Year | Citation |
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2024 | Pankowiak, A., Casey, M., Eime, R., & Westerbeek, H. (240101). A socio-ecological approach to understanding the experiences of women and girls playing male-dominated sports. Sport in Society, |
2024 | Eime, R., Harvey, J., Charity, M., Pankowiak, A., Westerbeek, H., & Mesagno, C. (240101). The motivations to play organised club-based sport in Australia. Leisure Studies, |
2024 | Sherry, E., Bowell, P., Symons, K., & Pankowiak, A. (240101). Researching women in sport development: an intersectional approach. Sport in Society, 27(5), (820-842). |
2024 | Woessner, M. N., Pankowiak, A., Kavanagh, E., Parent, S., Vertommen, T., Eime, R., Spaaij, R., Harvey, J., & Parker, A. G. (240101). Telling adults about it: children s experience of disclosing interpersonal violence in community sport. Sport in Society, 27(5), (661-680). |
2024 | Constandt, B., Vertommen, T., Cox, L., Kavanagh, E., Kumar, B. P., Pankowiak, A., Parent, S., & Woessner, M. (240101). Quid interpersonal violence in the sport integrity literature? A scoping review. Sport in Society, 27(1), (162-180). |
2023 | Eather, N., Wade, L., Pankowiak, A., & Eime, R. (231201). The impact of sports participation on mental health and social outcomes in adults: a systematic review and the Mental Health through Sport conceptual model. Systematic Reviews, 12(1), |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Child abuse & child protection in sport
- Violence in sport
- Sport participation
- Sport policy
- Social inclusion/exclusion in sport
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Aurelie Pankowiak
Dr Aurélie Pankowiak is a postdoctoral research fellow within the Institute for Health and Sport and is a current recipient of a VicHealth Research Fellowship (May 2023 – May 2026). Aurélie completed her PhD at Victoria University in 2020 (National Paralympic Sport Policies).
As part of her VicHealth fellowship, Aurélie leads a program of research on the prevention and response to interpersonal violence in sport (also known as safeguarding or Safe Sport), with as a specific focus on child abuse in community sport. Her work draws from the disciplines of public health and sport management/ policy. She closely collaborates with expert researchers from the fields of psychology, criminology, socio-cultural studies and legal studies, as well as practitioners (sport and specialist services), recognising that child abuse is a very complex social problem that requires multiple perspectives and expertise.
Aurélie is a co-founder and member of the International Research Network on Violence and Integrity in Sport (IRNOVIS).
As a leading survivor-advocate of persistent child sexual abuse in sport, Aurélie is passionate about activism for safer sporting environment and is regularly invited to join advisory committees for research/ policy/ advocacy projects. E.g. The Army of Survivors (USA), Sport & Rights Alliance (International network in Europe), Sport and Recreation Victoria - Preventing Violence Through Sport (Australia), The In Good Faith Foundation (Australia), The French National Inquiry into Sport Federation Failures (France).
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications
- PhD (Paralympic Sport Policy), Victoria University, Australia, 2020
- M.S (Erasmus Mundus Master, Adapted Physical Activity), K.U. Leuven University, Belgium, 2013
- B.S (Sport & Exercise Sciences), Paris Nanterre University, France, 2011
Key publications
Aurelie has over 84 publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Aurelie's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Commissioned research report (showing 4)
Year | Citation |
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2024 |
Pankowiak, A., Woessner, M., & Parker, A. (241001). Applying Trauma-Informed Principles to Your Sport Organisation. Melbourne, Australia: Victoria University. doi: 10.26196/3pjh-5g29 |
2024 |
Woessner, M., Pankowiak, A., McLachlan, F., & Parker, A. (241001). Recognising and responding to abuse in sport - Office of Sport NSW. Melbourne, Australia: Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University. doi: 10.26196/3d0r-8852 |
2024 |
Woessner, M., Pankowiak, A., Hamer, J., & Parker, A. (240101). Victoria University Safe Sport Community Workshop Summary and Resource Pack. Melbourne, Victoria: Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University. doi: 10.26196/GJRY-5F49 |
2024 |
Woessner, M., Pankowiak, A., Hamer, J., & Parker, A. (240101). Let kids be kids - Safe Sport Community Workshop Summary and Resource Pack. Melbourne, Victoria: Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University. doi: 10.26196/5F1X-BZ79 |
Journal article (showing 6 of 19)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2023
Engaging youth in fun, safe and inclusive sport environments for health
and wellbeing
From: VicHealth Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
For period: 2023-2026
|
$234,472 |
2022
Report on literature review and document analysis
From: Australian Sports Foundation Limited
Other investigators: Aspr Rochelle Joyce, Prof Hans Westerbeek
For period: 2022-2022
|
Not disclosed |
Sport Participation Research Project
From: VicHealth
Other investigators: Aspr Rochelle Joyce, Prof Hans Westerbeek, Ms Melanie Charity
For period: 2022-2025
|
$340,000 |
2021
A research study in sports clubs’ volunteer capacity to drive women and girls’
participation in community sport
From: Australian Football League
Other investigators: Prof Hans Westerbeek, Aspr Rochelle Joyce
For period: 2021-2022
|
Not disclosed |
Sports-clubs volunteer capacity to drive community-sport VU Contact
From: Change our Game Research Grant Program
Other investigators: Aspr Rochelle Joyce, Prof Hans Westerbeek
For period: 2021-2022
|
$24,720 |
2020
Yarra Ranges - Participation in sport
From: Yarra Ranges Shire Council
Other investigators: Aspr Rochelle Joyce
For period: 2020-2021
|
Not disclosed |
Sport participation benchmarking: Activate 2020-2030 proposal
From: City of Ballarat, Cricket Victoria
Other investigators: Prof Hans Westerbeek, Aspr Rochelle Joyce
For period: 2020-2024
|
Not disclosed |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries