A/Prof Michael Gard is an Associate Professor at the UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. He holds a Masters degree in exercise science and a PhD in the sociology and history of dance. He has written several books on a variety of subjects including obesity, science, and public health policy. While his primary field of research is in health and physical education, Michael is also a social scientist who has intentionally contributed to broader sociological scholarship of health and the body.
Book: Routledge handbook of critical obesity studies
Michael Gard, Darren Powell and José Tenorio eds. (2021). Routledge handbook of critical obesity studies. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429344824
Book Chapter: The worlds of critical obesity studies
Powell, Darren, Tenorio, José and Gard, Michael (2021). The worlds of critical obesity studies. Routledge handbook of critical obesity studies. (pp. 2-8) edited by Michael Gard, Darren Powell, and José Tenorio. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429344824-2
Journal Article: Environment, technology and animals: looking backwards and the future of physical education
Gard, Michael (2021). Environment, technology and animals: looking backwards and the future of physical education. Sport Education and Society, 26 (4), 429-438. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2020.1845134
(2018–2020) Education Horizon
The digitisation of school health and physical education
(2015–2020) ARC Discovery Projects
(2013–2018) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Exploring the role of community dance on wellbeing in Australian culture
Doctor Philosophy
Are Contemporary Sports Models Damaging Australia¿s Grassroots Youth?
Doctor Philosophy
(2021) Doctor Philosophy
Routledge handbook of critical obesity studies
Michael Gard, Darren Powell and José Tenorio eds. (2021). Routledge handbook of critical obesity studies. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429344824
Sport and physical activity across the lifespan: critical perspectives
Rylee A. Dionigi and Michael Gard eds. (2017). Sport and physical activity across the lifespan: critical perspectives. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-48562-5
Schools and public health: past, present, future
Gard, Michael and Pluim, Carolyn (2014). Schools and public health: past, present, future. Lanham, MD, USA: Lexington Books.
The end of the obesity epidemic
Gard, Michael (2011). The end of the obesity epidemic. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203881194
The end of the obesity epidemic
Gard, Michael (2010). The end of the obesity epidemic. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203881194
Men who dance: aesthetics, athletics and the art of masculinity
Gard, Michael (2006). Men who dance: aesthetics, athletics and the art of masculinity. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang Publishing.
The obesity epidemic: science, morality, and ideology
Gard, Michael and Wright, Jan (2005). The obesity epidemic: science, morality, and ideology. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.
The worlds of critical obesity studies
Powell, Darren, Tenorio, José and Gard, Michael (2021). The worlds of critical obesity studies. Routledge handbook of critical obesity studies. (pp. 2-8) edited by Michael Gard, Darren Powell, and José Tenorio. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429344824-2
Gard, Michael, Dewberry, Rebekah and Setchell, Jenny (2020). Using Deleuze. Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy. (pp. 182-196) edited by David A. Nicholls, Karen Synne Groven, Elizabeth Anne Kinsella and Rani Lill Anjum. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780367855338-14
From a lucky few to the reluctant many: interrogating the politics of sport for all
Gard, Michael, Dionigi, Rylee A. and Dionigi, Claudio (2018). From a lucky few to the reluctant many: interrogating the politics of sport for all. Sport and physical activity across the lifespan. (pp. 67-89) edited by Rylee Dionigi and Michael Gard. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-48562-5_4
Schools, corporations and promotion of physical activity to fight obesity
Powell, Darren and Gard, Michael (2018). Schools, corporations and promotion of physical activity to fight obesity. Routledge handbook of physical activity policy and practice. (pp. 383-395) edited by Joe Piggin, Louise Mansfield and Mike Weed. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315672779-27
Sport for All Ages? Weighing the Evidence
Dionigi, Rylee A. and Gard, Michael (2018). Sport for All Ages? Weighing the Evidence. Sport and Physical Activity across the Lifespan. (pp. 1-20) London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-48562-5_1
Digital health goes to school: implications of digitising children's bodies
Gard, Michael and Lupton, Deborah (2017). Digital health goes to school: implications of digitising children's bodies. Surveillance futures: social and ethical implications of new technologies for children and young people. (pp. 36-49) edited by Emmeline Taylor and Tonya Rooney. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315611402
Gard, Michael (2017). Fat bodies. Routledge handbook of physical cultural studies. (pp. 228-236) edited by Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews and Holly Thorpe. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315745664-24
Everyday distortions: youth sport and body images
Gard, Michael (2016). Everyday distortions: youth sport and body images. Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport. (pp. 441-450) edited by Andy Smith and Ken Green. Abington, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Gard, Michael (2016). Hearing noises and noticing silence: towards a critical engagement with Canadian body weight statistics. Obesity in Canada: critical perspectives. (pp. 31-55) edited by Jenny Ellison, Deborah McPhail and Wendy Mitchinson. Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Gard, Michael (2016). Navigating morality, politics and reason: towards scientifically literate and intellectually ethical fat pedagogies. The fat pedagogy reader: challenging weight-based oppression through critical education. (pp. 241-250) edited by Eric Cameron and Constance Russell. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang.
