Dr Harvey Anderson is a Senior Lecturer & Researcher in the School of Sport & Physical Activity, at Sheffield Hallam University. Dr Anderson is a leading cricket coach and coach educator with over 30 years’ experience and has presented research in several fields including sport psychology, sport coaching, sport biomechanics, strength & conditioning, and education/pedagogy.

In his presentation, Dr Anderson will explore the use of existentialism to tackle many of the issues facing the field of psychology, including the issues arising from the commoditisation of sport psychology and its practices. Dr Anderson calls for a focusing on ‘being’ as opposed to ‘having’.

My first degree was in psychology, followed a few years later by an MSc in sport psychology in 2004. Since the completion of the masters degree, I have provided sport psychology support to a number of athletes mostly in football and MMA. Around this time I began to coach football and spent nine months doing this in the USA. On my return I coached at various levels and in various settings (grassroots, after school clubs, Manchester University) before going on to gain 10 year's experience in academy football at Stockport County, Wigan Athletic, Bury and Oldham Athletic. I have the UEFA B license and the FA's Advanced Youth Award. In addition, I became a lecturer in 2009 and have 15 year's experience in teaching sports coaching and sport science. I have always had an interest in integrating sport psychology principles onto the pitch in football, which led me on to doing a professional doctorate into psychosocial factors in academy football which is now near completion.

Megan is a first year on the Professional Doctorate Course at LJMU. She completed her undergraduate Psychology degree at the University of Sheffield, and her masters degree in Sports and Exercise Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. She is an actively competing equestrian athlete, and has competed at various regional and national championships. Most recently, she has been selected for the Sport England funded British Dressage Youth National Academy.