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Overview
Dr Harris’s main research interests lie within the areas of evidence, and realist collaborative approaches to evaluation with practitioners in sports management, sport for development and public health. Kev has published widely around this area and is soon to publish the first ‘Evaluation’ book of its kind focused on evidence in sport and leisure with Routledge. Kev has also published in Q methodology and its alliance with realist evaluation. He is passionate about knowledge exchange disseminating academic knowledge into the real world.
Through the Hartpury Sports Business Hub Kev currently leads the academic evaluation of Active Essex’s Local Delivery Pilot (LDP). In addition, alongside Sheffield Hallam University, Kev supports the National Evaluation and Learning Partnership for Sport England’s LDP multimillion pound investment.
Doctoral supervisions and completions
Current PGR Supervisions:
- Matt Ellis, Hartpury. Realist Evaluation of Dual Career Athletes
- Megan Field, Hartpury. Realist Evaluation of social licence to operate
- Claire Hannah-Russell, Bournemouth. Realist Evaluation of Storm Break.
- Chad Oatley, Solent University. Collaborative Evaluation in ABCD.
PGRs supervised to completion:
- Dr Karen Van Der Vekkan, Ghent University. Realist evaluation within inclusion.
- Dr Wayne Bennett, Solent Univeristy. Realist Evaluation of Falls Prevention.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Developing and enhancing monitoring evaluation practice with sport practitioners – professionalisation and praxis, Nottingham Trent University
… → Jul 2017
Award Date: 1 Jul 2017
Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods , Southampton Solent University
… → 2012
Postgraduate Certificate in Blended Learning, Southampton Solent University
… → 2011
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching , Southampton Solent University
… → 2008
Sport and Culture , MA, Roehampton University
… → 2004
Sports Studies and Sports Development , BA, Chichester University
… → 2002
External positions
Visiting Honarary Senior Fellow , University of East Anglia
2022 → …
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Projects
- 3 Active
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Realist ripple effects mapping - Active Essex
Harris, K., Szedlak, C., Smith, E., Ryan, L. & Hannah-Russell, C.
28/1/23 → …
Project: Research project
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Active Essex deep dive realist systems evaluation.
Harris, K., Ryan, L., Russell, C. & Kay, A., 2023Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Realist Evaluation in sport management
Harris, K., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Encyclopaedia of Sport Management .Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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What doesn’t work, for whom and why in,” Let’s get realistic: why ‘what works’ will probably not work in evaluative sport research”. A response to Haudenhuyse and Debognies (2021).
Harris, K. & Henderson, S., 16 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Evaluation in Sport and Leisure
Adams, A. (ed.) & Harris, K. (ed.), 12 Aug 2022, Routledge. 244 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Looking for boundary spanners: an exploratory study of critical experiences of coaches in sport-for-development programmes
Van der Veken, K., Harris, K., Delheye, P., Lauwerier, E. & Willems, S., Apr 2022, In: Sport, Education and Society. 27, 4, p. 489-502 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 2 Oral presentation at Conference
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Student centred RKE– The Hartpury Sports Business Hub case study
Alex Kay (Speaker) & Kev Harris (Speaker)
17 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
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Collaborative Evaluation in action. Reflections on an evaluation capacity building programme with practitioners
Kev Harris (Speaker) & C Russell (Speaker)
Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference