Staff profile

Brett Smith was a Professor at Loughborough University and then at the University of Birmingham before joining Durham in 2019 as a Professor of Disability and Physical Activity and a Director of Research (2019-2024). He is also a Visiting Professor at universities in England, China, Greece, and South Africa. In addition to being an author of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ (CMOs) Physical Guidelines (2019), Brett led the first UK CMOs Physical Activity Guidelines for disabled adults (2018) and disabled children (2022). Working with disabled people and disability organisations, this work also set new standards for communicating national disability physical activity guidelines by co-producing them. Brett continues to advise the UK Government Department of Health and Social Care as well as organisations, like ParalympicsGB, Sport England, and the German Government Federal Ministry of Health on disability, physical activity, sport, and co-production. 

Brett is currently the principal investigator of the award-winning transdisciplinary project Moving Social Work. With Disability Rights UK, this 5-year £1m+ funded co-produced research is about embedding physical activity in social work education and practice so that these professionals can work with disabled people to be more physically active. As part of this, Moving Social Work advances physical activity research on co-production, intersectionality, interprofessional working, champions for wellbeing, social justice, and health inequalities.   

In addition to expertise on disability, physical activity, interdisciplinarity, and co-production, Brett is a methodologist in qualitative research. He has a particular interest in narrative inquiry, rigor, and arts-based research. Brett is the co-founder and former President of the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise. He is the founder and former Editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. Brett has also supported the advancement of qualitative research by not only serving as a journal Associate Editor for Psychology of Sport and Exercise (9 years) and Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology (4 years). He has served on 13 journal Editorial Boards, including currently on Qualitative Research in Psychology, Methods in Psychology, and Qualitative Inquiry. Brett is the co-editor of the Routledge book series Qualitative Research in Sport and Physical Activity. He is regularly invited to deliver international keynotes and contribute to prestigious handbooks, including the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (6^th Ed - 2024) and The APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology (2^nd Ed – 2024). He has guest edited 3 journal special issues, most recently, with Dr Javier Monforte, on critical posthumanities and postqualitative inquiry. The impact of Brett’s work can further be found in him being consistently a Top 100 Cited Researcher in the World in the Sport Sciences.

Learn more about Moving Social Work here

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PhD supervision Brett welcomes applications from potential PhD students interested in the psycho-social aspects of disability, sport, physical activity, and/or social justice.

• Disability
• Physical Activity
• Co-production
• Qualitative Research

Authored book

• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2013). Qualitative research methods in sport exercise and health: From process to product. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203852187

Chapter in book

• Smith, B., & Williams, T. (in press). Research co-production: What is co-production, why do it, and how might it be practiced, evaluated, and move forward?. In M. D. Giardina, M. K. Donnelly, & D. J. Waldman (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Physical Culture. SAGE Publications
• Smith, B., & Javier, M. (2023). Narrative Analysis. In H. Cooper, M. N. Coutanche, L. M. McMullen, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. J. Sher (Eds.), APA handbook of research methods in psychology: Research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological. (2nd ed.). APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000319-006
• Smith, B., & McGannon, K. R. (2023). Co-production and Impact: Challenges and Opportunities. In N. K. Denzin, Y. S. Lincoln, M. D. Giardina, & G. S. Cannella (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. (6th). Sage
• Monforte, J., Gibson, B. E., Smith, B., & Goodley, D. (2023). Exercise, rehabilitation and posthuman disability studies: Four responses. In Researching Disability Sport: Theory, Method, Practice (171-184). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003153696
• Monforte, J., Pérez-Samaniego, V., & Smith, B. (2022). Ethnography and Its Potential to Understand and Transform the Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury. In Rehabilitation in Practice: Ethnographic Perspectives (117-129). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8317-6_9
• Smith, B. (2022). Para-Sport Activism in South Korea. In B. Powis, J. Brighton, & P. David Howe (Eds.), Researching Disability Sport. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003153696-16
• de Cruz, N., & Smith, B. (2022). What we Know and Where we are Going: The Trajectory of Cultural Sport Psychology. In N. de Cruz (Ed.), Cultural Sport Psychology and Elite Sport in Singapore: An Exploration of Identity and Practice (1-17). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277637-1
• Haslett, D., & Smith, B. (2020). Viewpoints toward disability: Conceptualizing disability in adapted physical education. In J. Haegele, S. Hodge, & D. Shapiro (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Adapted Physical Education (48-64). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429052675-5
