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Prof. Dr. Richard Peter Bailey
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Professor Dr Richard Peter Bailey

Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies)

Academic Qualifications

Phd, Education
Master of Arts, Philosophy and Mental Health
Bachelor of Education

Areas of Interest
Philosophy of education
Philosophy of mental health
Philosophy of sport
Anthropology and history of Malaysia
Martial arts
Inclusion and inclusivity
Sustainable, health-enhancing physical activity
Educational neuroscience
International and comparative education
Current Research Projects

  • Automaticity in expert performance
  • Silat and ‘Malayness’
  • Physical activity and human flourishing

Research

  • 2023 – 2026: Research Lead, “Traditional Martial Arts for All”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2023 – 2024: Director, 'Exploring relationships between physical activity and mental health among students of higher education in Malaysia’. Research Excellence & Innovative Grant.
  • 2019 – 2022: Project member, “Policy, Evidence and Knowledge in Coaching”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2018 – 2021: Research Lead, “Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2017 – 2020: Research Lead, “Activity, Sport and Play for the Inclusion of Refugees in Europe”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 – 2019: Research Lead, “Participation, Recreation and Inclusion through Martial Arts Education (PRIME)”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 – 2019: Materials development, “Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education (ADVICE)”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 - 2019: Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, “Whistleblowing of Harmful Irregularities in Sport through Learning & Education (Sport WHISTLE)”. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 – 2017: Senior Expert, “Physical Education Policy Analysis”. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
  • 2016 - 1017: Principal Investigator, “Working Paper on attitudes to coaching”. Professional Golfers Association.
  • 2016 – 2017: Principal Investigator, “Technical review of attitudes to sport”. Sport England.

