Donna Woodhouse

Dr Donna Woodhouse BSoc Sci (Hons), MA, PhD

Senior Lecturer


Summary

I worked for a number of years as a community practitioner and also wrote on women's football for Sportal, as well as being a contributor/monitor for the Guardian's Football AllTalk web site. I came to Hallam in 2006 where I teach, research and publish around the social and cultural aspects of sport and leisure. I gained my first degree from the University of Birmingham’s Department of Cultural Studies, my MA from the Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order and my FA and ESRC funded doctorate from the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research, both at the University of Leicester. A fan of cricket, rugby union and Barnsley FC, I play veterans 5-a-side with little skill but great enthusiasm.

About

Previously a Research Fellow at Hallam, carrying out project evaluation for the UK Home Office, my work focuses on social and cultural issues in sport and leisure. I worked in the voluntary and statutory sectors as a community safety and community development officer and manager on a number of regeneration projects.

My work covered areas such as training groups in stadia communities and working with local authorities and professional sports clubs (Federation of Stadium Communities), writing policy (Hammersmith and Fulham Social Services) and addressing on street prostitution, countering hate crimes, supporting drug rehabilitation projects, running initiatives to address city centre retail crime and anti social behaviour (Government Office for the West Midlands SRB).

I hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I teach on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as supervising PhD candidates.

Specialist areas of interest

Social inclusion
Women's football
Gambling

Teaching

School of Sport and Physical Activity

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate project students from:

  • Physical Activity for Sport and Health
  • Sport and Exercise Science
  • Sport Psychology
  • Sport Development with Coaching
  • Sport Business Management

Subject Area

Sport Sciences and Physical Activity

Undergraduate

  • Foundation Sport, Health and Social Care
  • Physical Activity for Sport and Health
  • Sport Development with Coaching
  • Sport Business Management

Postgraduate

  • Sport Business Management
  • Sport Engineering

Modules

  • Contemporary Issues in Sport and Health
  • Research Methods (qualitative)
  • Sport and Society
  • Understanding Sport and Physical Activity

Research

  • The FA Women's Super League
  • Ethnicity and participation in football (soccer) for females
  • Gambling in elite female sport

Selected research reports

2005
Crabbe, T, Bailey, G Blackshaw, T, Brown, A, Choak, C, Gidley, B,  Mellor, G, O'Connor, K,  Slater, I and Woodhouse, D.  First Interim Yorkshire Positive Futures Case Study Research Report:   Engagement and Relationship Building.  London, Home Office

Getting to Know You: Engagement and Relationship Building.  First Interim National Positive Futures Case Study Research Report (Crabbe et al). London, Home Office

2006
In the Boot Room:  Organisational contexts and partnerships.  Second Interim National Positive Futures Case Study Research Report (Crabbe et al).  London, Home Office

Knowing the  score: Positive Futures Case Study Research: Final Report,  (Crabbe et al).  London, Home Office

2009
Positive Futures:  the local delivery of a national sports-based social inclusion initiative 310-316 in Jutting, D., Schulze, B. and Muller, U. (eds.).  Local sport in Europe.  Proceedings of the 4th European Association of Social Science conference. Munster, Waxmann

Collaborators and sponsors

UK Home Office

Publications

Key Publications

Woodhouse, D., Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Sequerra, R. (2019). Big brother’s little sister: the ideological construction of women’s super league. Sport in Society. http://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2018.1548612

Fielding-lloyd, B., Woodhouse, D., & Sequerra, R. (2018). ‘More than just a game’: family and spectacle inmarketing the England Women’s Super League. Soccer and Society. http://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2018.1541799

Woodhouse, D., Hembrough, D., Olusoga, P., Darwin, J., Newton, E., & Pupius, M. (2018). MindfullySTRONG: attention, awareness and flow. Presented at: LARASA International Congress: Leisure Transforming our World, Durban

Woodhouse, D., Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Sequerra, R. (2018). Big Brother's Little Sister: The Ideological Construction of Women's Super League. Presented at: Shared Solidarities: Galvanising the Women's Movement, Sheffield, UK, 2018

Woodhouse, D., Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Sequerra, R. (2018). Big Brother's Little Sister: The Ideological Construction of Women's Super League. Presented at: Shared Solidarities: Galvanising the Women's Movement, Sheffield, UK, 2018

