Keynote Speakers

Louise Mansfield is Professor of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Vice Dean for Research and Co-Director of the Centre for Health and Wellbeing across the Lifecourse in the College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on the relationship between communities, physical activity and public health. She has extensive expertise in partnership and community approaches to physical activity and issues of health, wellbeing, inequality and diversity. She has conducted her work with diverse population groups in different contexts and has over 15 years’ experience of leading research projects for sport and public health organisations in the UK including the Department of Health, Youth Sport Trust, StreetGames, Sport Scotland, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, Macmillan Cancer Support, Public Health England and Sport England. Louise has published widely in academic journals on the sociology of sport, leisure, and public health and wellbeing and has given keynote presentations across the UK and internationally. Most recently she has provided an expert review for the UK Chiles-Webster-Batson Commission on the role of community sport in low-income neighbourhoods. She has extensive expertise in coproduction and community approaches to physical activity and issues of health, wellbeing, inequality and diversity. Her work includes a focus on harnessing creative strategies in the design, delivery and evaluation of complex community interventions.