PhD
Eric Junior Appiah
Topic: Ethics of youth football development in West Africa: The synergy of policy and practice
Supervisor: Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Mike Sam
Email apper863@student.otago.ac.nz
Kane Cocker
Environmental physiology, water safety
Topic: Individual differences in the immediate physiological and behavioural responses during cold-water immersion
Supervisors: Professor Chris Button, Professor Jim Cotter, Dr Tina van Duijn (UTS), Dr Luke Wilson (Medicine)
Email cokan630@student.otago.ac.nz
Maddie Connor
Topic: The effect of exercise on anxiety
Supervisors: Professor Elaine Hargreaves, Associate Professor Olivia Harrison
Email conma763@student.otago.ac.nz
Ellie Crabill
Topic: A critical analysis of legacy and impacts in the post-FIFA Women’s World Cup era
Supervisors: Professor Sally Shaw, Professor Steve Jackson, Dr Rosemary Overell
Email eleanor.crabill@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
International student from Chicago, USA
Timothy Dawbin
Topic: The organisational landscape of youth sports
Supervisors: Associate Professor Mike Sam, Professor Steve Jackson
Email timothy.dawbin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Hongxiu Guo
Topic: The Construction of Global-National Relations in Chinese Sports Media in the Era of Globalisation: The Case of Media Discourse and Representation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Supervisors: Associate Professor Mark Falcous, Prof Paola Voci, Dr Sebastian Potgieter
Email guoho984@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from Hanzhong City, China
Kyu Jin Jin
Sociology of sport
Topic: Sport and corporate diplomacy: The nexus between nation-states, international sport organisations, and transnational corporations
Supervisors: Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Mike Sam
Email kyujin.jin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
International student from South Korea
Bianca Koper
Topic: Exploring ‘Ball in Play’ Locomotion and Contact Workload in Super Rugby
Supervisors: Dr Peter Lamb, Dr Brett Smith
Email kopbi050@student.otago.ac.nz
Panos Lakeas
Topic: Intracranial pressure responses to environmental and exercise stressors, across fitness
Supervisors: Professor Jim Cotter, Dr Kate Thomas, Dr Travis Gibbons
Email lakpa769@student.otago.ac.nz
Diego Moreno Harismendy
Topic: The politics of Chilean sport bureaucracy
Supervisor: Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Mike Sam
Email mordi755@student.otago.ac.nz
Marc Murray
Topic: Effect of mixed training and protein supplementation on total IGF -1 levels in untrained female adults
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nancy Rehrer, Dr Lara Vlietstra
Email murma055@student.otago.ac.nz
Brigid Nanai
Supervisor: Professor Melanie Bussey
Email nanbr191@student.otago.ac.nz
Janelle Romanchuk
Injury prevention, biomechanics and concussion
Topic: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a head stabilisation intervention in female community rugby players
Supervisors: Professor Melanie Bussey, Dr Peter Lamb and Dr Danielle Salmon (World Rugby)
Email janelle.romanchuk@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Tianyu Zhang
Topic: Roles of heat and dehydration in physical tolerance, perceptual and physiological responses and cardiovascular, and renal health
Supervisors: Professor Jim Cotter, Associate Professor Nancy Rehrer, Associate Professor Rebekah Lucas
Email zhati193@student.otago.ac.nz
Master's
Deacon Manu
Topic: Exploring the health/wellbeing of professional Pacific rugby players
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tania Cassidy, Dr Jeremy Hapeta (Te Koronga)
Hayden Nelson
Topic: Player workload in professional rugby
Supervisors: Professor Melanie Bussey, Brett Smith (Waikato)
Email nelha109@student.otago.ac.nz