Dr Andrew Bloodworth

Senior Lecturer

Sport and Exercise Sciences

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Academic Office - A118
First Floor
Engineering East
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-442X

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About

Andrew works in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences in Swansea University. His research interests are in the field of sports ethics and in particular the ethics of anti-doping policy. Andrew is also on the editorial board of the journal Performance Enhancement & Health. He currently teaches on the Erasmus Mundus Masters in Sports Ethics and Integrity and on the BSc in Sport and Exercise Sciences at Swansea University.

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Sports ethics

Anti-doping policy

Publications

Research Highlights

Bloodworth, A., McNamee, M., & Jaques, R. (2018). Morgan’s Conventionalism versus WADA’s Use of the Prohibited List: The Case of Thyroxine. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 12(4), 401-415.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2018.1509116, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43264
Bloodworth, A. & McNamee, M. (2017). Sport, Society, and Anti-Doping Policy: An Ethical Overview. Acute Topics in Anti-Doping (pp. 177-185). S. Karger AG
https://doi.org/10.1159/000460748, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34545
Tan, J., Calitri, R., Bloodworth, A., & McNamee, M. (2016). Understanding Eating Disorders in Elite Gymnastics. Clinics in Sports Medicine, 35(2), 275-292.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2015.10.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2015.10.002
Bloodworth, A. (2014). Prudence, Well-being and Sport. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 8(2), 191-202.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2014.935741, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21357
Bloodworth, A., Petróczi, A., Bailey, R., Pearce, G., & McNamee, M. (2012). Doping and supplementation: the attitudes of talented young athletes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 22(2), 293-301.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01239.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa8896
Bloodworth, A. (2012). Sport, physical activity and well-being: an objectivist account. Sport, Education and Society, 17(4), 497-514.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.608948, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10706
Bloodworth, A. & McNamee, M. (2010). Clean Olympians? Doping and anti-doping: The views of talented young British athletes. International Journal of Drug Policy, 21(4), 276-282.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.11.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa8895
Bloodworth, A. (2009). Rationality and Compulsion: Applying Action Theory to Psychiatry. Health Care Analysis, 17(1), 85-91.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-008-0096-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10938
Petróczi, A., Naughton, D., Pearce, G., Bailey, R., Bloodworth, A., & McNamee, M. (2008). Nutritional supplement use by elite young UK athletes: fallacies of advice regarding efficacy. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 5(1), 22
https://doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-5-22, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10705
Tan, J., Bloodworth, A., McNamee, M., & Hewitt, J. (2014). Investigating eating disorders in elite gymnasts: Conceptual, ethical and methodological issues. European Journal of Sport Science, 14(1), 60-68.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2012.728632, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9015

All Research

Journal Articles

Janarthanan, R., Woolf, J., Bloodworth, A., & Petróczi, A. (2024). Environment as a vulnerability factor for doping: a qualitative examination of Indian track and field athletes’ hurdles to compete clean. Sport Management Review, 0, 1-25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2024.2394254, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67447
Juma, B., Woolf, J., & Bloodworth, A. (2022). The challenges of anti-doping education implementation in Kenya: Perspectives from athletes and anti-doping educators. Performance Enhancement and Health, 10(3), 100228
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2022.100228, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60798
Cox, L., Bloodworth, A., & McNamee, M. (2022). Doping in recreational Welsh Rugby Union; Athletes’ beliefs and perceptions related to Anti-Doping policy and practice. Performance Enhancement and Health, 10(2), 100211
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2021.100211, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2021.100211
Hämäläinen, M., Bloodworth, A., & Heikkinen, S. (2021). Doping and Moral Disapprovals. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 15(3), 331-348.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2020.1762717, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54081
Bloodworth, A., McNamee, M., & Jaques, R. (2018). Morgan’s Conventionalism versus WADA’s Use of the Prohibited List: The Case of Thyroxine. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 12(4), 401-415.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2018.1509116, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43264
Bloodworth, A., McNamee, M., & Tan, J. (2017). Autonomy, eating disorders and elite gymnastics: ethical and conceptual issues. Sport, Education and Society, 22(8), 878-889.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2015.1107829, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24313
Cox, L., Bloodworth, A., & McNamee, M. (2017). Olympic Doping, Transparency, and the Therapeutic Exemption Process. Diagoras, 1, 55-74.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36798
http://www.diagorasjournal.com/index.php/diagoras/article/view/8
Tan, J., Calitri, R., Bloodworth, A., & McNamee, M. (2016). Understanding Eating Disorders in Elite Gymnastics. Clinics in Sports Medicine, 35(2), 275-292.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2015.10.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csm.2015.10.002
Bloodworth, A. (2014). Prudence, Well-being and Sport. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 8(2), 191-202.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2014.935741, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21357
Tan, J., Bloodworth, A., McNamee, M., & Hewitt, J. (2014). Investigating eating disorders in elite gymnasts: Conceptual, ethical and methodological issues. European Journal of Sport Science, 14(1), 60-68.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2012.728632, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9015
Bloodworth, A. (2012). Sport, physical activity and well-being: an objectivist account. Sport, Education and Society, 17(4), 497-514.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.608948, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10706
Bloodworth, A., Petróczi, A., Bailey, R., Pearce, G., & McNamee, M. (2012). Doping and supplementation: the attitudes of talented young athletes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 22(2), 293-301.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01239.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa8896
Bloodworth, A. & McNamee, M. (2010). Clean Olympians? Doping and anti-doping: The views of talented young British athletes. International Journal of Drug Policy, 21(4), 276-282.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.11.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa8895
Bloodworth, A. (2009). Rationality and Compulsion: Applying Action Theory to Psychiatry. Health Care Analysis, 17(1), 85-91.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-008-0096-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10938
Petróczi, A., Naughton, D., Pearce, G., Bailey, R., Bloodworth, A., & McNamee, M. (2008). Nutritional supplement use by elite young UK athletes: fallacies of advice regarding efficacy. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 5(1), 22
https://doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-5-22, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10705
Cox, L., McNamee, M., Petróczi, A., & Bloodworth, A. (n.d.) Why size matters; rugby union and doping. Performance Enhancement & Health, 100250
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2023.100250, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2023.100250

