Ruth Jeanes

Professor, sport, physical activity and social exclusion, Faculty of Education ruth.jeanes@monash.edu

Core expertise

Sport and international development
Social policy and sport
Coaching and community development
Gender, sport and physical education
Research methodologies and young people
Young people with disabilities, family and leisure

Biography

Ruth is a Professor and Head of the School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education within the Faculty of Education at Monash University. She is a sociologist and her research aims to address inequity and discrimination within sport, as well as examining the role of sport in addressing complex social and health issues. She is currently working on two ARC-funded research projects examining the role of informal sport in creating healthy and socially cohesive communities and a further project examining ongoing gender inequities within Australian sport.

articles

Australian flag in football stadium field with soccer ball on grass

FIFA Women’s World Cup: Remarkable progress, but the longer-term challenges remain

The interest is unprecedented, but it will take significant and ongoing investment from those who govern football if the legacy ambitions of the Women’s World Cup are to be translated into meaningful change for women.

Politics and society

Below-knees photo of a female dribbling a soccer ball on a field

The World Cup legacy: How can we create sustainable participation for girls and women’s football?

Despite significant resources and policies directed at gender equity in sport, the spaces, processes, and ingrained gender and cultural relations continue to affect women’s participation in community football.

Politics and society

A group of men in a field with a soccer ball

Sport for all? Why Australia needs to embrace informal participation

The corporate plans addressing the falling number of those playing organised sport are missing a golden opportunity.

Education

Episode 37: A Level Playing Field?

Sport keeps hitting the headlines for what happens off the field. Experts in sport, gender and media Brett Hutchins and Ruth Jeanes explain why we idolise sporting legends, and why we’re often let down.

What Happens Next?

The Australian Opals basketball team lined up on court before a game

Changing who rules: Women, sport and leadership in Australia

To claim an equal future in sport, we have to shift the dial and support women leaders at all levels of the sport ecosystem.

Education

IWD 2021: The realities of being a woman at the academic peak

For this year's International Women’s Day, we celebrate Monash Education's leading women researchers, highlighting the challenges they faced in reaching the top of their fields.

Celebrating women