Dr Kate Themen
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
My research interests include Feminist Epistemologies; Narratives in Qualitative Research; Gender and sport (specifically football); Sociological Research Methods and Philosophies.
Publications
Themen, K. and van Hooff, J. (2016) ‘Kicking Against Tradition: Women’s Football, Friendships and Family Life’, Leisure Studies, May 2016
Themen, K. (2015) ‘Football and the Female ‘Other’: Narratives of Complicity and Contest’, Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities, Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2015
Themen, K. (2014) ‘Female Football Players in England: Examining the Emergence of Third-spaceNarratives’, Soccer and Society, May 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2014.919273
Conference Papers
Themen, K. (2017) Reflexivity and Narrative for Exploring Women’s Football: Situating Marginal Voices presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Recovering the Social: Personal Troubles and Public Issues, University of Manchester, April
Themen, K. (2016) Kicking Against Tradition: Women’s Football, Friendships and Family Life, presented at the Leisure Studies Association Conference: Locating Leisure, Blurring Boundaries, Liverpool John Moores University, July
Themen, K. (2016) Hybridity and Acquisition: Creative Spaces for Developing Women’s Football,presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Global Societies: Fragmenting and Connecting, University of Birmingham, UK, April
Themen, K. (2015) Women’s Football: informal spaces and autobiographical recollections in the development of a narrative accepted for presentation at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Societies in Transition: Progression or Regression? , Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, April
Themen, K. (2014) Female Football Players in England: Research Design in the Development of a Narrative for Women’s Football, presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference: Changing Society, University of Leeds, UK, April
Themen, K. (2014) Discourses of ‘Englishness’: Examining Female Football Players’ Narratives of Complicity and Transformation, presented to Political Studies 8th Annual Conference: Sport and the Politics of Exclusion, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, February
Hynes, D. and Themen, K. (2011) ‘Get out of our club, you lying b*stards, get out of our club’: a study of fans, football and ownership in England presented to Media and Sport Section, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR): Cities, Creativity and Connectivity, Istanbul 13-17 July
Words of wisdom
Make sure that you develop competence with both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Knowledge of Sociological research paradigms is crucial to success the discipline.
Academic and professional qualifications
PhD thesis conferred at the University of Liverpool (2012-2016) ‘A Narrative Study of Female Football Players in England: Complicity, Negotiation and Transformation in the Third Space’
HEA Fellowship
Other academic service (administration and management)
Admissions Tutor
Co-unit Leader Research Crime and Society
Teaching
Subject areas
Sociology
Research outputs
Research Interests
Sport in social policy
Sociology of football
- gender and participation
- political economy
- governance
- aesthetics and gender performance
Auto-ethnography and grounded research methodologies
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Themen, K. (2024) Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. London: Routledge.
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Chapters in books
Themen, K. (2024) 'Sociality, Community, and the Importance of Friendships in Women's Football.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 77-101.
Themen, K. (2024) 'Women's Football, Culture, and Identity.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 3-20.
Themen, K. (2024) 'Developing Football Players.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 105-128.
Themen, K. (2024) 'Women's Football in a Contested Culture.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 150-161.
Themen, K. (2024) 'Researching Women's Football.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 21-51.
Themen, K. (2024) 'Voice, English Football Culture, and Encouraging Inclusivity.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 129-149.
Themen, K. (2024) 'Formative Footballing Experiences.' Women's Football, Culture, and Identity. Routledge, pp. 55-76.
Hynes, D., Themen, K. (2019) '‘Get out of Our Club, you Lying B*stards, Get out of Our Club’: A Study of Fans, Football and Ownership in England.' Football and Communities 2012. pp. 47-57.
Themen, C. (2018) 'Examining Women's Participation in Football: Narratives of complicity and contest.' Fogel, Curtis (2018) Critical Perspectives on Gender and Sport. Champaign, IL: Common Ground Research Networks,
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Journal articles
Themen, K., Popan, C. (2021) 'Auditory and visual sensory modalities in the velodrome and the practice of becoming a track cyclist.' International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57(4) pp. 618-633.
Themen, K. (2020) 'Female football players: encountering physical capital in mixed-sex football.' Soccer & Society, 21(5) pp. 510-521.
Themen, C., van Hooff, J. (2016) 'Kicking against tradition: women’s football, negotiating friendships and social spaces.' Leisure Studies, 36(4) pp. 542-552.
Themen, C. (2015) 'Football and the Female "Other": Female Football Players and Narratives of Complicity and Contest.' Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities, 6(2)
Themen, K. (2015) 'Football and the Female "Other": Female Football Players and Narratives of Complicity and Contest.' Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities, 6(2) pp. 1-11.
Themen, K. (2014) 'Female football players in England: examining the emergence of third-space narratives.' Soccer and Society, 17
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Conference papers
Themen, C. (2015) 'Hybridity and Acquisition: Creative Spaces for Developing Women’s Football.' In British Sociological Association. Aston University, 6/4/2016 - 8/4/2016.
Themen, C., van Hooff, J. (2015) 'Kicking Against Tradition: Women’s Football, Friendships and Family Life.' In Leisure Studies Association Conference: Locating Leisure, Blurring Boundaries. Liverpool John Moores University, 5/7/2016 - 7/7/2016.