Kerri Bodin completed a doctorate in 2023 at the University of Ottawa. Prior to this, she completed a Master of Arts at Western University and a Bachelor of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. Professor Bodin also has varied work experience in the public sector and sport industry, and is passionate about bridging research and practice to improve sport for everyone.
Professor Bodin is accepting new students for thesis supervision.
Professor Bodin鈥檚 research broadly covers sport event impact and leveraging, with two interrelated areas of focus:
Using qualitative and mixed methods approaches, Professor Bodin investigates event leveraging efforts across event stakeholder groups, including sport organizations, event rights holders and governments. She also investigates the sociopolitical impact of sport events and how event experiences influence residents鈥 perspectives of, and relationships with, their local government. Her primary interest is to understand how residents鈥 perspectives of their elected officials may change over the course of event bidding and hosting in their community and how residents can be actively engaged in event-related decision-making.
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