• Smith, B. (2018). An autoethnography of the politics of publishing within academia. In L. Turner, N. Short, A. Grant, & T. Adams (Eds.), International Perspectives on Autoethnographic Research and Practice (324-344). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315394787
• Smith, B., & Bundon, A. (2018). Disability models: Explaining and understanding disability sport in different ways. In I. Brittain, & A. Beacom (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies (15-34). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47901-3_2
• Smith, B., & Phoenix, C. (2018). Qualitative research in physical activity and health. In S. R. Bird (Ed.), Research Methods in Physical Activity and Health (109-116). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315158501-12
• Smith, B. (2017). Narrative inquiry and autoethnography. In M. Silk, D. Andrews, & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies (505-514). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315745664-51
• Williams, T., & Smith, B. (2017). Disability and physical activity. In J. Piggin, L. Mansfield, & M. Weed (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice (284-297). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315672779-20
• Theory and Application (123 - 133). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315746012
• Smith, B., Perrier, M. P., & Martin, J. J. (2016). Disability sport: A partial overview and some thoughts about the future. In R. J. Schinke, K. R. McGannon, & B. Smith (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology (296-303). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315777054-32
• McGannon, K., Smith, B., & Schinke, R. (2016). Closing the loop. . Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315777054
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2016). Interdisciplinary connoisseurship in sport psychology research. . Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315777054
• Schinke, R. J., McGannon, K. R., & Smith, B. (2016). Opening the discussion. In R. J. Schinke, K. R. McGannon, & B. Smith (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology (1-6). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315777054
• Bundon, A., & Smith, B. (2016). From inspired to inspiring: Community-based research, digital storytelling and a networked paralympic movement. In S. Gair, & A. Van Luyn (Eds.), Sharing Qualitative Research (10-24). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315660875
• A Review (202-225). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315813059
• Smith, B., McGannon, K., & Williams, T. (2015). Ethnographic creative nonfiction: Exploring the whats, whys and hows. In Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research (59-73). Taylor and Francis
• Smith, B., & McGannon, K. (2015). Psychology and sociology in sport studies. In R. Giulianotti (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport (194 - 204). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203404065
• Smith, B. (2013). Artificial persons and the academy: A story. In N. P. Short, L. Turner, & A. Grant (Eds.), Contemporary British Autoethnography (187-202). Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-410-9_12
• Smith, B., & Pérez-Samaniego, V. (2009). Coping, performance, and anxiety sport psychology research: Some thoughts on methods. . Nova Science Publishers
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2007). Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: Identity dilemmas, embodied time, and the construction of coherence. . Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2006). Disabled bodies and narrative time: Men, sport, and spinal cord injury. In P. Vertinsky, J. Hargreaves, & I. McDonald (Eds.), Physical Culture, Power, and the Body (158-175). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203014653

Edited book

• Schinke, R. J., McGannon, K. R., & Smith, B. (Eds.). (2016). Routledge international handbook of sport psychology. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315777054

Journal Article

• Ponzano, M., Nash, M. S., Bilzon, J., Bochkezanian, V., Davis, G. M., Farkas, G. J., de Groot, S., Jin, J., Larsen, C. M., Laskin, J., Ma, J., Nightingale, T., Postma, K., Smith, B. M., Strøm, V., Berg-Emons, R. V. D., Wouda, M., & Ginis, K. A. M. (online). Consensus-based recommendations for designing, delivering, evaluating, and reporting exercise-intervention research involving people living with spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.11.006
• Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (online). The critical posthumanities and postqualitative inquiry in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2024.2338899
• Deng, Y., Li, X., Huang, J., Haegele, J. A., Smith, B., Williams, T. L., & Li, C. (2025). School-based factors influencing physical activity participation in children and adolescents with disabilities: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Disability and Health Journal, 18(1), Article 101707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101707
• Monforte, J., Netherway, J., & Smith, B. (2023). The world café is an unmethod within co-produced research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 20(3), 398-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2023.2239728
• Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2023). Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2021.1881805
• Smith, B., Williams, O., Bone, L., & Collective, T. M. S. W. C.-P. (2023). Co-production: A resource to guide co-producing research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 15(2), 159-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2022.2052946
• Monforte, J., Smith, M., & Smith, B. (2022). Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2805-e2817. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13724
