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Contact

• workRoom C20 Sir Clive Granger Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 15455
• Stephanie.Coen@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am an interdisciplinary health geographer using qualitative, arts-based, and participatory methods to identify and intervene in health disparities.

A core strand of my research investigates gendered inequities in physical activity and sport using creative qualitative approaches to bridge research and practice. I am Co-Lead (with Dr Joanne Parsons) of the Environments Designed for Gender Equity in Sport & Physical Activity Lab (), where our mission is to reimagine equitable and inclusive sport and physical activity through a gendered environmental approach. Within this, I recently completed a British Academy Innovation Fellowship (2023-2024) with the UK Sports Institute entitled "Levelling the playing field: social innovations for addressing gendered inequities in sports injury." The project translated research insights into an arts-based intervention to support sport system stakeholders in gaining a deeper understanding of women athletes' experiences and identifying gendered environmental challenges that can be addressed 鉃★笍

My other strand of research uses youth-driven participatory methodologies that are nimble and responsive to the health priorities young people identify as mattering to them. I am presently co-leading our 4-year CIHR-funded to co-produce scalable vaping prevention messages with youth. This builds on our by-youth-for-youth Teens Talk Vaping project, where we developed a capacity-building programme to equip our youth collaborators with research skills to contribute as 'co-researchers' across all phases of the project, from data collection, to analysis, to knowledge translation. Check out this created by our co-researchers.

My scholarship is underpinned by my commitments to equity, inclusion, diversity, justice, participatory practices, and mental health advocacy, within and beyond the academy. I previously served as Chair of the EDI Committee in the School of Geography at the 海角黑料 and Co-Chair of the Disability Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers.

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I serve on the editorial boards of Health & Place, Geography Compass, and Canadian Geographies.

My pronouns are she/her/hers.

Teaching Summary

I contribute to the following undergraduate modules:

• GEOG1008 Exploring Human Geography
• GEOG1005 Tutorial
• GEOG1015 Careers Skills in Human Geography
• GEOG2030 Research Tutorial
• GEOG2031 Dissertation Preparation
• GEOG3004 Dissertation
• GEOG3059 Health Geographies

Postgraduate supervision:

I'm open to supervising master's and PhD students across a range of critical health geographies topics using qualitative methodologies (especially participatory approaches and creative/arts-based methods). If you are interested in discussing potential supervision with me, please feel welcome to contact me via email.

Current postgraduate students:

• Rebecca Jackson, PhD candidate (Geography, 海角黑料). "Changing the Game: A Youth-driven Co-design Approach to Exploring Gendered Environments in Girls' Football." Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP Collaborative PhD Studentship in partnership with The Football Association. (Lead Supervisor)
• Paula Rescia Lario, PhD candidate (Universidad de Alcal谩, Spain). "Impact of gender inequalities on access to physical activity resources in urban environments: A mixed methods intersectional study." (Co-supervisor with Luis Cereijo)
• Gr谩inne Fay, PhD candidate (Geography, 海角黑料). "A matter of life and breath: A biosocial geography of Cambodian women garment workers experiences of respiratory ill-health." (Co-Supervisor with Sabina Lawreniuk)
• Gabrielle Guy, PhD candidate (Geography, 海角黑料). "'Dry leaf don't rot same time it falls': Exploring wellbeing in everyday geographies of family food practices in Tobago." (Lead Supervisor)
• Shawna Lewkowitz, PhD candidate (Geography, Western University, Canada). "A Place to Pee: Examining Gendered Experiences of Public Spaces through the Lens of Public Toilets." (Co-Supervisor with Jason Gilliland)

Completed postgraduate students:

• Harriet Cameron, PhD (Computer Science, 2023), Thesis title: Outdata-ed Museums: Creating Ethical and Transparent Data Collection Processes in Museums. Part of the Horizon CDT and supported by the EPSRC [grant number EP/L015463/1] and the Nottingham Contemporary. (Co-Supervisor)

Research Summary

Principal Investigator. (2025). Beyond biology: Charting the impact of a gendered environmental approach on popular narratives about sports injury. 海角黑料 Faculty of Social… read more

Recent Publications

• SARAH A LOVELL and STEPHANIE E COEN, eds., 2023.
• COEN, S. E., NELSON FERGUSON, K., TOBIN, D., BURKE, S., DELA CRUZ, T-J. E., GIRUM, L., GUISANDES BUENO, G. I., HAINES-SAAH, R., IWAS, T., KANDLAKUTI, B., MANJI, A., MEGARAJAH, P., SOTO CANALES, R., SPENCER, T., & GILLILAND, J. A., 2023. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.
• PARSONS, J. L., COEN SE and BEKKER, S., 2021. British Journal of Sports Medicine. (In Press.)
• MEDEIROS, A, BUTTAZZONI, A, COEN SE, CLARK, AF, WILSON, K and GILLILAND, J, 2021. Journal of Transport & Health.