Woodhouse, D., Hembrough, D., Olusoga, P., Darwin, J., Newton, E., & Pupius, M. (2018). MindfullySTRONG: Attention, Awareness and Flow. Presented at: Ninth International Conference on Sport and Society, FIU, Miami

Woodhouse, D., Hembrough, D., Olusoga, P., Darwin, J., Newton, E., & Pupius, M. (2018). MindfullySTRONG: Attention, Awareness and Flow. Presented at: Ninth International Conference on Sport and Society, FIU, Miami

Woodhouse, D., & Cherrington, J. (2018). Walking in the shoes of others: Critical reflection in community sport management and physical activity. In Wilson, R., & Platts, C. (Eds.) Managing and developing community sport. (pp. 30-44). London: Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Managing-and-Developing-Community-Sport/Wilson-Platts/p/book/9781138674332

Woodhouse, D., Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Sequerra, R. (2017). Feminising Football and Its Fandom: The Ideological Construction of Women's Super League. Presented at: International Conference for the Sociology of Gender, Tokyo, 2017

Woodhouse, D., Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Sequerra, R. (2017). Feminising Football and Its Fandom: The Ideological Construction of Women's Super League. Presented at: International Conference for the Sociology of Gender, Tokyo, 2017

Woodhouse, D., & Conricode, D. (2016). A sense of belonging: exploring the impact of football on those seeking asylum in the UK. Presented at: First International Conference on Geographies of Migration and Mobility, Loughborough University

Sequerra, R. (2014). The FA women's super league : framing developments in elite women's football. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Woodhouse, D., & Fielding-Lloyd, B.

Woodhouse, D., & Williams, J. (1999). Offside? The position of women in football. London: Garnet.

Journal articles

Mahmood, H., & Woodhouse, D. (2024). The Impact of Ethnicity and Gender on Sport and Physical Activity Participation: An Autoethnography. The International Journal of Sport and Society, 15 (4), 1-18. http://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/cgp/v15i04/1-18

Morris, M., & Woodhouse, D. (2024). Primary School Breaktime and Girl’s Physical Activity: 3 Case Studies. Journal of Sports and Games, 6 (1), 1-9. http://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8466.0601001

Woodhouse, D., & Conricode, D. (2017). 'In-ger-land, In-ger-land, In-ger-land! : exploring the impact of soccer on the sense of belonging of those seeking asylum in the UK. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52 (8), 940-954. http://doi.org/10.1177/1012690216637630

Woodhouse, D. (2009). ’Joy and Woe’: a season in the life of a Barnsley fan. Soccer Review, 3-6.

Conference papers

Woodhouse, D., Olusoga, P., Hemborough, D., Newton, E., Pupius, M., & Newton, J. (2018). MindfullySTRONG: Proof of Concept. n/a.

Woodhouse, D., Olusoga, P., Hemborough, D., Newton, E., Pupius, M., & Newton, J. (2018). MindfullySTRONG: Proof of Concept. n/a.

Woodhouse, D. (2017). Understanding leisure sites: Technology Enhanced Research for Practitioners. Challenges, Choices, Consequences, 84.

Woodhouse, D. (2007). Positive Futures: the local delivery of a national sports based social inclusion initiative. Proceedings of the 4th EASS Conference.

Woodhouse, D. (2006). Constraint and Contestation: Gender, Sport and Positive Futures. Sport, Communities and Engagement.

Woodhouse, D., & Crabbe, T. (2006). Contesting Respect: Mutual Respect, Positive Futures and the Cultural Intermediary. In BSA Annual Conference 2006, Harrogate, 21 April 2006 - 23 April 2006. https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/annual-conference-archive/

Woodhouse, D. (2020). The Active for Health (AFH) programme: an evaluation. In 11th Conference on Sport and Society, Granada, 18 June 2020 - 19 June 2020.

Woodhouse, D. (2020). The Active for Health (AFH) programme: an evaluation. In 11th Conference on Sport and Society, Granada, 18 June 2020 - 19 June 2020.

