hogan Greg Thompson Bob Lingard Mesake Dakuidreketi | Education International | 2019-2021 |