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From Pitch to Parenthood: Co-creating a Female Health System for Professional Footballers Returning to Play Postpartum
✓ Fully Funded
⏰ Closing Soon
🎓 Nursing and Health
🎓 Public Policy
🎓 Sociology
🎓 Sport & Exercise Science
funded PhD
maternal health
female athlete health
mixed methods
postpartum return to play
sports policy
women’s football
women’s super league
Fully funded PhD at Cardiff Metropolitan University focused on developing the first evidence-informed perinatal health system for professional women’s footballers returning to play postpartum.
Project Description
This PhD project will co-create a female health system for professional footballers returning to play after pregnancy. It is designed to support maternal health, wellbeing, and evidence-informed return-to-play practice in professional women’s football.
The project will use a mixed-methods approach, including:
lived experience research
stakeholder consensus
health surveillance
co-design methods
The research will generate practical recommendations to inform Women’s Super League policy and clinical practice. The collaborative project partner is the Women’s Super League.
Entry Requirements
Qualifications or experience equivalent to a UK honours degree at first or upper second-class level, or a master’s degree
Applicants with non-traditional academic backgrounds are welcome
Applicants with non-traditional academic backgrounds are welcome
How to Apply
Submit your application by 23/04/26 with all required documents through the Cardiff Metropolitan University research degree scholarships route. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Required documents:
WGSSS Studentship Application Form 2026 Collaborative
Academic CV, maximum two pages
2 academic or professional references
Degree certificates and transcripts
English language proof if required
Application contact:
ESSHResearchdegrees@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed and asked to give a short presentation and answer panel questions.
Required documents:
WGSSS Studentship Application Form 2026 Collaborative
Academic CV, maximum two pages
2 academic or professional references
Degree certificates and transcripts
English language proof if required
Application contact:
ESSHResearchdegrees@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed and asked to give a short presentation and answer panel questions.
Eligibility
UK/Home
EU
International
Supervisor Profile
MH
Mr H Jones
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
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