Emma Kavanagh

Dr. Emma Kavanagh is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Psychology and Coaching Sciences at Bournemouth University. Emma’s research has focused on understanding abuse in face-to-face and virtual sporting environments, articulating the duty of care and enhancing safeguarding in sporting spaces. She is part of a number of international research networks which have a clear vision to enhance the climate and environment in which high-performance athletes function. In her applied work as a sport psychologist she has prepared athletes and teams for, and attended major sporting events such as Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games.