Associate ProfessorSteve Swanson

Associate Professor

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 46429 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Leadership, innovation, and well-being
* Social networks and sport for development
* Foreign ownership and community identity
* Unitiy and diversity through the Olympics

Knowledge Areas
Leadership

Innovation

Well-being

Identity

Sport Development

Coaching

Projects
Swanson, S., Robertson, J.,Olive, L., Lamon, S., Rowe, K., Dunn, M., & Piatkowski, T. Beyond Injury Recovery: How Performance Support Practitioners Collaborate to Facilitate Holistic Athlete Wellbeing During the Return to Play Journey. Australian Institute of Sport.

Swanson, S., Collison, H., Burnett, C., & Skinner, J. Sport for Development and Olympic Movement Stakeholders: A Social Network Analysis. Olympic Studies Centre.

Swanson, S., Skinner, J., & Smith, A. The Impact of Foreign Ownership on Community and Club Identity: A Case Study of Leyton Orient FC. The British Academy.

Robertson, J., Swanson, S., Olive, L., Lamon, S., Rowe, K., Dunn, M., & Piatkowski, T. Developing an AW&E Toolkit: A qualitative study of athlete wellbeing and engagement (AW&E) management in Australian high-performance sport. Australian Sports Commission.

Phillips, P., Rowe, K., Swanson, S., & McLeod J. Balancing the Board: Women in Sport Leadership in Victoria. Office of Women in Sport and Recreation. Change Our Game.

Inoue, Y., Yoshida, M., & Swanson, S. Promoting unity in diversity through the Olympics: Multinational comparisons of young adults' perceived impact between London 2012 and Tokyo 2020. Olympic Studies Centre.

Rowe., K., Phillips, P., Reddan, S., & Swanson, S. Evaluation of Basketball
Victoria's Positive Start Program. Basketball Victoria. Victorian Government.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Beyond Injury Recovery: How Performance Support Practitioners Collaborate to Facilitate Holistic Athlete Wellbeing During the Return to Play Journey
    16 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    AIS Grant - Research - Australian Institute of Sport - AIS010525 - $35,798.00
  • GRANT
    Developing an AW&E Toolkit: A qualitative study of athlete wellbeing and engagement (AW&E) management in Australian high-performance sport.
    23 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    AIS Grant - Research - Australian Institute of Sport - 0001223 - $44,400.00
  • GRANT
    Balancing the Board: Women in Sport Leadership in Victoria
    16 Jun 2022 - 29 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Office for Women in Sport and Recreation Change Our Game Research Grants - GA-F4364181-9820 - $22,748.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Basketball Victoria: Positive Start Program Evaluation.
    1 May 2022 - 31 Aug 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Basketball Victoria - $22,237.27