Publications

International Refereed Journal Publications

  • Bailey, R.P. (in press). Silat Warriors as Malay Heroes. KEMANUSIAAN: The Asian Journal of Humanities. Awaiting final decision after minor amendments.
  • Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Peng, S., Veloo, A., Bailey, R. P., & Tan, W. H. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of Sport Anxiety Scale-2. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1260253.
  • Motevalli, S., Salahshour, H. M., & Bailey, R. P. (2023). The mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and mindfulness in patients with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Affective Disorders.
  • Bailey, R. P., Vašíčková, J., Payne, R., Raya Demidoff, A., & Scheuer, C. (2023). Active transport to school and health-enhancing physical activity: a rapid review of European evidence. Cities & Health, 1-13.
  • Bailey, R., Ries, F., & Scheuer, C. (2023). Active Schools in Europe—A Review of Empirical Findings. Sustainability, 15(4), 3806.
  • Bailey, R., Ries, F., Heck, S., & Scheuer, C. (2023). Active Learning: A Review of European Studies of Active Lessons. Sustainability, 15(4), 3413.
  • Bailey, R., & Glibo, I. (2022). Didactics or Pedagogy? Sports Didactics in the UK? B. Höger & K. Kleiner (Eds.). Sports Didactics in Europe: History, Current Trends and Future Developments. Waxmann Verlag.Bailey, R., & Callary, B. (2022). Sport education from a global perspective. In Education in Sport and Physical Activity. In: Petry K, de Jong J, editors. Education in Sport and Physical Activity: Future Directions and Global Perspectives (pp. 62-74). Routledge.
  • Bailey, R., & Glibo, I. (2022). Sport, Education, and Opportunity.In: Wenner (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society. Oxford University Press.
  • Bailey, R. (2022). Meaning, will to meaning, and Frankl’s existential psychiatry. Philosophical Psychology, 1-17.
  • Vlček, P., Slaná Reissmannová, J., Vašíčková, J., & Bailey, R. (2022). Contributions of the School Settings to the Promotion of Health-enhancing Physical Activity–dissemination of the HEPAS project results in the context of the Czech curriculum changes.
  • Bailey, R. P., & Angit, S. (2022). Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9917.
  • Bailey, R., & Sweeney, R. (2022). Principles and strategies of inclusive physical activity: a European Delphi study. Journal of Public Health, 1-8.
  • Bailey, R., & Scheuer, C. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic as a fortuitous disruptor in physical education: the case of active homework. AIMS public health, 9(2), 423-439.
  • Bailey, R. P., Heck, S., & Scheuer, C. (2022). Active Homework: an under-researched element of the active schools concept. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 52, 461–467
  • Bailey, R.P., Glibo, I., & Scheuer, C. (2022). Effective Elements of School-based Provision for the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles: a European Delphi Study. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 8(6), 546-557.
  • Vlček, P. Bailey, R.P., J. Vašíčková, & Scheuer, C. (2021). Active Learning in Primary Schools: a review of European studies of classroom-based physically active lessons. International Sport Studies.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2021). Defining Physical Literacy: making sense of a promiscuous concept. Sport in Society. 25(1), 163-180.
  • Nicholls, A. R., Madigan, D. J., Fairs, L. R., & Bailey, R. (2020). Mental health and psychological well-being among professional rugby league players from the UK. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6(1).
  • Nicholls, A., Fairs, L., Plata-Andrés, M., Bailey, R.P., Cope, E., Madigan, D., Koenen, K., Glibo, I., Theodorou, N., Laurent, J.-F., Garcia, G. & Chanal, B. (2020). A feasibility randomised controlled trial examining the effects of the Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education (ADVICE) mobile application on doping knowledge and attitudes towards doping among grassroots coaches. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. Early Print.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2020). Educating with Brain, Body and World Together. Interchange – a quarterly review of education. Online First, doi.org/10.1007/s10780-020-09390-5.
  • Bailey, R.P., Glibo, I. & Koenen, K. (2019). Some Questions about Physical Literacy. International Journal of Physical Education. 56(4), 2–6.
  • Bailey, R.P., Warner, R., Wright, J., Carr, S., Pryce, J., & Cope, E. (2019). Engaging Young People in Golf: a Delphi Expert Consensus Study. International Journal of Golf Science. 7(2).
  • Bailey, R.P. (2019). Girls, Women and Health: The limits of choice and opportunity. International Sports Studies. 40(2), pp. 47-55.
  • Bailey, R.P., Glibo, & Howells, K. (2018). Physical Activity and Mental Health of School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Rapid Review. International Journal of Physical Education. 3(4), pp 1-12.
  • Parnell, D., May, A., Widdop, P., Cope, E., & Bailey, R. (2019). Management strategies of non-profit community sport facilities in an era of austerity. European Sport Management Quarterly, 19(3), 312-330.
  • Bailey, R. (2018). Talent identification in English Junior-elite Football - an academic perspective. Sport & Society, 19(8), 1.
  • Parnell, D., Bailey, R., & Cope, E. (2018). Re: Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7-year olds: cluster randomised controlled trial (WAVES study). British Medical Journal, 360.
  • Bailey, R., Madigan, D. J., Cope, E., & Nicholls, A. R. (2018). The prevalence of pseudoscientific ideas and neuromyths among sports coaches. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 641.
  • Saliasi, E., van den Berg, V., Uijtdewilligen, L., de Groot, R., Jolles, J., Andersen, L., Bailey, R.P., et al, (2018). Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(10), 640-647.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2018). Sport, Physical Education, and Educational Worth. Educational Review. 70(1), 51-66.
  • Cope, E., Bailey, R.P., Parnell, D., & Kirk, B. (2018). What Young Children Identify as the Outcomes of their Participation in Sport and Physical Activity. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 5(1), 103-113.
  • Bailey, R. (2017). Sport, physical activity and educational achievement - towards an explanatory model. Sport in Society, 20(7), 768-788.
  • Nicholls, A. R., Cope, E., Bailey, R., Koenen, K., Dumon, D., Theodorou, N. C., ... & Kristensen, A. H. (2017). Children's first experience of taking anabolic-androgenic steroids can occur before their 10th birthday: a systematic review identifying 9 factors that predicted doping among young people. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1015.
  • Parnell, D., Cope, E., Bailey, R., & Widdop, P. (2017). Sport policy and English primary physical education: the role of professional football clubs in outsourcing. Sport in Society, 20(2), 292-302.
  • Cope, E., Bailey, R., Parnell, D., & Nicholls, A. (2017). Football, sport and the development of young people’s life skills. Sport in Society, 20 (7), 789-801.
  • Parnell, D., Buxton, S., Hewitt, D., Reeves, M. J., Cope, E., & Bailey, R. (2016). The pursuit of lifelong participation: the role of professional football clubs in the delivery of physical education and school sport in England. Soccer & Society, 17(2), 225-241.
  • Parnell, D., Cope, E., Bailey, R.P., Krustrup, P., & Curran, K. (2016). Football and physical health: what do we know? Sport in Society, 1-21.
  • Reeves, M. J., & Bailey, R. P. (2016). The effects of physical activity on children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a review. Education 3-13, 44(6), 591-603.
  • Bailey, R.P, Cope, E. and Parnell, D. (2015). Realising the Benefits of Sports and Physical Activity: The Human Capital Model. Retos: nuevas tendencias en educación física, deporte y recreación, 28, l47-154.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2015). Is it Time to Think Again about Early Specialisation in Sport? Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal. 4(2).
  • Bailey, R.P. (2014). Smart Moves: Physical Activity’s Contribution to Educational Achievement’. Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal. 3(1).
  • Leigh, J. & Bailey, R.P. (2013). Reflection, Reflective Practice and Embodied Reflective Practice. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 8(3), 160-171.
  • Bailey, R.P., Hillman, C., Arent, S., & Petitpas, A. (2013). Physical Activity: An Underestimated Investment in Human Capital? Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10, 289-308.
  • Collins, D. & Bailey, R.P. (2013). ‘Scienciness’ and the allure of second-hand strategy in talent identification and development. International Journal of Sport Policy, 5(2), 183-191.
  • Bailey, R., & Collins, D. (2013). The standard model of talent development and its discontents. Kinesiology Review, 2(4), 248-259.