Parents as pawns in Fitnessgram's war on obesity
Pluim, Carolyn and Gard, Michael (2016). Parents as pawns in Fitnessgram's war on obesity. Families, young people, physical activity and health. (pp. 71-83) edited by Symeon Dagkas and Lisette Burrows. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Dance, masculinity and physical education: an international perspective
Gard, Michael (2015). Dance, masculinity and physical education: an international perspective. Embodied masculinities in global sport. (pp. 111-128) edited by Jorge Knijnik and Daryl Adair. Morgantown, WV, United States: FiT Publishers.
Schools, the state and public health: some historical and contemporary insights
Gard, Michael and Vander Schee, Carolyn (2014). Schools, the state and public health: some historical and contemporary insights. Health education: critical perspectives. (pp. 61-74) edited by Katie Fitzpatrick and Richard Tinning. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203387993-12
Dance in physical education: exegetical commentary & Dialogue
Gard, Michael (2013). Dance in physical education: exegetical commentary & Dialogue. Contextualized practices in arts education : an international dialogue on Singapore. (pp. 133-138) edited by Chee-Hoo Lum. Singapore: Springer.
Danza, masculinidad y educación física: una perspectiva internacional
Gard, Michael (2013). Danza, masculinidad y educación física: una perspectiva internacional. Género, Masculinidades y Diversidad: Educación Física, Deporte e Identidades Masculinas. (pp. 59-77) edited by Joaquín Piedra de la Cuadra. Barcelona: Ediciones Octaedro.
Dance and social inclusion: possibilities and challenges
Gard, Michael and Risner, Doug (2012). Dance and social inclusion: possibilities and challenges. Inclusion and Exclusion Through Youth Sport. (pp. 246-259) edited by Symeon Dagkas and Kathleen Armour. Abbingdon, Oxon, U.K.: Routledge.
Between alarmists and sceptics: on the cultural politics of obesity scholarship and public policy
Gard, Michael (2011). Between alarmists and sceptics: on the cultural politics of obesity scholarship and public policy. Alcohol, tobacco and obesity : morality, mortality, and the new public health. (pp. 59-72) edited by Kirsten Bell, Darlene McNaughton and Amy Salmon. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203822159
Neo-liberalism, the ‘obesity epidemic’ and the challenge to theory
Gard, Michael (2011). Neo-liberalism, the ‘obesity epidemic’ and the challenge to theory. Ethical Consumption: A Critical Introduction. (pp. 71-84) edited by Tania Lewis and Emily Potter. London: Routldege.
Boys, girls and the prejudices of obesity research
Gard, Michael (2010). Boys, girls and the prejudices of obesity research. Boys’ Bodies: Speaking the Unspoken. (pp. 3-20) edited by Michael Kehler and Michael Atkinson. New York: Peter Lang.
