Dr Harish Kumar
Dr Harish Kumar
Lecturer
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Biography
Harish Kumar is a Lecturer in Sport Management and policy in the Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a staff member in the Sport Policy Unit situated in the Department of Economics, Policy and International Business. He has published his research in peer reviewed journals and his research interests are to investigate the impact of sports on health, well-being and social issues informing policy. Harish has experience of working with governmental and non-governmental organisations across the world in various sport and health related research projects.
Interests and expertise
Harish teaches in the Sport Business and Marketing Management programs in the Economics, Policy and International Business department, Business School at the Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests are to investigate the impact of sport participation on population’s health, well-being and society.
Research outputs
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Journal articles
Downward, P., Inoue, Y., Kumar, H., Widdop, P. (2024) 'The locality challenges facing the ‘levelling up’ of sport participation and health inequality in England.' International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, pp. 1-18.
Downward, P., Rasciute, S., Kumar, H. (2022) 'Mental health and satisfaction with partners: a longitudinal analysis in the UK.' BMC Psychology, 10(1)
Downward, P., Rasciute, S., Kumar, H. (2020) 'Health, subjective financial situation and well-being: a longitudinal observational study.' Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18(1)
Downward, P., Rasciute, S., Kumar, H. (2020) 'The effect of health on social capital; a longitudinal observation study of the UK.' BMC Public Health, 20(1)
Kumar, H., Downward, P., Hodgkinson, I., Manoli, A.E. (2019) 'Means as well as ends: some critical insights for UK sport policy on the impact of facility ownership and configuration on sports participation.' International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 11(3) pp. 415-432.
Kumar, H., Manoli, A.E., Hodgkinson, I.R., Downward, P. (2018) 'Sport participation: from policy, through facilities, to users' health, well-being, and social capital.' Sport Management Review, 21(5)