 

Books

  • Bailey, R.P., Agans, J., Côté, J., Daly-Smith, A. & Tomporowski, P. (Eds)(2021). Sport and Physical Activity: The First Ten Years. London; Routledge.
  • Hofmann, A.R., Diketmüller, Koenen, K., Bailey, R.P., & Zinkler, C. (Eds)(2017). Passionately Inclusive towards participation and friendship in sport. Festschrift für Gudrun Doll-Tepper. Münster: Waxmann.
  • Meeusen, R., Schaefer, S., Tomporowski, P., & Bailey, R. (Eds)(2017). Physical Activity and Educational Achievement: Insights from Exercise Neuroscience. London; Routledge.
  • Doll-Tepper, G., Koenen, K. & Bailey, R.P. (Eds)(2017). Sport, Education & Social Policy: the state of the social science. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. & Talbot, M. (Eds)(2016). Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: bridging the two cultures of sport. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2013). A. S. Neill and Summerhill. New York: Bloomsbury.

 

Monographs

  • Bailey, R., Vašíčková, J., Vlček, P., Demidoff, A. R., Pühse, U., Heck, S., & Scheuer, C. (2019). An International Review of the Contributions of School-based Physical Activity, Physical Education, and School Sport to the Promotion of Health-enhancing Physical Activity. Luxembourg: EUPEA.
  • Bailey, R.P., Holzweg, M., Koenen, K., Glibo, I., Olosová, G. & De Roos, J. (2016). The State of Physical Activity in Europe. Paris: Think Tank Sport et citoyenneté.

 

Chapters

  • Bailey, R.P. & Glibo, I. (2022). Sport, Education and Opportunities. Wenner, L. (Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Bailey, R.P. & Callary, B. (2022). Sport Education from a Global Perspective. In K. Petry & J. de Johan (eds), Education in Sport and Physical Activity. Future Directions and Global Perspectives. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. & Glibo, I. (2022). Sports Didactics in the United Kingdom. In K. Kleiner & B. Höger (Eds), Sports Didactics in Europe - History, Current Trends and Future Developments. Münster: Waxmann.
  • Bailey, R. P. (2021). The Child’s Right to an Open Sporting Future. In R. Bailey, J. Agans, J. Côté, A. Daly-Smith, & P. Tomporowski (Eds), Sport and Physical Activity: The First Ten Years. London; Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P., Glibo, I. & Ngwa, A. (2020). Inequality and International Sports Policy. In J. Maguire (Eds). The Business and Culture of Sports: Society, Politics, Economy, Environment. Farmington Hill, MI: MacMillan Reference USA.
  • Bailey, R.P. & Koenen, K. (2019). Schulsportentwicklung im globalen Vergleich: Herausforderungen und Trends. In K. Petry (ed.), Sport und globale Zusammenarbeit. Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich Verlag.
  • Bailey, R.P., Bailey, R.J. & Levitt, N. (2018). Talent Management. In S. Chadwick, D. Parnell, P. Widdop & C. Anagnostopoulos (Eds), Handbook of Football Business and Management. Routledge. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2018). Being there: Exploring an embodied-relational approach to understanding children’s physical activity. In J. Leigh (ed.), Embodiment in Higher Education. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2018). Is Sport Good for us? In D. Parnell and P. Krustrup (Ed.), Sport and Health. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2017). Exercise Neuroscience: the good, the bad and the ugly. In R.P. Bailey, P. Tomporowski, R. Meussen and S. Schaeffer (eds), Physical Activity and Educational Achievement. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P, Cope, E. & Reeves, M. (2016). The Human Capital Model. In G. Doll-Tepper, K. Koenen, & R.P. Bailey (Eds), Sport, Education & Social Policy: the state of the social science. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2016). Physical Development and Growth. In M. Bornstein (ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publishers.
  • Bailey, R.P. and Collins, D. (2016). The Problem with the Pyramid: why most models of talent development are flawed. In M. Talbot & R.P. Bailey (eds), Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: bridging the two cultures? Berlin / London: ICSSPE / Routledge.
  • Collins, D. and Bailey, R.P. (2016). A sporting utopia: easing the essential tension in sport policy. In M. Talbot & R.P. Bailey (eds), Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: bridging the two cultures? Berlin / London: ICSSPE / Routledge.
  • Bailey, R.P. (2016). Talent Development and the Luck Problem. In R.S. Kretchmar, & P. Hopsicker (Eds), Philosophy of Sport: Critical Concepts in Sports Studies: Sport and the Good Life. Routledge.