Executives
(70%)
Director
Associate Professor Arianne Reis
Having begun her career as a physical education teacher and sports coach, Arianne’s work is focused on leisure experiences and how they affect our mental health and wellbeing. She is particularly interested in the ways that nature-based leisure pursuits can promote healthy living, environmental awareness, and social justice.
(30%)
Deputy Director
Professor Tony Rossi
Tony’s research interests are wide ranging and includes community-based development though sport, underpinned by a ‘capabilities’ approach and informed by sociological and political theories of justice and the work of Amartya Sen.