Sex & Gender
Date: Mondy, 6 July
Time: 09:00 – 15:30
Location: UNIL Campus, Géopolis Building, Room 1628
Registration: Click hereEmbracing Variability: Sex, Gender and Research Design in Sport, Health and Exercise Science
The purpose of this workshop is to aid sport researchers to build workable and innovative research designs that incorporate sex- and gender-related variables and interpret findings in ways that advance the field. In addition to developing a strong conceptual foundation, the workshop will use a series of interactive case studies to explore the impact of different design choices.
The workshop will adopt a novel and holistic approach to the study of sex- and gender-related variables, exploring their relevance to diverse populations including cisgender women, cisgender men and transgender athletes.
This workshop will be useful to Early Career Researchers working across SEM fields, as well as to middle and later career researchers who are curious to discover innovative and workable ways of incorporating sex- and gender-related variables into their research programmes.
Workshop highlights will include moving beyond a singular focus on biological sex in the study of gender disparities in health, injury and performance; operationalising sex and gender in ways that move beyond proxy categories and towards concrete variables; exploring variation and distributions beyond a simple reliance on group means; understanding the relevance of sex- and gender-related variables to all study populations, including cisgender men; exploring the impact of design choices on results, such as in the definition and measurement of athlete exposure; and introducing research designs involving transgender athletes.
Speakers
- Madeleine Pape (University of Lausanne)
- Sophia Nimphius (Edith Cowan University)
- Kat Okholm Kryger (UEFA; Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Blair Hamilton (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Stacey Emmonds (Leeds Beckett University)
Programme
| Time | Activity | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Introduction | Madeleine Pape, Sophia Nimphius, Kat Okholm Kryger |
| 09:15 | Conceptualising sex and gender: From categories to variables | Madeleine Pape |
| 09:45 | Learning through our spectrum: Maintaining the power of generalisation through skillful engagement with variation | Sophia Nimphius |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 | Describing results: How to achieve precision in the gendered world of sport | Kat Okholm Kryger |
| 11:30 | Measuring health and performance in transgender athletes | Blair Hamilton |
| 12:15 | Discussion of morning session | |
| 12:30 | Lunch (Géopolis cafeteria) | |
| 13:30 | Interactive activity: Operationalising sex and gender in ACL injury | Stacey Emmonds, Sophia Nimphius, Kat Okholm Kryger |
| 15:15 | Closing / Wrap-up | Madeleine Pape, Sophia Nimphius, Kat Okholm Kryger |
Participation is limited to 30 people. Please register here. Participation will be confirmed by the organiser via email no later than 29 June.
Location information
The Géopolis building is on the University of Lausanne campus, accessible by foot from the UNIL-Mouline metro stop (line M1, from either Lausanne-Flon or Renens gare). It is also possible to take bus 31 from Renens gare, or bus 25 from the sous-gare area of Lausanne.
Room 1628 is on the ground floor of the building. A cafeteria is also available on site, where a group lunch is planned for workshop participants.
Contact
Madeleine Pape
Institut des Sciences Sociales, UNIL
madeleine.pape@unil.ch
Co-organisers: Sophia Nimphius (Edith Cowan University), Kat Okholm Kryger (UEFA; Manchester Metropolitan University)