• Naidoo, R., Smith, B., Foster, C., & Chetty, V. (2022). Physical activity for adults with disabilities: designing a South African infographic to communicate guidelines. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56(10), 537-538. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-104855
• Tod, D., Booth, A., & Smith, B. (2022). Critical appraisal. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 15(1), 52-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2021.1952471
• Budden, T., Dimmock, J. A., Smith, B., Rosenberg, M., Beauchamp, M. R., & Jackson, B. (2022). Making sense of humour among men in a weight-loss program: A dialogical narrative approach. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 14(7), 1098-1112. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2021.1979635
• Monforte, J., Davis, C., Saleem, S., & Smith, B. (2022). Moving on From the Delphi Study: The Development of a Physical Activity Training Programme Prototype Through Co-produced Qualitative Research. Qualitative Health Research, 32(13), https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221126535
• Williamson, C., Baker, G., Tomasone, J. R., Bauman, A., Mutrie, N., Niven, A., Richards, J., Oyeyemi, A., Baxter, B., Rigby, B., Cullen, B., Paddy, B., Smith, B., Foster, C., Drummy, C., Vandelanotte, C., Oliver, E., Dewi, F. S. T., McEwen, F., Bain, F., …Kelly, P. (2021). The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC): International consensus statement and user guide. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18(1), Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01230-8
• Smith, B., Mallick, K., Monforte, J., & Foster, C. (2021). Disability, the communication of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and ableism: a call for inclusive messages. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(20), 1121-1122. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-103780
• Martin Ginis, K. A., van der Ploeg, H. P., Foster, C., Lai, B., McBride, C. B., Ng, K., Pratt, M., Shirazipour, C. H., Smith, B., Vásquez, P. M., & Heath, G. W. (2021). Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective. The Lancet, 398(10298), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2821%2901164-8
• Prato, L., Torregrossa, M., Ramis, Y., Alcaraz, S., & Smith, B. (2021). Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 55, Article 101959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101959
• Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2021). Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue. Qualitative Inquiry, 27(6), 650-660. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800420962469
• McGannon, K., Smith, B., Kendellen, K., & Gonsalves, C. (2021). Qualitative research in six sport and exercise psychology journals between 2010 and 2017: An updated and expanded review of trends and interpretations. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19(3), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2019.1655779
• Netherway, J., Smith, B., & Monforte, J. (2021). Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136701
• Monforte, J., Smith, B., & Pérez-Samaniego, V. (2021). ‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(17), 2447-2453. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1702725
• Evans, A. B., Barker-Ruchti, N., Blackwell, J., Clay, G., Dowling, F., Frydendal, S., Gliemann Hybholt, M., Hausken-Sutter, S. E., Lenneis, V., Malcolm, D., Phoenix, C., Smith, B., Svendler Nielsen, C., Wilcock, L., Williams, O., & Winther, H. (2021). Qualitative research in sports studies: challenges, possibilities and the current state of play. European Journal for Sport and Society, 18(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/16138171.2021.1899969
• Orr, K., Smith, B., Arbour-Nicitopoulos, K. P., & Wright, F. V. (2021). The café talk: a discussion of the process of developing a creative non-fiction. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(6), 887-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2020.1834443
• Smith, B., & Wightman, L. (2021). Promoting physical activity to disabled people: messengers, messages, guidelines and communication formats. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(24), 3427-3431. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1679896
• Choi, I., Haslett, D., & Smith, B. (2021). Disabled athlete activism in South Korea: A mixed-method study. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19(4), 473-487. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2019.1674903
• Choi, I., Haslett, D., Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2021). The Influence of Confucianism on Para-Sport Activism. Sociology of Sport Journal, 38(2), 140-148. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2020-0041
• Tamminen, K. A., Bundon, A., Smith, B., McDonough, M., Poucher, Z., & Atkinson, M. (2021). Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(5), 864-886. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2021.1901138
• Haslett, D., Monforte, J., Choi, I., & Smith, B. (2020). Promoting para athlete activism: Critical insights from key stakeholders in Ireland. Sociology of Sport Journal, 37(4), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1123/SSJ.2019-0174
• Smith, B., & Monforte, J. (2020). Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis. Methods in Psychology, 2, Article 100016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2020.100016
• Budden, T., Dimmock, J. A., Smith, B., Beauchamp, M., Rosenberg, M., & Jackson, B. (2020). Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 50, Article 101750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101750
• Monforte, J., Pérez-Samaniego, V., & Smith, B. (2020). Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity. Qualitative Health Research, 30(8), 1249-1261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732318820520
