Overview
Alun is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean for Internationalisation in the Cardiff School of Sport and brings to the role his considerable understanding of sp orts increasing global significance in Higher Education. He leads on ensuring the core learning and teaching, research and enterprise activities of the School are able to respond to a diverse and distinctive global education marketplace for sport.
His research supports the longstanding and widely recognised contribution made by the School of Sport to the area of the philosophy and ethics of sport. He has a research profile in this area that encompasses a range of contemporary ethical issues. He is the current Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association.
Research Publications
Governing white apathy in university sport
Ward, G., Hill, J., Hardman, A., Edwards, L., Scott, D., Jones, L. A. & Richards, R., 20 Jan 2026, In: Managing Sport and Leisure. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coaching ethics and disability sport
Newport, R. & Hardman, A. R., 1 Jan 2026, The Ethics of Sports Coaching: Second Edition. Hardman, A. R., Jones, C. & Sailors, P. R. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 155-175 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Introduction
Hardman, A. R., Jones, C. & Sailors, P. R., 1 Jan 2026, The Ethics of Sports Coaching: Second Edition. Hardman, A. R., Jones, C. & Sailors, P. R. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
Sports coaching and virtue ethics
Hardman, A. R., Jones, C. & Chivasa, T., 1 Jan 2026, The Ethics of Sports Coaching: Second Edition. Hardman, A. R., Jones, C. & Sailors, P. R. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 93-108 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The ethics of sports coaching: Second Edition
Hardman, A. R., Jones, C. & Sailors, P. R., 1 Jan 2026, Taylor and Francis. 239 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Playing by white rules of racial equality: student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Ward, G., Hill, J., Hardman, A., Scott, D., Jones, A. & Richards, R., 31 Aug 2023, In: Sport, Education and Society. 29, 8, p. 966-982 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
International Migration Law and Reforming ‘Change of Nationality’ Rules in Sport
Hardman, A., 30 Jun 2023, Sport, Law and Philosophy: The Jurisprudence of Sport. Taylor and Francis, p. 113-134 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gender equity in Welsh sport governance
Pinder, R., Edwards, L. & Hardman, A., 27 Jan 2022, Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., p. 117-146 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Pragmatic conventionalism and sport normativity in the face of intractable dilemmas
Elcombe, T. L. & Hardman, A. R., 8 Oct 2019, In: Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. 47, 1, p. 14-32 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Localized practice and innovation in supply mechanism of public sports service for Chinese youth
Guo, L. & Hardman, A., 2019, In: Journal of Shenyang Sport University . 38, 6, p. 23-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review