Dicing with death: tensions, contradictions and awkward positions in school health education
Gard, Michael and Leahy, Deana (2009). Dicing with death: tensions, contradictions and awkward positions in school health education. Health and Physical Education: Contemporary Issues for Curriculum in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 183-197) edited by Maree Dinan-Thompson. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Friends, enemies and the cultural politics of critical obesity research
Gard, Michael (2009). Friends, enemies and the cultural politics of critical obesity research. Biopolitics and the Obesity Epidemic: Governing Bodies. (pp. 31-44) edited by J. Wright and V. Harwood. New York United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203882061
Understanding obesity by understanding desire
Gard, Michael (2009). Understanding obesity by understanding desire. Critical Feminist Approaches to Eating Dis/Orders. (pp. 35-45) edited by Helen Malson and Maree Burns. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203876442
Gard, Michael (2008). ‘Couch potatoes’ and ‘wind-up dolls’? A critical assessment of the ethics of youth physical activity research. Youth physical activity and sedentary behavior: challenges and solutions. (pp. 115-138) edited by Alan L. Smith and Stuart J. H. Biddle. Champaign, IL, United States: Human Kinetics.
HPE and the ‘obesity epidemic’
Gard, Michael (2006). HPE and the ‘obesity epidemic’. Teaching health and physical education in Australian schools. (pp. 78-87) edited by Richard Tinning, Louise McCuaig and Lisa Hunter. French's Forest, NSW Australia: Prentice Hall.
More art than science? Boys, masculinities and physical education
Gard, Michael (2006). More art than science? Boys, masculinities and physical education. The handbook of physical education. (pp. 775-786) edited by David Kirk, Doune Macdonald and Mary O'Sullivan. Thousand Oaks, CA United States: Sage.
More art than science? Boys, masculinities and physical education research
Gard, Michael (2006). More art than science? Boys, masculinities and physical education research. Handbook of Physical Education. (pp. 784-795) 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Inc.. doi: 10.4135/9781848608009.n44
An elephant in the room and a bridge too far, or physical education and the ‘obesity epidemic’
Gard, Michael (2004). An elephant in the room and a bridge too far, or physical education and the ‘obesity epidemic’. Body knowledge and control : studies in the sociology of physical education and health. (pp. 68-82) London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Desperately seeking certainty: statistics, physical activity and critical inquiry
Gard, Michael (2004). Desperately seeking certainty: statistics, physical activity and critical inquiry. Critical Inquiry and Problem Solving in Physical Education. (pp. 171-182) edited by Jan Wright, Lisette Burrows and Doune Macdonald. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Everybody’s business: the privatisation of women’s imprisonment
Pickering, Sharon and Gard, Michael (2004). Everybody’s business: the privatisation of women’s imprisonment. Global issues, women, and justice. (pp. 259-280) edited by Sharon Pickering and Caroline Lambert. Sydney, NSW Australia: Sydney Institute of Criminology.
Movement, art and culture: problem solving and critical thinking in dance
Gard, Michael (2004). Movement, art and culture: problem solving and critical thinking in dance. Critical Inquiry and Problem Solving in Physical Education. (pp. 93-104) edited by Jan Wright, Lisette Burrows and Doune Macdonald. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
What do we do in physical education?
Gard, Michael (2002). What do we do in physical education?. Getting ready for Benjamin : preparing teachers for sexual diversity in the classroom. (pp. 43-58) edited by Rita Kissen. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Gard, Michael (2001). ‘I like smashing people, and I like getting smashed myself’: addressing issues of masculinity in physical education and sport. What About the Boys?: Issues of Masculinity in Schools. (pp. 222-235) edited by Wayne Martino and Robert Meyenn. Buckingham, United Kingdom: Open University Press.