• Haslett, D., Choi, I., & Smith, B. (2020). Para athlete activism: A qualitative examination of disability activism through Paralympic sport in Ireland. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 47, Article 101639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101639
• McGannon, K. R., & Smith, B. (2020). Expanding socio-cultural identity research in sport psycho-logy: The potential of athlete autobiographies. Quaderns de Psicologia, 22(3), https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.1556
• Choi, I., Smith, B., Jung, J.-O., Oh, I.-H., Park, S., & Foster, C. (2020). Development of a physical activity infographic for adults with disabilities – a case study from Public Health England. 장애인복지연구 Disability & Social Welfare, 11(1), 1-18
• Barkoukis, V., Brooke, L., Ntoumanis, N., Smith, B., & Gucciardi, D. F. (2019). The role of the athletes’ entourage on attitudes to doping. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(21), 2483-2491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1643648
• Monforte, J., Úbeda-Colomer, J., Smith, B., & Foster, C. (2019). Infografía sobre actividad física para personas adultas con discapacidad. Revista española de discapacidad, 7(1), 257-265. https://doi.org/10.5569/2340-5104.07.01.14
• Smith, B. (2019). Some Modest Thoughts on Story Completion Methods in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536396
• Smith, B., Kirby, N., Skinner, B., Wightman, L., Lucas, R., & Foster, C. (2019). Infographic. Physical activity for disabled adults. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(6), 335-336. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-100158
• Caddick, N., Cooper, A., & Smith, B. (2019). Reflections on being a civilian researcher in an ex-military world: expanding horizons?. Critical Military Studies, 5(2), 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2017.1345545
• Abbott, D., Carpenter, J., Gibson, B., Hastie, J., Jepson, M., & Smith, B. (2019). Disabled men with muscular dystrophy negotiate gender. Disability and Society, 34(5), 683-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2019.1584093
• de Cruz, N., Spray, C., & Smith, B. (2019). Implicit beliefs of disability and elite sport: the para-athlete experience*. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 11(1), 69-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2017.1384753
• Allan, V., Smith, B., Côté, J., Martin Ginis, K., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2018). Narratives of participation among individuals with physical disabilities: A life-course analysis of athletes' experiences and development in parasport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 170-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.10.004
• Smith, B. (2018). Generalizability in qualitative research: misunderstandings, opportunities and recommendations for the sport and exercise sciences. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(1), 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2017.1393221
• Caddick, N., & Smith, B. (2018). Exercise is medicine for mental health in military veterans: A qualitative commentary. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(4), 429-440. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2017.1333033
• Jaarsma, E., & Smith, B. (2018). Promoting physical activity for disabled people who are ready to become physically active: A systematic review. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.08.010
• Williams, T., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2018). Physical activity promotion for people with spinal cord injury: physiotherapists’ beliefs and actions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(1), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2016.1242176
• Smith, B., & McGannon, K. (2018). Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11(1), 101-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2017.1317357
• Townsend, R., Cushion, C., & Smith, B. (2018). A social relational analysis of an impairment-specific mode of disability coach education. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(3), 346-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2017.1407355
• Martin Ginis, K., & Smith, B. (2018). Introduction to the Special Section of Psychology of Sport and Exercise ‘Innovations in Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology Research’. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 155-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.05.015
• Martin Ginis, K., Van Der Scheer, J., Latimer-Cheung, A., Barrow, A., Bourne, C., Carruthers, P., Bernardi, M., Ditor, D., Gaudet, S., De Groot, S., Hayes, K., Hicks, A., Leicht, C., Lexell, J., MacAluso, S., Manns, P., McBride, C., Noonan, V., Pomerleau, P., Rimmer, J., …Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2018). Response to correspondence from the ESSA Statement authors. Spinal Cord, 56(4), 409-411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-017-0051-1
• Bundon, A., Ashfield, A., Smith, B., & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2018). Struggling to stay and struggling to leave: The experiences of elite para-athletes at the end of their sport careers. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.04.007
• Williams, T., Hunt, E., Papathomas, A., & Smith, B. (2018). Exercise is medicine? Most of the time for most; but not always for all. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(4), 441-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2017.1405363
