SPEAR is a cross-departmental and cross-faculty research centre that brings together expertise across and outside Canterbury Christ Church University and facilitates collaborative working. SPEAR conducts theoretically informed critical analyses in sport, physical education, physical activity and leisure. It has funding from a range of public, private and not-for-profit organisations which enables it to retain independence from any one funder.
SPEAR produces outputs that range from empirical, theoretical and conceptual academic analyses, through critical commentaries and reflections on current policy and practice, to commissioned research and consultancy.