Dr Jordan Matthews
Senior Lecturer in Sport Development, Business and Coaching
About
Jordan became a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chichester in September 2015. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.
His research expertise is women and sport: his doctorate critically analysed organisational activism for women and sport; he was an expert consultant on two global research projects commissioned by the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) from 2012-2014 and 2016-2018; he has published about leadership, participation and inclusion, and socio-historical developments for women in sport; he has been an invited keynote speaker at World Conferences hosted in Europe and Africa; and was director of studies for two doctoral studentships focusing on the experiences of women leaders in sport.
Jordan is executive officer and Strategy Group member of the Anita White Foundation (AWF) and founder of the Women and Sport Timeline. He is also chair of the local organising committee for the annual Women’s Sport Leadership Academy (WSLA), a programme that has worked with over 300 women leaders based in over sixty countries and was shortlisted for a Beyond Sport Award for Gender Equality in 2019.
Professional
Personal education
BSc Hons (Chester); MSc (Chester); FHEA (Chichester); PhD (Southampton (Chichester)).
Teaching
For the current academic year, Jordan is responsible for the following modules:
IOS4402 Introduction to Sport Policy and Development
ESP406 Information, Communication and Cultural Development of eSports
SDM603 Sport Development: International Contexts
SDM610 Coaching at the Interface of Sport Development
Jordan also contributes to SDM601 Dissertation.
Roles
Executive Officer and Strategy Group member, Anita White Foundation (AWF)
Chair, Local Organising Group, Women’s Sport Leadership Academy (WSLA)
Member, Research Excellence Framework Equality and Diversity Committee, University of Chichester
Key Publications
Articles
Matthews, J.J.K. (2021) Political advances for women and sport in the mid-1990s. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. (onlinefirst) DOI:10.1080/19406940.2021.1939763
Piggott, L.V., and Matthews, J.J.K. (2020) Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes. Journal of Sport Management. (onlinefirst) DOI: 10.1123/jsm.2020-0173
Matthews, J.J.K. (2020) The Brighton Conference on Women and Sport. Sport in History. (onlinefirst) DOI: 10.1080/17460263.2020.1730943
Matthews, J.J.K., and Pike, E.C.J. (2016) ‘What on Earth are They Doing in a Racing Car?’: Towards an Understanding of Women in Motorsport, The International Journal of the History of Sport, DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2016.1168811
Book chapter
Piggott, L.V., Pike, E.C.J., and Matthews, J.J.K. (2019) A ‘Sporting Future’ for all?: A Review of Gender Diversity in English Sports Leadership. In Elling, A., Hovden, J., and Knoppers, A. (Eds). Gender Diversity in European Sport Leadership. London: Routledge.
Matthews, J.J.K. (2018) Tensions and future directions for the women and sport movement. In Mansfield, L., Caudwell, J., Watson, R. and Wheaton, B (Eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Feminisms in Sport, Leisure and Physical Education. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 181-199.
Pike, E.C.J., White, A., Matthews, J.J.K., Southon, S., and Piggott, L.V. (2018) Women and Sport Leadership: A Case Study of a Development Programme. In Mansfield, L., Caudwell, J., Watson, R. and Wheaton, B (Eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Feminisms in Sport, Leisure and Physical Education. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 809-824.
Pike, ECJ., and Matthews, JJK. (2014) A post-colonial critique of the international “movements” for women and sexuality in sport. In Anderson, E., and Hargreaves, J. (eds) Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexualities. London: Routledge, pp.75-83.
Commissioned reports
Matthews, J.J.K., and Piggott, L.V. (2021) Is gender on the international agenda? Female representation and policy in international sport governance. University of Chichester and NTNU.
Fasting, K., Pike, E., Matthews, J., and Sand, T.S. (2018). From Helsinki to Gaborone: IWG Progress Report 2013-2018. Gaborone: IWG.
Fasting, K., Sand, T.S., Pike, E., and Matthews, J. (2014) From Brighton to Helsinki. Women and Sport Progress Report 1994-2014. Helsinki: IWG/Finnish Sports Confederation.
Matthews, J.J.K. (2012) Analysis and Review of the International Working Group on Women and Sport Progress Reports 1994-2010. University of Chichester.