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Select media coverage

1. "Team ACL: The growing women's soccer club that no player wants to join." Interviewed by Ella Brockaway in The Washington Post (18 July 2023)

2. 'Why Are Female Athletes At A Higher Risk Of ACL Injuries?' (1 July 2022). Interview with Ira Flatow on Science Friday (syndicated across 400 National Public Radio Stations in the US).

3. "A Gender Gap at the Gym Is Keeping Women From Working Out" (5 March 2019). Interviewed in article by Garnet Henderson in Glamour magazine:

Select blog posts & podcasts

"What is going on with ACLs in women's football?" Counter Pressed podcast interview with Flo Lloyd-Hughes and friends 12 Jan. 2023. Available at:

Challenging gendered norms in sport and physical activity: implications for injury prevention. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Part of the BJSM's #KnowledgeTranslation blog series:

"Beyond biology: a gendered approach to injury with Joanne Parsons and Stephanie Coen. Ep #478." 4 June 2021. BMJ Talk Medicine podcast:

"How you feel in the gym matters. It's a matter of social justice." Geography Directions (blog of the Royal British Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers publications):

Current Research

1. Principal Investigator. (2025). Beyond biology: Charting the impact of a gendered environmental approach on popular narratives about sports injury. 海角黑料 Faculty of Social Science Impact & Knowledge Exchange Funding. (拢14,932).
2. Principal Investigator. (2025). Socio-environmental determinants of women's sports injuries: Tailoring an e-learning tool for intervention along the athlete development pathway. 海角黑料 Medical Research Council Impact Accelerator Account (MRC IAA). (拢21,904.75)
3. Principal Investigator. (2024). Evidence, Art, Action: Developing a gendered environments of sports injury e-learning tool. 海角黑料 Faculty of Social Science Knowledge Exchange & Impact Acceleration Fund. (拢10,000)
4. Co-Principal Investigator. (2023-2027). E-Prevention and Vaping (EPAV): Mobilizing youth-generated evidence to co-produce a digital e-cigarette intervention. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring Project Grant Competition. (Co-PIs: Struik, Coen, & Martin). (CAD$695,141)
5. Principal Investigator. (2023-2024). Levelling the playing field: social innovations for addressing gendered inequities in sports injury. British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme - Route A: Researcher Led. (拢149,914.25)
6. Principal Investigator. (2022-2023). Applying a gendered environmental approach in women's sport: A knowledge exchange workshop. 海角黑料 ESRC Impact Acceleration Account ES/T501992/1. (拢4,992.26)
7. Co-Investigator. (2022-2023). Mental health resilience and first aid across schools and departments of geography across UK higher education. (PI: N. Clare). Royal Geographical Society. (拢1,980)
8. Co-Investigator. (2021-2023). Gendered environments in sport settings: a scoping review. (PI: J. Parsons). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. (CAD$6,875)
9. Co-Principal Investigator. (2021-2023). QuaranTEENing: Understanding the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Wellbeing and Health-Related, Social, and Environmental Behaviours of Teens. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. (CAD$150,000)
10. Co-Principal Investigator. (2020-2021). Teens talk vaping: A qualitative integrated knowledge translation study to co-produce vaping research and educational tools with teens. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). (CAD$100,000)
11. Co-Investigator. (2020-2025). Examining the influence of a school travel planning intervention on children's travel behaviour, physical activity, and exposure to pollution around their schools. (PI: J. Gilliland). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). (CAD$1,005,975)

