Roslyn Kerr

Biography

After completing her undergraduate degree and realising she was more interested in sport than art history, Roslyn completed her Masters degree in sport history before undertaking her PhD in sociology of sport. During and after completing her PhD, she was employed as a contract lecturer teaching sociology of sport and sociology of technology at the University of Canterbury. She was appointed to Lincoln University in 2012. Though primarily a sociologist, she also publishes in sport history, leisure studies and sport management. A former gymnast, coach and administrator, much of Roslyn’s research has focused on the sport of gymnastics and she collaborates widely with other international gymnastics researchers.

Research Interest

Actor-Network Theory and related theoretical approaches such as new materialism, The French school of sociology including Foucault, Bourdieu, Latour and Deleuze, Sport policy and governance, particularly its relationship to athlete behaviour, The workings of high performance sport, Sport and technology, The history of gymnastics, Children, parents and sport, Coach migration.