• Ginis, K., van der Scheer, J., Latimer-Cheung, A., Barrow, A., Bourne, C., Carruthers, P., Bernardi, M., Ditor, D., Gaudet, S., de Groot, S., Hayes, K., Hicks, A., Leicht, C., Lexell, J., Macaluso, S., Manns, P., McBride, C., Noonan, V., Pomerleau, P., Rimmer, J., …Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2018). Correction to: Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury: an update and a new guideline (Spinal Cord, (2018), 56, 4, (308-321), 10.1038/s41393-017-0017-3). Spinal Cord, 56(11), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-018-0194-8
• Martin Ginis, K., Van Der Scheer, J., Latimer-Cheung, A., Barrow, A., Bourne, C., Carruthers, P., Bernardi, M., Ditor, D., Gaudet, S., De Groot, S., Hayes, K., Hicks, A., Leicht, C., Lexell, J., MacAluso, S., Manns, P., McBride, C., Noonan, V., Pomerleau, P., Rimmer, J., …Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2018). Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury: An update and a new guideline. Spinal Cord, 56(4), 308-321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-017-0017-3
• Richardson, E., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Disability and the gym: experiences, barriers and facilitators of gym use for individuals with physical disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(19), 1950-1957. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2016.1213893
• Caddick, N., & Smith, B. (2017). Combat surfers: A narrative study of veterans, surfing, and war trauma [Surfistas de combate: Um estudo narrativo de veteranos, surfing e trauma de guerra] [Surfistas de combate: Un estudio narrativo de veteranos, surfing y trauma de guerra]
• Richardson, E., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Crossing boundaries: The perceived impact of disabled fitness instructors in the gym. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 29, 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.12.006
• Tremblay, M., Aubert, S., Barnes, J., Saunders, T., Carson, V., Latimer-Cheung, A., Chastin, S., Altenburg, T., Chinapaw, M., Aminian, S., Arundell, L., Hinkley, T., Hnatiuk, J., Atkin, A., Belanger, K., Chaput, J.-P., Gunnell, K., Larouche, R., Manyanga, T., Gibbs, B., …Wondergem, R. (2017). Sedentary Behavior Research Network (SBRN) - Terminology Consensus Project process and outcome. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0525-8
• García, B., de Wolff, M., Welford, J., & Smith, B. (2017). Facilitating inclusivity and broadening understandings of access at football clubs: the role of disabled supporter associations. European Sport Management Quarterly, 17(2), 226-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2016.1246584
• Richardson, E., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Collective stories of exercise: Making sense of gym experiences with disabled peers. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 34(3), 276-294. https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2016-0126
• Shirazipour, C., Evans, M., Caddick, N., Smith, B., Aiken, A., Martin Ginis, K., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2017). Quality participation experiences in the physical activity domain: Perspectives of veterans with a physical disability. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 29, 40-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.11.007
• Martin Ginis, K., Papathomas, A., Perrier, M.-J., Smith, B., & Group, S.-S. R. (2017). Psychosocial factors associated with physical activity in ambulatory and manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: a mixed-methods study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(2), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1045991
• Richardson, E., Papathomas, A., Smith, B., & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2017). The psychosocial impact of wheelchair tennis on participants from developing countries. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(2), 193-200. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1073372
• Smith, B., Bundon, A., & Best, M. (2016). Disability sport and activist identities: A qualitative study of narratives of activism among elite athletes’ with impairment. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26, 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.003
• García, B., Welford, J., & Smith, B. (2016). Using a smartphone app in qualitative research: the good, the bad and the ugly. Qualitative Research, 16(5), 508-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794115593335
• Tamminen, K., Palmateer, T., Denton, M., Sabiston, C., Crocker, P., Eys, M., & Smith, B. (2016). Exploring emotions as social phenomena among Canadian varsity athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 27, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.07.010
• Papathomas, A., Williams, T., & Smith, B. (2015). Understanding physical activity participation in spinal cord injured populations: Three narrative types for consideration. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 10(1), Article 27295. https://doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.27295
• Smith, B., Tomasone, J., Latimer-Cheung, A., & Martin Ginis, K. (2015). Narrative as a knowledge translation tool for facilitating impact: Translating physical activity knowledge to disabled people and health professionals. Health Psychology, 34(4), 303-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000113
• Caddick, N., Smith, B., & Phoenix, C. (2015). Male combat veterans' narratives of PTSD, masculinity, and health. Sociology of Health & Illness, 37(1), 97-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12183
• Papathomas, A., Smith, B., & Lavallee, D. (2015). Family experiences of living with an eating disorder: A narrative analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(3), 313-325. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314566608
• Caddick, N., Phoenix, C., & Smith, B. (2015). Collective stories and well-being: Using a dialogical narrative approach to understand peer relationships among combat veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(3), 286-299. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314566612