Selected recent presentations
“From Helsinki to Gaborone: IWG Progress Report 2013-2018” Presentation at the 7th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport, Gaborone, Botswana, May 2018. [Invited keynote]
“Improving gender equality in leadership and the workforce: Governance, skills and representation” Presentation at the Westminster Media Forum Seminar Women and the Sport Sector: Leadership, Investment and International Competitiveness, London, May 2018. [Invited keynote]
“History and documentation of women in sport” Presentation at the Africa Women and Sport Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, October 2016. [Invited keynote]
“The challenges of archiving qualitative data” Presentation at the 5th International Conference for Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, University of Chichester, August 2016.
“Getting inside the corridors of power: 1970s-1990s European political activism for women and sport” Presentation at the Women’s History Network Annual Conference, University of Kent, UK, September 2015.
“Social movements, women, and sport” Presentation at the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) 50th World Congress Paris, France. June 2015.
“Conferences as a source for mobilisation of women and sport activism” Presentation at the British Society of Sports History Conference, Leeds, UK. September, 2014.
“Reflections on twenty years of the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport” Presentation at the sixth International Working Group on Women and Sport World Conference on Women and Sport, Helsinki, Finland. June 2014. [Invited keynote]
Thesis
Matthews, JJK. (2014) A critical analysis of the development, outcomes and definition of the Women and Sport Movement (W&SM). PhD thesis, University of Southampton (Chichester), UK.
Research
Interests
- Social movements, women, and sport
- Women and sport leadership
- Sport for Development and Gender
- Women and motorsport
- Women and eSports
Doctoral supervision
Mwambwa, L. (2020) Experiences of Women Leaders in the African Union Sports Council Region 5. University of Chichester.
Piggott, L.V. (2019) Gender, Leadership, and Organisational Change in English Sports Governance. University of Chichester.
Research Output
Articles
Matthews, J. (2021) Political advances for women and sport in the mid-1990s. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1940-6959 10.1080/19406940.2021.1939763
Piggott, L. and Matthews, J. (2020) Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes. Journal of Sport Management. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1543-270X 10.1123/jsm.2020-0173
Matthews, J. (2020) The Brighton Conference on Women and Sport. Sport in History, 41 (1). pp. 98-130. ISSN 1746-0263 10.1080/17460263.2020.1730943
Matthews, J. and Pike, E. (2016) ‘What on Earth are They Doing in a Racing Car?’: Towards an Understanding of Women in Motorsport. The International Journal of the History of Sport. ISSN 0952-3367 10.1080/09523367.2016.1168811
Book Sections
Piggott, L. V. and Matthews, J. (2024) Gender representation and policy implementation in the governance of international Paralympic organizations. In: Research handbook on gender and diversity in sport management. International handbooks on gender . Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, pp. 37-51. ISBN 9781802203684 10.4337/97891802203684.000XX
Piggott, L., Pike, E. and Matthews, J. (2018) England - A ‘sporting future’ for all? In: Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance. Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society . Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9781138070530
Matthews, J. (2018) Tensions and future directions for the women and sport movement. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Feminisms in Sport, Leisure and Physical Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 181-199. ISBN 9781137533173
Pike, E., White, A., Matthews, J., Southon, S. and Piggott, L. (2017) Women and Sport Leadership: A Case Study of a Development Programme. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 809-824. ISBN 9781137533180 10.1057/978-1-137-53318-0
Pike, E. and Matthews, J. (2014) A Post-Colonialist Critique of the International ‘Movements’ for Gender and Sexuality in Sport. In: Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender, and Sexuality. Routledge. ISBN 9780415522533
Monographs
Fasting, K., Pike, E., Matthews, J. and Sand, T. S. (2018) From Helsinki to Gaborone: IWG Progress Report 2013-2018. Technical Report. International Working Group on Women and Sport, Gaborone, Botswana.
Fasting, K., Pike, E., Sand, T. and Matthews, J. (2014) From Brighton to Helsinki. Women and Sport Progress Report 1994-2014. Technical Report. Finnish Sports Confederation Valo, Helsinki, Finland. 978-952-297-021-3
Theses
Matthews, J. (2014) A critical analysis of the development, outcomes and definition of the Women and Sport Movement (W&SM). Doctoral theses, University of Chichester.
