Ian Boardley
PROFESSOR
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sport; Doping; IPEDs; Cognitive Enhancement; Dance; Fitness; Moral
Ian Boardley is a Professor in Sport & Exercise Psychology. After obtaining a 1st Class B.Sc. (Hons) in Sport Science at the University of Leeds, Ian Boardley completed a Ph.D. in Sport Psychology at the University of Birmingham. On completing his Ph.D. in 2008, he started work as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Birmingham. Now a Professor in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Birmingham, his research spans a number of areas relevant to moral issues in sport and exercise psychology, but his predominant focus now is on the psychosocial processes that underpin the use of cognitive enhancing drugs (CEDs) and image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) in sport, exercise, dance and academic study. This work has been supported by funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (2010, 2013, 2015), the International Olympic Committee (2015) and the European Union (2017, 2019). Ian is internationally recognized for his work introducing the construct of moral disengagement to the field of sport and exercise morality research, and this is a construct he continues to investigate with respect to CED and IPED use. He applies both quantitative and qualitative methodologies in his research.