• SARAH A LOVELL and STEPHANIE E COEN, eds., 2023.
• COEN, S. E., NELSON FERGUSON, K., TOBIN, D., BURKE, S., DELA CRUZ, T-J. E., GIRUM, L., GUISANDES BUENO, G. I., HAINES-SAAH, R., IWAS, T., KANDLAKUTI, B., MANJI, A., MEGARAJAH, P., SOTO CANALES, R., SPENCER, T., & GILLILAND, J. A., 2023. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.
• PARSONS, J. L., COEN SE and BEKKER, S., 2021. British Journal of Sports Medicine. (In Press.)
• MEDEIROS, A, BUTTAZZONI, A, COEN SE, CLARK, AF, WILSON, K and GILLILAND, J, 2021. Journal of Transport & Health.
• COEN, STEPHANIE E., 2021. AREA.
• NELSON FERGUSON, K, COEN SE, TOBIN, D, MARTIN, G, SEABROOK, J and GILLILAND, JA, 2021. CMAJ Open.
• COEN SE, DAVIDSON J and ROSENBERG MW, 2020. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. (In Press.)
• ARUNKUMAR K, BOWMAN DD, COEN SE, EL-BAGDADY MA, ERGLER CR, GILLILAND JA, MAHMOOD A and PAUL S, 2019. Children (Basel, Switzerland). 6(1),
• DEMETRIOU Y, VONDUNG C, BUCKSCH J, SCHLUND A, SCHULZE C, KNAPP G, COEN SE, PUIL L, PHILLIPS SP and REIMERS AK, 2019. Systematic reviews. 8(1), 65
• COEN SE, DAVIDSON J and ROSENBERG MW, 2019. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. (In Press.)
• BUTTAZZONI AN, COEN SE and GILLILAND JA, 2018. Social Science & Medicine. 212, 181-190
• COEN SE, 2018. Health & place. 53, 264-267
• COEN SE, ROSENBERG MW and DAVIDSON J, 2018. Social Science & Medicine. 196, 29-36
• COEN SE, TILLMANN S, ERGLER C, MCGUIRE C and GILLILAND J, 2018. GeoHumanities. 4(2), 557-575
• WILSON K, COEN SE, PIASKOSKI A and GILLILAND J, 2018. The Canadian Geographer.
• COEN SE, TILLMANN S, MITCHELL CA and GILLILAND JA, 2018. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.
• TILLMANN S, BUTTON B, COEN SE and GILLILAND JA, 2018. Children's Geographies.
• WELCH, V, DOULL, M, YOGANATHAN, M, JULL, J, BOSCOE, M, COEN, S E, MARSHALL, Z, PARDO, J PARDO, PEDERSON, A, PETKOVIC, J, PUIL, L, QUINLAN, L, SHEA, B, RADER, T, RUNNELS, V and TUDIVER, S, 2017. Research Integrity and Peer Review. 2, 15
• COEN SE, SUBEDI RP and ROSENBERG MW, 2016. The Canadian Geographer. 60(1), 69-81
• COEN SE, 2016. What can participant-generated drawing add to health geography鈥檚 qualitative palette?. In: FENTON N and BAXTER J, eds., Practicing Qualitative Methods in Health Geographies Routledge. 131-152
• DOULL M, WELCH V, PUIL L, RUNNELS V, COEN SE, SHEA B, O'NEILL J, BORKHOFF C, TUDIVER S and BOSCOE M, 2014. PloS one. 9(11), e110786
• COEN SE, OLIFFE JL, JOHNSON JL and KELLY MT, 2013. Health & place. 21, 94-101
• MCLEAN RK, GRAHAM ID, BOSOMPRA K, CHOUDHRY Y, COEN SE, MACLEOD M, MANUEL C, MCCARTHY R, MOTA A, PECKHAM D, TETROE JM and TUCKER J, 2012. Implementation science : IS. 7, 57
• COEN SE and BANISTER E, 2012. . In: COEN SE and BANISTER E, eds., What a Difference Sex and Gender Make: A Gender, Sex and Health Research Casebook Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. ix-xiii
• COEN SE and BANISTER E, eds., 2012. Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
• COEN SE, BOTTORFF JL, JOHNSON JL and RATNER PA, 2010. Health research policy and systems. 8, 29
• TURNER S and COEN SE, 2008. Area. 40(2), 184-193
• COEN SE, ROSS NA and TURNER S, 2008. Cities. 25(6), 327-339
• COEN SE and ROSS NA, 2006. Health & place. 12(4), 361-71