The 4th International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise will take place at Loughborough University from the 1st to 3rd of September.  Following on from the success of the last conference at the University of Roehampton, this conference will be held in conjunction with the international journal, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, and chaired by Dr Brett Smith and co-chaired by Toni Williams.  
 
Qualitative research in sport and exercise is growing. It is also increasingly being celebrated for what it can offer academics, students, practitioners, and policy makers. This conference is dedicated to promoting cutting edge empirical inquiry, advancements in qualitative methods, and debates about methodology, theory, representation,
criteria, ethics, and practice. We welcome qualitative researchers from all the social scientific areas of sport and exercise to share and critically discuss their experiences of conducting qualitative inquiry. The conference will serve the interests of those in all areas of qualitative study related to sport and exercise. This includes sport and exercise psychology, sociology of sport and physical culture, sport history, physical education and pedagogy, sports medicine, and sport management and policy.