• Perrier, M.-J., Smith, B., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2015). Stories that move? Peer athlete mentors' responses to mentee disability and sport narratives. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 18, 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.01.004
• Welford, J., García, B., & Smith, B. (2015). A ‘healthy’ future? Supporters’ perceptions of the current state of English football. Soccer and Society, 16, 322-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2014.961380
• Phoenix, C., Griffin, M., & Smith, B. (2015). Physical activity among older people with sight loss: A qualitative research study to inform policy and practice. Public Health, 129(2), 124-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2014.10.001
• Caddick, N., Smith, B., & Phoenix, C. (2015). The effects of surfing and the natural environment on the well-being of combat veterans. Qualitative Health Research, 25(1), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314549477
• Smith, B., & Caddick, N. (2015). The impact of living in a care home on the health and wellbeing of spinal cord injured people. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(4), 4185-4202. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120404185
• Graham-Paulson, T., Perret, C., Smith, B., Crosland, J., & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2015). Nutritional supplement habits of athletes with an impairment and their sources of information. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 25(4), 387-395. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2014-0155
• McGannon, K., & Smith, B. (2015). Centralizing culture in cultural sport psychology research: The potential of narrative inquiry and discursive psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 17, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.07.010
• Williams, T., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2014). The barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury: a meta-synthesis of qualitative findings. Health Psychology Review, 8(4), 404-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2014.898406
• Caddick, N., & Smith, B. (2014). The impact of sport and physical activity on the well-being of combat veterans: A systematic review. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.09.011
• Perrier, M., Smith, B., Strachan, S., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2014). Narratives of athletic identity after acquiring a permanent physical disability. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 31(2), 106-124. https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2012-0076
• Paulson, T., Bishop, N., Smith, B., & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2014). Inflammation-mediating cytokine response to acute handcycling exercise with/without functional electrical stimulation-evoked lower-limb cycling. https://doi.org/10.1682/jrrd.2013.08.0184
• Gibson, B., Mistry, B., Smith, B., Yoshida, K., Abbott, D., Lindsay, S., & Hamdani, Y. (2014). Becoming men: Gender, disability, and transitioning to adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459313476967
• Smith, B. (2013). Disability, sport and men's narratives of health: A qualitative study. Health Psychology, 32(1), 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029187
• Schinke, R., McGannon, K., & Smith, B. (2013). Expanding the sport and physical activity research landscape through community scholarship: introduction. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5(3), 287-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2013.847477
• Day, M., Bond, K., & Smith, B. (2013). Holding it together: Coping with vicarious trauma in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.06.001
• Gibson, B., Mistry, B., Smith, B., Yoshida, K., Abbott, D., Lindsay, S., & Hamdani, Y. (2013). The integrated use of audio diaries, photography, and interviews in research with disabled young men. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 12(1), 382-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/160940691301200118
• Perrier, M.-J., Smith, B., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2013). Narrative environments and the capacity of disability narratives to motivate leisure-time physical activity among individuals with spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 35(24), 2089-2096. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.821179
• Soundy, A., Roskell, C., & Smith, B. (2013). Are you an artificial person? Lessons from Mid Staffordshire. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2013.04.004
• Smith, B., Papathomas, A., Martin Ginis, K., & Latimer-Cheung, A. (2013). Understanding physical activity in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: Translating and communicating research through stories. Disability and Rehabilitation, 35(24), 2046-2055. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.805821
• Smith, B. (2013). Sporting spinal cord injuries, social relations, and rehabilitation narratives: An ethnographic creative non-fiction of becoming disabled through sport. Sociology of Sport Journal, 30(2), 132-152. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.30.2.132
• Schinke, R., Smith, B., & McGannon, K. (2013). Pathways for community research in sport and physical activity: criteria for consideration. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5(3), 460-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2013.846274
• Soundy, A., Smith, B., Dawes, H., Pall, H., Gimbrere, K., & Ramsay, J. (2013). Patient's expression of hope and illness narratives in three neurological conditions: a meta-ethnography. Health Psychology Review, 7(2), 177-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2011.568856
