Dr Georgia Allen-Baker

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Georgia is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation. She completed her undergraduate degree in Applied Sport Sciences and an MSc in Sport Psychology at Northumbria University in 2007 and 2008 respectively. After graduating, she worked for the NHS for two years in various behaviour change roles before successfully completing her PhD at Brunel Univeristy. Georgia returned to Northumbria as a senior lecturer in 2017.

Georgia's research focuses largely on people's experiences in sport and exercise domains. Her recent publications have focused on children's experiences in sport and exercise, particularly during the early years. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

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Key Publications

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Teacher-Led Yoga/Mindfulness in the Key Stage 1 Classroom. Survey of Educators Across North-East England, Wilkin, K., Thornton, C., Allen-Baker, G. 11 Mar 2025, In: Early Childhood Education Journal
Barriers to using yoga and mindfulness in the Key Stage 1 classroom: perspectives of educators working in faith and non-faith state schools across North East England, Wilkin, K., Thornton, C., Allen, G. 25 Dec 2024, In: Cogent Education
‘Every day we’d have an arranged activity, so she’d have football, swimming, dance, gymnastics’: A sociological analysis of parenting and sports-based enrichment activities for the under-fives., Velija, P., Allen, G. 1 Sep 2024, In: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Eye movement desensitization reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD in conflict-affected areas, Wippich, A., Howatson, G., Allen, G., Farrell, D., Kiernan, M., Scott-Bell, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
‘Hearing Their Voice’: The Experiences of Physical Education with Pupils Diagnosed with Severe Learning Disabilities, Allen, G., Radley, R., Milne, B., Velija, P. 23 Mar 2024, In: Sport, Education and Society
The effects of school-based yoga on the executive functioning skills of children between three and seven years of age. A meta-analysis of existing research, Wilkin, K., Allen-Baker, G., Thornton, C. Oct 2024, In: Mental Health and Physical Activity
What nutrition advice is freely available for gymnasts, coaches and parents on their member national governing body webpages?, Riman, J., Keane, K., Hicks, K., Allen, G., Peart, D. 28 Aug 2024, In: Nutrition and Health
'If lecturers are at home, they can’t tell their kids to shut up’: University student engagement with blended learning during Covid-19: A mixed methods study, Thornton, C., Peart, D., Hicks, K., McCullogh, N., Allen, G. 21 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Further and Higher Education
Parents perceptions of online physical activity and leisure with early years children during Covid-19 and beyond, Allen, G., Velijab, P. 2 Jan 2023, In: Leisure Studies
Parents perceptions of online physical activity and leisure with early years children during Covid-19 and beyond, Allen, G., Velija, P. 1 Dec 2023, Lockdown Leisure, London, Routledge