Dr Sam Elliott

Senior Lecturer

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82013495

sam.elliott@flinders.edu.au

Education (5.19)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Sam is an award-winning early career researcher and senior lecturer in Sport, Health and Physical Activity in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. He has published 32 peer-reviewed outputs and received over $240K in combined grants, tenders and consultancies. Sam is an active member of the Sport, Health, Activity, Performance and Exercise (SHAPE) Research Centre and invited reviewer for 13 international journals. He has published widely on parental involvement in youth sport and presented his work internationally in China, the UK, Canada and the US. Sam has received a number of prestigious awards including the VC Award for Early Career Research, the World Congress on Science and Football Best Research Paper by Code (AFL) Award, the Inclusion and Diversity in Sport Conference Champion of Inclusion Award, and the Universities Australia Award for the Pitch it clever competition. He is an emerging thought leader and has won international awards for science and research communications. Sam has represented Flinders at the Australian Academy of Science Falling Walls Lab Australia and in the global-award winning series, Raising the bar.

Sam is a highly sought after speaker and consultant and has worked with Football Federation Australia, the SANFL, Sport Australia and the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. He is an award-winning educator and lectures in vastly popular topics in sport psychology, sport sociology and sport coaching.

Qualifications

2014 PhD
2011 Bachelor of Education Honours (1A)
2010 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Education (Middle & Secondary)

Honours, awards and grants

Awards

2019 Finalist, Falling Walls Lab Australia (Canberra)
2019 Winner: College of Education, Psychology and Social Work Excellence in Teaching Award $3000
2019 Winner: World Congress on Science and Football Best Research Paper by code (AFL) $250
2019 Winner: Universities Australia Award Pitch It Clever Competition $1000
2018 Winner: Flinders University's Vice Chancellors Award for Early Career Researchers $2500
2018 Winner: 6th International Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Conference 5 minute challenge
2018 Winner: inaugural Inclusion and Diversity in Sport Conference Champion of Inclusion Award $500

Grants and Consultancies

2019 Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation Health Seed Grant. Level Playing Field: Young Males, Masculinity and Mental Wellbeing through Sport ($21,376)
2019 College Research Grant Scheme. Enhancing physical activity time in organised youth sport: Coaches' perspectives ($10,000)
2018 Netball SA/ORSR Grant: The Promotion and Engagement of Contemporary Sports for Girls and Young Women: Implications for Participation ($57,000)
2018 Football Federation Australia's ALDI MiniRoos sport parenting project ($18,775)
2018 Ian Potter Foundation Conference Award ($1500)
2018 Inclusive Sport South Australia Tender. LGBTIQ+ and South Australian sport ($40,000)
2017 ORSR Grant. Pathways to Participation for Girls and Women in Sport ($55,000)
2014-2018 Flinders University competitive research funding (combined) ($24,500)
2015 Flinders University Transition Pedagogy Grant ($4,000)

Key responsibilities

BLISS Science and Innovation Committee (South Australia) (2020)
BSHPA Academic Programs Committee CEPSW representative (2018-present)
Invited member of the ACHPER National Academic Reference Group (2017-present)
Invited member of the Australian Sports Commission's PGAG Advisory Group (2016-present)

Topic coordinator

HLPE2300 Foundations of Sport Psychology

HLPE3534 Introduction to Sport Coaching, Management and Administration

HLPE1531 Inclusive and Adaptive Practices in Sport and Physical Education

Supervisory interests

Athlete development

Australian football

Community sport

Diversity and inclusion in sport

Girls and the rising popularity of AFLW

Parental behaviour in youth sport

Psychology of sport participation and performance

Qualitative research methods

Social issues in youth sport

Sport coaching

Sport participation and dropout

Talent development

Think Aloud methods

Youth sport

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Youth Sport (1)

Associate supervisor: Physical Education (1), Sport engineering (1)

Higher degree by research student achievements

Reuben Smith

Society of Medical and Biological Engineering Award SA - OCT 2018

Professional engagement

Journal Editor

AIMS Public Health Journal (Special Issue): Sports-Based Health Interventions (2016-2017)

Grants reviewer

Marsden Fund Council, New Zealand Government (2017-ongoing)

Invited reviewer

Journals

Conference proceedings

29th International ACHPER Conference, 2015
5th International Game Sense, 2017

International conference papers

World Congress on Science and Football (Melbourne, Aus)
6th International Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 2018 (Vancouver, Canada)
7th International Conference on Sport and Society, 2016 (Hawaii, USA)
29th International ACHPER Conference, 2015 (Adelaide, Aus)
World Congress of Sociology of Sport, 2014 (Beijing, China)
International Worlds of Football Conference, 2013 (Melbourne, Aus)

Professional associations

International Society for Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise
Sport Australia (Parent and Guardian Advisory Group)
International Sport Sociology Association
Football Research Collective, Aus
The football collective, UK
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc (ACHPER) (Academic Reference Group)

Community engagement

SA Government Youth Action Plan, 2019
Raising the Bar event, Norwood, 2019
South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women's Football State Talent Search, 2016
South Adelaide Football Club U16 Elite Development Academy program, 2014-19
Social issues in sport blog: socialissuesinsport.blogspot.com

Expert for media contact

Children/Youth

Parenting

Sport

Optimal athlete development

Parental behaviour in youth sport

Social issues in sport

Youth sport participation and engagement

Available for contact via

+61 8 82013495

sam.elliott@flinders.edu.au

Or contact the media team