Environment, technology and animals: looking backwards and the future of physical education
Gard, Michael (2021). Environment, technology and animals: looking backwards and the future of physical education. Sport Education and Society, 26 (4), 429-438. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2020.1845134
Environmental attunement in health, sport and physical education
Welch, Rosie, Taylor, Nicole and Gard, Michael (2021). Environmental attunement in health, sport and physical education. Sport Education and Society, 26 (4), 339-348. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1890009
Welch, Rosie, Taylor, Nicole and Gard, Michael (2021). Environmental attunement in the health and physical education canon: emplaced connection to embodiment, community and 'nature'. Sport Education and Society, 26 (4), 349-362. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1890572
Horton, Sean, Dionigi, Rylee A., Gard, Michael, Baker, Joseph, Weir, Patti and Deneau, Jordan (2019). “You Can Sit in the Middle or Be One of the Outliers”: older male athletes and the complexities of social comparison. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 2617, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02617
Horton, Sean, Dionigi, Rylee A., Gard, Michael, Baker, Joseph and Weir, Patricia (2018). “Don’t sit back with the geraniums, get out”: The complexity of older women’s stories of sport participation. Journal of Amateur Sport, 4 (1), 24-51. doi: 10.17161/jas.v4i1.6627
Figuring out the prevalence of fitness testing in physical education: a figurational analysis
Alfrey, Laura and Gard, Michael (2017). Figuring out the prevalence of fitness testing in physical education: a figurational analysis. European Physical Education Review, 25 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1177/1356336X17715361
Gard, Michael and Pluim, Carolyn (2017). Why is there so little critical physical education scholarship in the United States? The case of Fitnessgram. Sport Education and Society, 22 (5), 602-617. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1213716
Setchell, J., Gard, M., Jones, L. and Watson, B. M. (2017). Addressing weight stigma in physiotherapy: development of a theory-driven approach to (re) thinking weight-related interactions. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 33 (8), 597-610. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2017.1328718
The normalization of sport for older people?
Gard, Michael, Dionigi, Rylee A., Horton, Sean, Baker, Joseph, Weir, Patricia and Dionigi, Claudio (2017). The normalization of sport for older people?. Annals of Leisure Research, 20 (3), 253-272. doi: 10.1080/11745398.2016.1250646
Computer says no: an analysis of three digital food education resources
Gard, Michael and Enright, Eimear (2016). Computer says no: an analysis of three digital food education resources. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 7 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2016.1222238
Pluim, Carolyn and Gard, Michael (2016). Physical education’s grand convergence: Fitnessgram, big-data and the digital commerce of children’s bodies. Critical Studies in Education, 59 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1194303
Physical therapists' ways of talking about overweight and obesity: clinical implications
Setchell, Jenny, Watson, Bernadette M., Gard, Michael and Jones, Liz (2016). Physical therapists' ways of talking about overweight and obesity: clinical implications. Physical Therapy, 96 (6), 865-875. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20150286
Media, digital technology and learning in sport: a critical response to Hodkinson, Biesta and James
Enright, Eimear and Gard, Michael (2016). Media, digital technology and learning in sport: a critical response to Hodkinson, Biesta and James. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 21 (1), 40-54. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2015.1043258
The world turned upside down: sport, policy and ageing
Gard, Michael and Dionigi, Rylee A. (2016). The world turned upside down: sport, policy and ageing. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 8 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2016.1186719
The governmentality of childhood obesity: Coca-Cola, public health and primary schools
Powell, Darren and Gard, Michael (2015). The governmentality of childhood obesity: Coca-Cola, public health and primary schools. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, 36 (6), 854-867. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2014.905045
Weight stigma in physiotherapy practice: patient perceptions ofinteractions with physiotherapists
Setchell, Jenny, Watson, Bernadette, Jones, Liz and Gard, Michael (2015). Weight stigma in physiotherapy practice: patient perceptions ofinteractions with physiotherapists. Manual Therapy, 20 (6), 835-841. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2015.04.001
Gard, Michael (2015). ‘They know they’re getting the best knowledge possible’: locating the academic in changing knowledge economies. Sport, Education and Society, 20 (1), 107-121. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2014.957177
Physiotherapists demonstrate weight stigma: a cross-sectional survey of Australian physiotherapists
Setchell, Jenny, Watson, Bernadette, Jones, Liz, Gard, Michael and Briffa, Kathy (2014). Physiotherapists demonstrate weight stigma: a cross-sectional survey of Australian physiotherapists. Journal of Physiotherapy, 60 (3), 157-162. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2014.06.020