• Mundle, R., & Smith, B. (2013). Hospital chaplains and embodied listening: Engaging with stories and the body in healthcare environments. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 21(2), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.2190/il.21.2.b
• McKee, H., Ntoumanis, N., & Smith, B. (2013). Weight maintenance: Self-regulatory factors underpinning success and failure. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2013.799162
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2012). Embodied research methodologies and seeking the senses in sport and physical culture: A fleshing out of problems and possibilities. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1476-2854%282012%290000006011
• Sparkes, A., Pérez-Samaniego, V., & Smith, B. (2012). Social comparison processes, narrative mapping and their shaping of the cancer experience: A case study of an elite athlete. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459311428229
• Smith, B., Sparkes, A., Phoenix, C., & Kirkby, J. (2012). Qualitative research in physical therapy: a critical discussion on mixed-method research. Physical Therapy Reviews, 17(6), 374-381. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743288x12y.0000000030
• Slater, M., Spray, C., & Smith, B. (2012). "You're only as good as your weakest link": Implicit theories of golf ability. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13(3), 280-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.11.010
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2012). Narrative analysis in sport and physical culture. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1476-2854%282012%290000006007
• Soundy, A., Benson, J., Dawes, H., Smith, B., Collett, J., & Meaney, A. (2012). Understanding hope in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.05.003
• Smith, B., & Caddick, N. (2012). Qualitative methods in sport: A concise overview for guiding social scientific sport research. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640599.2012.701373
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2011). Exploring multiple responses to a chaos narrative. Health, 15(1), 38-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459309360782
• Phoenix, C., & Smith, B. (2011). Telling a (good?) counterstory of aging: Natural bodybuilding meets the narrative of decline. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbr077
• Blodgett, A., Schinke, R., Smith, B., Peltier, D., & Pheasant, C. (2011). In indigenous words: Exploring vignettes as a narrative strategy for presenting the research voices of aboriginal community members. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(6), 522-533. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800411409885
• Pérez-Samaniego, V., Devís-Devís, J., Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2011). Narrative research in physical education and sport: What is it and what is it for [La investigación narrativa en la educación física y el deporte: Qué es y para qué sirve]
• Branney, P., & Smith, B. (2011). Proposed men's section - Entrenching dualism
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2011). Inhabiting different bodies over time: Narrative and pedagogical challenges. Sport, Education and Society, 16(3), 357-370. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.565967
• Stewart, C., Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2011). Sporting autobiographies of illness and the role of metaphor. Sport in Society, 14(5), 581-597. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2011.574358
• Phoenix, C., Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2010). Narrative analysis in aging studies: A typology for consideration. Journal of Aging Studies, 24(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2008.06.003
• Smith, B. (2010). Narrative inquiry: Ongoing conversations and questions for sport and exercise psychology research. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3(1), 87-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/17509840903390937
• Soundy, A., Smith, B., Cressy, F., & Webb, L. (2010). The experience of spinal cord injury: Using Frank's narrative types to enhance physiotherapy undergraduates' understanding. Physiotherapy, 96(1), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2009.06.001
• Soundy, A., Smith, B., Butler, M., Lowe, C., Helen, D., & Winward, C. (2010). A qualitative study in neurological physiotherapy and hope: Beyond physical improvement. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 26(2), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.3109/09593980802634466
• Taylor, I., Ntoumanis, N., & Smith, B. (2009). The social context as a determinant of teacher motivational strategies in physical education. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(2), 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.09.002
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2009). Narrative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology: What can it mean, and why might we do it?. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.01.004
• Smith, B., Collinson, J., Phoenix, C., Brown, D., & Sparkes, A. (2009). Dialogue, monologue, and boundary crossing within research encounters: A performative narrative analysis. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7(3), 342-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2009.9671914
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2009). Judging the quality of qualitative inquiry: Criteriology and relativism in action. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(5), 491-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.02.006
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2009). Narrative analysis and sport and exercise psychology: Understanding lives in diverse ways. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(2), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.07.012