Book Chapters

Bloodworth, A., Cox, L., & McNamee, M. (2018). What to do with the TUE process? Bradley Wiggins, therapeutic use, and data sharing. Doping in Cycling (pp. 220-233). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351103879-17, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48071
Bloodworth, A. & McNamee, M. (2017). Sport, Society, and Anti-Doping Policy: An Ethical Overview. Acute Topics in Anti-Doping (pp. 177-185). S. Karger AG
https://doi.org/10.1159/000460748, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34545

Supervision

Prevention and Management of Abuse and Harassment in Sport Organizations (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Camilla Knight
Examining anti-doping education in football following the implementation of WADA’s 2021 International Standard for Education (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Mr Luke Cox
The use of intelligence and investigations to uncover wrongdoing in sport: an ethical analysis«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Michael Mcnamee
Fair Equality of Opportunity: An Ethical Framework for Classification in Paralympic Sport (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Michael Mcnamee
Are Anti-Doping Policies for Recreational Athletes Justified (current)

MSc

Other supervisor: Prof Michael Mcnamee
Blood glucose response to cardio-pulmonary exercise testing in individuals with type 1 diabetes. (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Prof Richard Bracken

Taught Modules

SR-250 The Ethics of Doping: Health, Sport and Society

Doping is the most discussed issue in the discipline of sports ethics. This module interrogates the range of ethical and conceptual issues related to doping and anti doping policy. The aim of this module is to critically explore the nature and variety of prohibited substances and methods generically referred to as doping, situated in the global context of the World Anti Doping Agency.
SR-M42 Managing Sports Integrity and Governance

Sport Governance is an emerging field that has grown partly in response to ethical, legal and political problems that have bedevilled sports since its shift from amateur cultures to commercial organisational structures. It is an essential element of the management of sport. The development and implementation of standards of good governance in national and international sport are critically surveyed in this module. This ranges broadly across practices and regulations pertaining to board membership, functions and structures, to policy development in relation to key ethico-legal concepts: accountability, equity and efficiency, inclusion, integrity, responsibility and transparency.
SRE701 Anti doping-ethics, policy and practice

Doping is the most discussed issue in the discipline of sports ethics. This module interrogates the range of ethical and conceptual issues related to doping and anti doping policy.
SRE710 Dissertation module

A supervised programme of reading and critical reflection upon an agreed topic area within sports ethics and integrity leading to the production of a written dissertation not exceeding 20,000 words.

Dr Andrew Bloodworth

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About

Career Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Supervision

Prevention and Management of Abuse and Harassment in Sport Organizations (current)

Examining anti-doping education in football following the implementation of WADA’s 2021 International Standard for Education (current)

The use of intelligence and investigations to uncover wrongdoing in sport: an ethical analysis«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» (current)

Fair Equality of Opportunity: An Ethical Framework for Classification in Paralympic Sport (current)

Are Anti-Doping Policies for Recreational Athletes Justified (current)

Blood glucose response to cardio-pulmonary exercise testing in individuals with type 1 diabetes. (awarded 2023)

Taught Modules

SR-250 The Ethics of Doping: Health, Sport and Society

SR-M42 Managing Sports Integrity and Governance

SRE701 Anti doping-ethics, policy and practice

SRE710 Dissertation module