Alfrey, Laura and Gard, Michael (2014). A crack where the light gets in: a study of Health and Physical Education teachers’ perspectives on fitness testing as a context for learning about health. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 5 (1), 3-18. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2014.867790
Vander Schee, Carolyn and Gard, Michael (2014). Healthy, happy and ready to teach, or why kids can't learn from fat teachers: the discursive politics of school reform and teacher health. Critical Public Health, 24 (2), 210-225. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2013.828152
Enright, Eimear, Hill, Joanne, Sandford, Rachel and Gard, Michael (2014). Looking beyond what’s broken: towards an appreciative research agenda for physical education and sport pedagogy. Sport, Education and Society, 19 (7), 912-926. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2013.854764
On the myth of the crisis of representation: a response to Gilbourne, Jones and Jordan
Gard, Michael (2014). On the myth of the crisis of representation: a response to Gilbourne, Jones and Jordan. Sport, Education and Society, 19 (1), 93-98. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2011.633772
Playing and (not?) understanding the game: ECRs and university support
Orlando, Joanne and Gard, Michael (2014). Playing and (not?) understanding the game: ECRs and university support. International Journal for Researcher Development, 5 (1), 2-15. doi: 10.1108/IJRD-10-2013-0016
Research forum introduction: eHPE
Gard, Michael (2014). Research forum introduction: eHPE. Sport, Education and Society, 19 (6), 824-826. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2014.938037
Schools and critical public health: towards dialogue, collaboration and action
Gard, Michael and Wright, Jan (2014). Schools and critical public health: towards dialogue, collaboration and action. Critical Public Health, 24 (2), 109-114. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2014.888872
Gard, Michael (2014). eHPE: a history of the future. Sport Education and Society, 19 (6), 827-845. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2014.938036
Disagreement, not misrecognition: A reply to Monaghan
Gard, Michael (2013). Disagreement, not misrecognition: A reply to Monaghan. Social Theory and Health, 11 (1), 106-115. doi: 10.1057/sth.2012.20
Gard, Michael, Hickey-Moodey, Anna and Enright, Eimear (2013). Youth culture, physical education and the question of relevance: after 20 years, a reply to Tinning and Fitzclarence. Sport Education and Society, 18 (1), 97-114. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2012.690341
Politics, pedagogy and practice in school health policy
Vander Schee, Carolyn and Gard, Michael (2011). Politics, pedagogy and practice in school health policy. Policy Futures in Education, 9 (3), 307-314. doi: 10.2304/pfie.2011.9.3.307
Gard, Michael (2011). A meditation in which consideration is given to the past and future engagement of social science generally and critical physical education and sports scholarship in particular with various scientific debates, including theso-called 'obesity epidemic' and. Sport, Education and Society, 16 (3), 399-412. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2011.565970
The limits to exercise performance and the future of fatigue research
Marino, F. E., Gard, M. and Drinkwater, E. J. (2011). The limits to exercise performance and the future of fatigue research. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 45 (1), 65-67. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067611
Truth, belief and the cultural politics of obesity scholarship and public health policy
Gard, Michael (2011). Truth, belief and the cultural politics of obesity scholarship and public health policy. Critical Public Health, 21 (1), 37-48. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2010.529421
Producing little decision makers and goal setters in the age of the obesity crisis
Gard, Michael (2008). Producing little decision makers and goal setters in the age of the obesity crisis. Quest, 60 (4), 488-502. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2008.10483594
Fatness, fitness, and the moral universe of sport and physical activity
Zanker, Cathy and Gard, Michael (2008). Fatness, fitness, and the moral universe of sport and physical activity. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25 (1), 48-65. doi: 10.1123/ssj.25.1.48
Postmodern values and leisure in young Spanish university students: An exploratory study
Aguila, Cornelio, Sicilia-Camacho, Alvaro, Rojas Tejada, Antonio J., Delgado-Noguera, Miguel A. and Gard, Michael (2008). Postmodern values and leisure in young Spanish university students: An exploratory study. Leisure Sciences, 30 (4), 275-292. doi: 10.1080/01490400802165032
Tackling Murderball: masculinity, disability and the big screen
Gard, Michael and Fitzgerald, Hayley (2008). Tackling Murderball: masculinity, disability and the big screen. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2 (2), 126-141. doi: 10.1080/17511320802222008
When a boy's gotta dance: New masculinities, old pleasures
Gard, Michael (2008). When a boy's gotta dance: New masculinities, old pleasures. Sport, Education and Society, 13 (2), 181-193. doi: 10.1080/13573320801957087
Is the war on obesity also a war on children?