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2008). Men, spinal cord injury, memories and the narrative performance of pain. Disability and Society, 23(7), 679-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687590802469172
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2008). Narrative and its potential contribution to disability studies. Disability and Society, 23(1), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687590701725542
• Smith, B. (2008). Imagining being disabled through playing sport: The body and alterity as limits to imagining others’ lives. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2(2), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/17511320802222040
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2008). Contrasting perspectives on narrating selves and identities: An invitation to dialogue. Qualitative Research, 8(1), 5-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794107085221
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2008). Changing bodies, changing narratives and the consequences of tellability: A case study of becoming disabled through sport. Sociology of Health & Illness, 30(2), 217-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01033.x
• Phoenix, C., Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2007). Experiences and Expectations of Biographical Time among Young Athletes: A life course perspective. Time & Society, 16(3), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x07080269
• Chatzisarantis, N., Hagger, M., & Smith, B. (2007). Influences of perceived autonomy support on physical activity within the theory of planned behavior. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37(5), 934-954. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.407
• Smith, B., & Weed, M. (2007). The potential of narrative research in sports tourism. Journal of Sport and Tourism, 12(3-4), 249-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/14775080701737005
• Chatzisarantis, N., Frederick, C., Biddle, S., Hagger, M., & Smith, B. (2007). Influences of volitional and forced intentions on physical activity and effort within the theory of planned behaviour. Journal of Sports Sciences, 25(6), 699-709. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410600818523
• Smith, B. (2007). The state of the art in narrative inquiry: Some reflections. Narrative Inquiry, 17(2), 391-398. https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.17.2.13smi
• Chatzisarantis, N., Hagger, M., Smith, B., & Sage, L. (2006). The influences of intrinsic motivation on execution of social behaviour within the theory of planned behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36(2), 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.299
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2006). Narrative inquiry in psychology: Exploring the tensions within. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(3), 169-192. https://doi.org/10.1191/1478088706qrp068oa
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2005). Analyzing talk in qualitative inquiry: Exploring possibilities, problems, and tensions. Quest, 57(2), 213-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2005.10491854
• Chatzisarantis, N., Hagger, M., Biddle, S., & Smith, B. (2005). The stability of the attitude-intention relationship in the context of physical activity. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410410001730070
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2005). When narratives matter: Men, sport, and spinal cord injury. Medical Humanities, 31(2), 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1136/jmh.2005.000203
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2005). Men, sport, spinal cord injury, and narratives of hope. Social Science & Medicine, 61(5), 1095-1105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.011
• Chatzisarantis, N., Hagger, M., Smith, B., & Phoenix, C. (2004). The influences of continuation intentions on execution of social behaviour within the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43(4), 551-583. https://doi.org/10.1348/0144666042565399
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2004). Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: An analysis of metaphors and narrative types. Disability and Society, 19(6), 613-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/0968759042000252533
• Rees, T., Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2003). The influence of social support on the lived experiences of spinal cord injured sportsmen. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.17.2.135
• Chatzisarantis, N., Hagger, M., Biddle, S., Smith, B., & Wang, J. (2003). A Meta-Analysis of Perceived Locus of Causality in Exercise, Sport, and Physical Education Contexts. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 25(3), 284-306. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.25.3.284
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2003). Men, Sport, Spinal Cord Injury and Narrative Time. Qualitative Research, 3(3), 295-320. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794103033002
• Smith, B., & Sparkes, A. (2002). Men, sport, spinal cord injury and the construction of coherence: Narrative practice in action. Qualitative Research, 2(2), 143-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/146879410200200202
• Sparkes, A., & Smith, B. (2002). Sport, Spinal Cord Injury, Embodied Masculinities, and the Dilemmas of Narrative Identity. Men and Masculinities, 4(3), 258-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184x02004003003
• Smith, B. (1999). The abyss: Exploring depression through a narrative of the self. Qualitative Inquiry, 5(2), 264-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780049900500206