Associate Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato
Dr Thorpe is a Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. She works primarily in the field of the sociology of sport and physical culture, with her research interests including youth, gender, women's health, action sports, mobilities, social theory, and qualitative methods. She is a recipient of both Fulbright and Leverhulme Fellowships, and author of Transnational Mobilities in Action Sport Cultures (2014) and Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice (2011). Her most recent work has focused on youth sporting mobilities, and sport for development in sites of war, conflict and disaster.
Long-range goals: can the FIFA World Cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?
Jul 05, 2023 03:36 am UTC| Sports
Theres little doubt the FIFA Womens World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards when it kicks off in a fortnight. The longer-term rewards, however, are harder to predict. Tens of thousands of...
How snowboarding became a marquee event at the Winter Olympics
Feb 02, 2022 08:38 am UTC| Sports
The mass appeal of creative, youth-oriented events such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics is a virtual case study of how the once radical can go mainstream. And while audiences have come to...
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Digital fitness is enjoying a COVID-19 boom. Online fitness technology provider Virtuagym reports a 400% increase in engagement and a 300% increase in the use of online workouts. Gyms, barre instructors, and yoga studios...
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