Ian Henry BA(Stirling) MSc PhD(Loughborough)
Professor of Leisure Policy and Management
Director of the Centre for Olympic Studies and Research
Contact details
Room: JB.2.05a
Phone: +44 (0)1509 226363
Fax: +44 (0)1509 226301
Email: I.P.Henry@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Ian Henry is Professor of Leisure Policy and Management and Director of the Centre for Olympic Studies & Research in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. He graduated from the University of Stirling in 1975 with a degree in English and Philosophy before completing a masters degree in Recreation Management (1976) and a PhD (1987) both at Loughborough University. From 1976-1980 he worked in facility management and sports administration in local government, before taking up lectureships at Ilkley College in 1980, Leeds Polytechnic in 1987 and Loughborough in 1989. In 2001 he was Visiting Professor at l'Université Aix-Marseille II (l'Universite de la Mediterranee), in 2006 at Hitosubashi University, Tokyo and in 2007 at University of Technology, Sydney (at the School of Sport. Leisure, and Tourism and the Australian Olympic Studies Centre) and at Taiwan National Sports University in 2009. He is the outgoing Editor of European Sport Management Quarterly, the journal of the European Association of Sport Management, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Sport Policy.
Research Interests
His principal research interests are focused in issues relating to sport and leisure policies, politics, and governance at the transnational, national, urban and regional levels, and in relation to Olympism. Recent funded research has focused on four areas.
Olympic Policy and Management
- Women and Leadership in the NOCs and IFs: political programmes and electoral strategies (2009-2010) Commissioned by the IOC
- International Inspiration: Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Projects in Sport in 5 Nation States (Azerbaijan, Brazil, India, Palau, Zambia) (Henry, I, Kay, T, Jeanes, R, Coalter, J.A.) UK Sport, UNICEF, British Council
- Review of the Involvement of Higher and Further Education in the Preparation, Staging and Legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with Professor Fan Hong and Xiang Zhou (University College Cork) for PODIUM
- Lessons from Previous Olympic Games and Mega Events, commissioned by National Audit Office from Prof I Henry, Dr. L. Ko and PMP Associates (2009)
Sport & Interculturalism
- Sport, Muslim Identities and Cultures in the UK: Case studies of Leicester and Birmingham. British Academy funded project (Mahfoud Amara - Principal Investigator, and Ian Henry) (2007-9)
- Combating Racism through Sport and Youth Empowerment, a policy review commissioned by UNESCO, Prof I. Henry, Dr. M. Amara, Dr. L. Ko, 2009
Athlete Management, Education and Lifestyle
- 'A Review of Data on the Non-sporting Activities of Elite Athletes, 2000 - 2005', undertaken for UK Sport, August 2005, Henry, I (principal investigator), Argent, E & Aquilina, D.
- 'Study on the Training of Sportsmen and Women in Europe' European Commission funded project 2007: contracted by INUEM Consulting (Paris) to undertake UK survey, Henry, I and Aquilina, D .
Policy Innovation
- Sports Partnerships. Promoting inclusive communities': Evaluating the impact of three interventions in sports partnerships - social network analysis, developing effective intelligence, and performance monitoring and management. Henry, I (principal investigator and project director), Downward, P, Harwood, C, & Robinsons, L (Funded by the Treasury and Sport England Invest to Save Programme: 2005-2008) .
- The Roles of Women in Sport Policy , Management and Administration in the UK and Taiwan, Funded by British Academy and the Taiwan Science Council, 2009-
Selected Publications
Books
I.P. Henry and Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy (2007) Transnational and Comparative Research in Sport: Globalisation, Governance and Sport Policy, Routledge: London
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Refereed Journal Papers
Henry, I. and Al-Tauqi, M., ''The Development of Olympic Solidarity: West and Non-West (Core and Periphery) Relations in the Olympic World'', International Journal of the History of Sport, 25, 2008, 355.
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Henry, I., ''European models of Sport: Governance, Organisational Change and Sports Policy in the EU'', Journal of Policy for Physical Education and Sport, 18, 2009, 1-22.
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Chin, Y-W., Henry, I. and Hong, F., ''Gender, Interculturalism and Discourses on Women's Leadership in the Olympic Movement'', International Journal of the History of Sport, 26, 2009, 442.
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Chatziefstathiou, D. and Henry, I., ''Technologies of Power, Governmentality and Olympic Discourses: A Foucauldian Analysis for Understanding the Discursive Constructions of the Olympic Ideology'', Esporte y Sociedad, 4(12), 2009, [WWW] Available from: http://www.esportesociedade.com/.
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Book Chapters
Henry, I.P., ''Repères théorique sur la gouvernance des organisations sportives: une lecture politique'', in La Gouvernance des organisations sportives, Bayle, E. and Chantelat, P. (Eds.), Editons L'Harmatton, Paris, 2007, pp.
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Henry, I., Radzi, W., Rich, E., Shelton, C., Theodoraki, E. and White, E., ''Le rôle des femmes dans la gouvernance des organisations olympiques: des tensions entre universalisme et multiculturalisme'', in La gouvernance des organisations sportives, E. Bayle & P. Chantalat (Eds.), Editons L'Harmatton, Paris, 2007, pp.
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Chatziefstathiou, D., Henry, I., Al Tauqi, M. and Theodoraki, E., ''Cultural Imperialism and the Diffusion of Olympic Sport in Africa: A Comparison of Pre and Post Second World War Contexts in Olympic Studies Reader: A Multidisciplinary and Multicultural Research Guide (Volume 1), Hai Ren, Lamartine P. DaCosta, Ana Miragaya and Niu Jings (Eds.), Beijing Sport University Press, Beijing, 2008, 111-128, ISBN 9787900708151.
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Henry, I., ''Estratagias para la integración social a través del deporte: el uso del deporte para la integración social entre refugiados y solicitates de asilo'', in Actividad física, deporte e inmigración: el reto de la interculturalidad, Durán Gonzalez, Javier (Ed.), Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, 2009, pp.
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You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
Member of Scientific Advisory Panel of Université Lyon I (2002-05 & 2006-09).
Member of the editorial boards of ESMQ and the International Journal of Sport Policy; Managing Editor: European Sport Management Quarterly (2006-2008), Associate Editor European Sport Management Quarterly (2001-6).Editorial Board Member Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration (1999-2004).
Assessor: European Science Foundation (2006-2011); Austrian Science Foundation (2007); Swiss Science Foundation (2007)