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Dr. Neil Baxter.

A blog on the sociology and history of running

Category: Running

December 17, 2018Neil Baxter
A defence of the seriousness of running

A defence of the seriousness of running

Whenever I get asked about the subject of my PhD I have to suppress the urge to launch into a sort of paranoid defence of the sociological relevance and intellectual seriousness of my research topic. Running

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November 13, 2018Neil Baxter
Follow the money

Follow the money

Who are the big spenders of the running world? …
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November 2, 2018Neil Baxter

Researching running? What’s the point?

Why do I spend so much of my time researching running?

I’ve been asked variants of this question on many occasions… I’ve even asked it myself a couple of times at low moments during my PhD!

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About Me

About Me

I’m an independent social scientist based in Cambridge, and attached to the University of Warwick, where I completed my PhD.

I'm interested in health, lifestyle & identity, and have conducted extensive research on the meaning and cultures of running.

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