Book chapters

Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Woodhouse, D. (2023). Responsibility and progress: The English Football Association’s professionalisation of the women’s game(1st). In Culvin, A., & Bowes, A. (Eds.) Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era. Emerald Publishing Limited: https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/women%EF%BF%BDs-football-in-a-global-professional-era/?k=9781800710535

Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Woodhouse, D. (2023). Responsibility and progress: The English Football Association’s professionalisation of the women’s game(1st). In Culvin, A., & Bowes, A. (Eds.) Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era. Emerald Publishing Limited: https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/women%EF%BF%BDs-football-in-a-global-professional-era/?k=9781800710535

Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Woodhouse, D. (2023). Responsibility and progress: The English Football Association's professionalisation of the women's game (First). In Culvin, A., & Bowes, A. (Eds.) Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era. (pp. 17-31). Emerald: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-052-820230002

Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Woodhouse, D. (2023). Responsibility and progress: The English Football Association's professionalisation of the women's game (First). In Culvin, A., & Bowes, A. (Eds.) Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era. (pp. 17-31). Emerald: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-052-820230002

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Action Research. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 48-53). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Action Research. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 48-53). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Development. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 164-169). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Development. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 164-169). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Action. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 157-163). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Action. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 157-163). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Partnerships. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 170-176). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Partnerships. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 170-176). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Profiling. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 54-59). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Profiling. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 54-59). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Regeneration. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 177-185). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Regeneration. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 177-185). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Youth Work. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 186-194). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Youth Work. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 186-194). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Studies. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 60-67). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2009). Community Studies. In Key Concepts in Community Studies. (pp. 60-67). London: SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/key-concepts-in-community-studies/book229754

Woodhouse, D. (2008). 'Joy and Woe’: a season in the life of a Barnsley fan. In Soccer Review 2008. (pp. 3-6). Gavin Mellor & Patrick Murphy: http://www.cies-uni.org/sites/default/files/Soccer_Review_2008.pdf

Woodhouse, D. (2005). How PAR Helps Us Reveal The Local Delivery Of A National ‘Brand’. In Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies. Academic Conferences Ltd

Reports

Woodhouse, D., & Blackshaw, T. (2006). Going the Distance: Impact, journeys and distance travelled. Third Interim National Positive Futures Case Study. London: Home Office.

Crabbe, T., Bailey, G., Blackshaw, T., Brown, A., Choak, C., Gidley, B., ... Woodhouse, D. (2006). Knowing the score: Positive Futures Case Study Research: Final Report. London: Positive Futures.

Crabbe, T., Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2006). In the Boot Room: Organisational contexts and partnerships. Home Ofice.

Crabbe, T., Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2006). In the Boot Room: Organisational contexts and partnerships. Home Ofice.

crabbe, T., Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2005). First Interim Yorkshire Positive Futures Case Study Research Report. Home Office.

crabbe, T., Blackshaw, T., & Woodhouse, D. (2005). First Interim Yorkshire Positive Futures Case Study Research Report. Home Office.

Banda, D., Blackshaw, T., Brown, A., Choak, C., Crabbe, T., Gidley, B., ... Woodhouse, D. (2005). Getting to know you: Engagement and relationship building: First interim national positive futures case study research report. London: Home Office.

Theses / Dissertations

Blackshaw, S. (2016). The changing face of gambling: an investigation of serious leisure horserace gamblers. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Shibli, S., Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Woodhouse, D.

Woodhouse, D. (2001). The Post War Development of Football for Females in England: A Cross Cultural and Comparative Study with Norway and the United States of America. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Williams, M.J.

Internet Publications

Fielding-Lloyd, B., Woodhouse, D., & Culvin, A. (2023). Women's Sport - Department for Culture, Media and SportCommittee Call for Evidence – February2023. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/117525/pdf/

Presentations

Woodhouse, D. (2007). Constraint and Contestation: Gender, Sport and Positive Futures. Presented at: International Sport Sociology Conference, Melbourne

Other publications

Woodhouse, D. (2003). Engaging Communities: Good Practice Guide to Stadium Development. British Urban Regeneration Association

Other activities

Review Editor, Frontiers: history, culture and sociology of sport

External examiner University of Bedford School of Applied Social Sciences

Postgraduate supervision

The development of football for females in England

Serious leisure gambling

Gambling in elite female sport

 

The Development of the Football Association’s Women’s Super League
Horse race gambling as serious leisure

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