Gard, Michael (2007). Is the war on obesity also a war on children?. Childrenz Issues, 11 (2), 20-24.
Obesity discourse and the crisis of faith in disciplinary technology
Gard, Michael and Kirk, David (2007). Obesity discourse and the crisis of faith in disciplinary technology. Utbildning och Demokrati, 16 (2), 17-36.
Neither flower child nor artiste be: aesthetics, ability and physical education
Gard, Michael (2006). Neither flower child nor artiste be: aesthetics, ability and physical education. Sport, Education and Society, 11 (3), 231-241. doi: 10.1080/13573320600813382
What does ‘relevant’ physical education mean?
Gard, Michael (2005). What does ‘relevant’ physical education mean?. Journal of Physical Education New Zealand, 38 (1), 30-40.
A reply to Hancox: the problem with medical and scientific thinking about obesity
Gard, Michael (2005). A reply to Hancox: the problem with medical and scientific thinking about obesity. Childrenz Issues, 9 (1), 37-39.
Gard, Michael (2004). Mashing the ‘couch potato’. Childrenz Issues, 8 (1), 17-21.
Being someone else: using dance in anti-oppressive teaching
Gard, Michael (2003). Being someone else: using dance in anti-oppressive teaching. Educational Review, 55 (2), 211-223. doi: 10.1080/0013191032000072236
Moving and belonging: dance, sport and sexuality
Gard, Michael (2003). Moving and belonging: dance, sport and sexuality. Sex Education, 3 (2), 105-118. doi: 10.1080/14681810309037
Managing uncertainty: obesity discourses and physical education in a risk society
Gard, Michael and Wright, Jan (2001). Managing uncertainty: obesity discourses and physical education in a risk society. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 20 (6), 535-549. doi: 10.1023/A:1012238617836
Sport, physical education and country towns: diverse enough?
Gard, Michael (2001). Sport, physical education and country towns: diverse enough?. Education in Rural Australia, 11 (2), 19-26.
Dancing around the 'problem' of boys and dance
Gard, Michael (2001). Dancing around the 'problem' of boys and dance. Discourse, 22 (2), 213-225. doi: 10.1080/01596300120072383
Ammonia and lactate responses to isokinetic arm and leg exercise
Micalos, PS, Marino, FE, Tarpenning, K, Kay, D and Gard, M (2001). Ammonia and lactate responses to isokinetic arm and leg exercise. Isokinetics and Exercise Science, 9 (2-3), 143-149.
Getting away with rape: erasure of the psyche in evolutionary psychology
Gard, Michael and Bradley, Benjamin S. (2000). Getting away with rape: erasure of the psyche in evolutionary psychology. Psychology, Evolution and Gender, 2 (3), 313-319. doi: 10.1080/14616660010024616
Boys, bodies, pleasure and pain: interrogating contact sports in schools
Gard, Michael and Meyenn, Robert (2000). Boys, bodies, pleasure and pain: interrogating contact sports in schools. Sport, Education and Society, 5 (1), 19-34. doi: 10.1080/135733200114415
Sport as Social Policy Across the Lifespan
Dionigi, Rylee A., Gard, Michael, Horton, Sean, Baker, Joseph and Weir, Patricia (2016). Sport as Social Policy Across the Lifespan. 2016 World Congress on Active Ageing (WCAA), Melbourne Vic Australia, 28 June - 1 July 2016. Champaign, IL United States: Human Kinetics. doi: 10.1123/japa.24.s1.s48
(2018–2020) Education Horizon
The digitisation of school health and physical education
(2015–2020) ARC Discovery Projects
(2013–2018) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Exploring the role of community dance on wellbeing in Australian culture
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Are Contemporary Sports Models Damaging Australia¿s Grassroots Youth?
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The motor development of preschool children in the digital age
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Weight stigma in health: (re)thinking weight in a physiotherapy context
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: