Dr Fiona Chambers is a Senior Lecturer in Education (Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy) at University College Cork, Ireland. She was a co-founder of the ECER NW18 Research in Sport Pedagogy in 2011, taking over as Link Convenor in 2012 at ECER Cadiz, until 2018. She is an award-winning, globally renowned academic leader and founder in sport, innovation and education and a two-time TEDx Speaker. She is currently serving as both the elected President of AIESEP (the International Association for Research in Physical Education in Higher Education) and the elected Vice President of CEREPS (The European Council for Research in Physical Education and School Sport).She is a member of the Advisory Council for the UNESCO Global Observatory for Gender Equality in Sport and a UNESCO CIGEPS Observer (Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport). She was the winner of the 2023 Irish Sport Industry Awards inaugural ‘Women in Business in Sport’ award (sponsored by KPMG) and was named as one of the 50 women of influence in Irish Sport in both 2023 and 2024 by Sport for Business