Dr Jason Tuck
Head of Department
Business Law and Sport
Jason.Tuck@winchester.ac.uk
01962 827498
Biography
Jason joined the Department in September 1996. He has a BSc (Hons) in Geography and Sports Studies (Roehampton Institute) and an MA in the Sociology of Sport (Leicester University) that was passed with distinction. Jason completed his PhD in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University (with a thesis on rugby union and national identity in the British Isles) in 1999.
Findings from his doctoral research have been presented at a variety of international conferences, such as: the annual symposium of the International Sociology of Sport Association (Rome, 1995); ‘Sport in the City’ (Memphis, 1996); the World Congress of Sociology (Montreal, 1998), ‘The Nation and Sport’ (London, 2001) and at the Second World Congress of the Sociology of Sport (Cologne, 2003). In addition, Jason’s research has been published in several academic journals and books. Some examples include: ‘The Men in White: Reflections on Rugby Union, the Media and Englishness’ (in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport); and ‘Making Sense of Emerald Commotion: Rugby Union, National Identity and Ireland’ (in Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture). His latest work will form a chapter in an edited collection entitled ‘Sport and Migration’ to be published by Routledge in 2010.
Jason has worked as a Guest Reviewer for the International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Sport in Society journals and the publishers Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier and Pearson Education. His current research interests include sport, national identity and globalisation; sport and the media; and the commercialisation of sport.
Jason has taught the sociology of sport at undergraduate level for over fifteen years. Over this period he has developed a range of expertise related to learning, teaching and assessment strategies. To reflect this, in 2009, Jason achieved the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Expertise
Sociology of Sport
Qualitative Research Methods in Sport
Publications
Book Chapters
In Press. ‘Tries for the Nation? International Rugby Players’ Perspectives on National Identity.’ In Sport and Migration by J. Maguire and M. Falcous (eds.). London: Routledge.
2005. ‘A World in Union? Rugby, Globalisation, and Irish Identity.’ With J. Maguire in Power and Global Sport by J. Maguire (ed.). London: Routledge, 109-129.
2005. ‘Rugby Union and National Identity Politics.’ In Sport and the Irish by A. Bairner (ed.) Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 105-122.
1998. ‘Global Sports and Patriot Games: Rugby Union and National Identity in a United Sporting Kingdom.’ With J. Maguire in Sporting Nationalisms: Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation by M. Cronin and D. Mayall (eds.) London: Frank Cass, 103-126.
Refereed Articles
With J. Maguire. 2005. ‘National Identity, Rugby Union and Notions of Ireland and the Irish.’ Irish Journal of Sociology, 14 (1), 86-109.
2003. ‘Making Sense of Emerald Commotion: Rugby Union, National Identity and Ireland.’ Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture, 10 (4), 495-515.
2003. ‘The Men in White: Reflections on Rugby Union, the Media and Englishness.’ International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 38 (2), 177-199.
With J. Maguire. 1999. ‘Making Sense of Global Patriot Games: Rugby Players' Perceptions of National Identity Politics.’ Football Studies, 2 (1), 26-54.
With J. Maguire. 1998. ‘Global Sports and Patriot Games: Rugby Union and National Identity in a United Sporting Kingdom.’ Immigrants and Minorities, 17 (1), 103-126.
1996. ‘Patriots, Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players: Rugby Union and National Identity in Britain since 1945.’ The Journal of the Association of Sports Historians, 2, 25-37.
Research Interests
Sport and national identity (especially in rugby union)
Sport and globalization
Sport and the media
Sport and commercialization
Figurational sociology
Funding Awards and Professional Membership
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Professional Member of the International Sociology of Sport Association.