Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Physical-Health Education for Lifelong Learning (PHELL) Research Group is a vibrant, inclusive community of interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners committed to the critical exploration and advancement of lifelong learning that promotes equitable forms of sustainable social, cultural, health and environmental well-being across a range of physical-health education, activity settings. In aspiring to this, PHELL works towards the following objectives:
- Generate and disseminate high quality, interdisciplinary research within peer-reviewed publications, international conferences and selected research-networks.
- Actively collaborate with communities, education institutions & practitioners in the design, implementation and evaluation of high-quality practice-based research that generates forms of equitable physical health and well-being at a local, national and global level.
- Critically inform the development of policy that actively contributes to the sustainable advancement of equitable forms of lifelong physical health education.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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David Brown
- Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences - Professor in the Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture
- Centre for Sports Coaching, Management & Culture
- Physical Health Education for Lifelong Learning
- Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment (SuRBe) Research Group
Person: Academic
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Anna Bryant
- Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy - Director of Teacher Education and Professional Learning, Reader in Physical Health Education
- Teacher Education Research Group
- Centre for Health, Activity, & Wellbeing Research (CAWR)
- Centre for international Research into Leadership in Education (CIRLE)
- Physical Health Education for Lifelong Learning
Person: Academic
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Lea-Cathrin Dohme
- Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Centre for Sports Coaching, Management & Culture
- Centre for Health, Activity, & Wellbeing Research (CAWR)
- Physical Health Education for Lifelong Learning
- Sports Coaching
Person: Academic
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Towards Equity and Quality in Education: Analysing Contemporary Reform in Wales
Harris, A., Jones, M. & Bryant, A., 13 Jan 2026, In: Education Policy Analysis Archives. 34, 6, 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“This is where…I built myself”: A Social Integration Perspective of the Taekwondo Club as a ‘Transcultural Venue’
Yun, J., Jennings, G. & Brown, D., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Martial Arts Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An interpretive analysis of elite rugby union: meeting the requirements of the ‘athletic principle’
Jones, C., Gardner, I. & Milton, D., 29 Sept 2025, In: Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Plus ça change…? Revisiting the body politic(s) in and through movement in a multipolar political landscape
Brown, D. (Keynote speaker)
9 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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IPLA Conference presentation
Drane, S. (Speaker), Bryant, A. (Speaker) & Edwards, L. (Speaker)
Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Sport Wales Physical Literacy Consultancy Project
Drane, S. (Consultant), Bryant, A. (Advisor) & Edwards, L. (Consultant)
Sept 2018 → Sept 2021Activity: Consultancy