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Natalie Barker-Ruchti

Position: Affiliated Researcher School/office: School of Health Sciences

Email: bmF0YWxpZS5iYXJrZXItcnVjaHRpO29ydS5zZQ==

Phone: +46 19 301042

Room: G2142

Research subject

Sport Science

Research environments

CVS - The Centre for Violence Studies

About Natalie Barker-Ruchti

Natalie Barker-Ruchti is Affiliated Researcher in sport science. She holds a Bachelor of Physical Education from the University of Otago and a MA in Recreation and Leisure Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, both New Zealand. Natalie gained her PhD in Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland, Australia in 2007.

After contributing to the project "Ethics in Sport" during 2023 and 2024, Natalie permanently moved to Swiss Olympic, Switzerland's national sports confederation and Olympic Committee. In her role as subject specialist "ethics", she continues to develop, implement into, and evaluate ethics measures into the Swiss sports system.

Research

Natalie Barker-Ruchti continues to research how sport participation at the junior and senior levels of elite sport affects athletes’ learning, identities, and lives, also upon retiring from sport. She has extensively researched the history and current situation of women’s artistic gymnastics and continues to examine how the health and wellbeing of gymnasts can be ensured.

Networks and collaborations

Member of the advisory board SafeSport Sweden.
Director of Research Gymnasts for Change.

Active projects

Completed projects

Gender Based Violence in Sports (2015-2017)

Research groups

ReShape - Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education

Publications

Articles in journals

Barker-Ruchti, N. (2025). Potential outcomes of interpersonal violence for women's artistic gymnasts: a qualitative analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. [BibTeX]
Varea, V. , Primus, R. S. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Quennerstedt, M. (2025). The anatomy of body shaming in sports coaching. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 28 (5), 722-739. [BibTeX]
Annerstedt, C. , Annerstedt, M. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Grahn, K. (2025). The Second Women´s Olympic Games, Gothenburg, 1926. International Journal of the History of Sport. [BibTeX]
Matthews, C. R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Coates, E. , Lang, M. & Hardwicke, J. (2024). Children's rights, human development and play - rejecting performance-orientated youth sport. Sport, Education and Society. [BibTeX]
Purdy, L. G. , Kohe, G. Z. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2024). Possibilities for an internationalised, inclusive pedagogy for transnational sport education: the case of a safe sport education programme in Lithuania. Sport, Education and Society. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Varea, V. (2024). Surviving child sexual abuse in women's artistic gymnastics: ‘It's beautiful, because had I stayed in the past, I wouldn’t have evolved as a person’. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59 (5), 660-678. [BibTeX]
Stewart, C. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2024). Unraveling Gender and Non-Accidental Violence in Women’s Gymnastics Research: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis. Quest (National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education), 76 (2), 169-189. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Halltén, M. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Post, A. (2023). Balancing risk-taking and self-care: The ecology of athlete health behaviour during the Olympic qualification phase. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58 (8), 1326-1348. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Purdy, L. (2023). Education for Sustainable Development: Teaching deliberation and ethical decision-making in university coach education. Sports Coaching Review, 12 (2), 125-144. [BibTeX]
Hausken-Sutter, S. E. , Boije Af Gennäs, K. , Schubring, A. , Grau, S. , Jungmalm, J. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2023). Interdisciplinary sport injury research and the integration of qualitative and quantitative data. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 23 (1). [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Cervin, G. (2023). The Introduction. International Journal of the History of Sport, 40 (6-7), 553-555. [BibTeX]
Linghede, E. , Purdy, L. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2022). Glitching trans* athletes: possibilities for research and practice in sports coaching. Sports Coaching Review, 11 (1), 64-86. [BibTeX]
Marques, R. F. R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , Marchi Júnior, W. , Menezes, R. P. & Nunomura, M. (2022). Moving Away: Intra-National Migration Experiences of Brazilian Men Elite Futsal Players During Youth. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57 (6), 940-959. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Purdy, L. (2022). New possibilities: extending research and practice in sports coaching. Sports Coaching Review, 11 (1), 1-4. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Svensson, R. , Svensson, D. & Fransson, D. (2021). Don’t buy a pig in a poke: Considering challenges of and problems with performance analysis technologies in Swedish men’s elite football. Performance Enhancement & Health, 9 (1). [BibTeX]
Marques, R. F. R. , Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Nunomura, M. & Menezes, R. P. (2021). From soccer to futsal: Brazilian elite level men players’ career pathways. Soccer & Society, 22 (5), 486-501. [BibTeX]
Hausken-Sutter, S. E. , Schubring, A. , Grau, S. , Boije af Gennäs, K. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2021). Methodological implications of adapting and applying a web‑based questionnaire on health problems to adolescent football players. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 21 (252). [BibTeX]
Evans, A. B. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Blackwell, J. , Clay, G. , Dowling, F. , Frydendal, S. , Gliemann Hybholt, M. , Hausken-Sutter, S. E. & et al. (2021). Qualitative research in sports studies: challenges, possibilities and the current state of play. European Journal for Sport and Society, 18 (1), 1-17. [BibTeX]
Dohlsten, J. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Lindgren, E. (2021). Sustainable elite sport: Swedish athletes' voices of sustainability in athletics. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13 (5), 727-742. [BibTeX]
Dohlsten, J. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Lindgren, E. (2020). Caring as sustainable coaching in elite athletics: Benefits and challenges. Sport Coaching Review, 9 (1), 48-70. [BibTeX]
Kuhlin, F. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Stewart, C. (2020). Long-term impact of the coach-athlete relationship on development, health, and wellbeing: stories from a figure skater. Sports Coaching Review, 9 (2), 208-230. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2020). The future of women’s artistic gymnastics: Eight actions to protect gymnasts from abuse. Science of Gymnastics Journal, 12 (3), 441-445. [BibTeX]
Svensson, D. , Svensson, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Fransson, D. (2020). Tränaren och tekniken: Om teknologins växande roll i svensk elitfotboll. Idrottsforskaren. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , Anna, P. & Pettersson, S. (2019). An elite athlete’s storying of injuries and non-qualification for an Olympic Games: A socio-narratological case study. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 11 (5), 687-703. [BibTeX]
Andersson, R. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). Career paths of Swedish top-level women soccer players. Soccer & Society, 20 (6), 857-871. [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , Cervin, G. & Nunomura, M. (2019). Coming of age: Coaches transforming the pixie-style model of coaching in women's artistic gymnastics. Sports Coaching Review, 8 (1), 7-24. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Post, A. & Pettersson, S. (2019). Researching health behaviour in ‘real time’: Insights from a prospective study on Olympic hopefuls. Methodological Innovations, 12 (1). [BibTeX]
Myrian, N. , Kerr, R. , Cervin, G. , Schubring, A. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). THE CODE OF POINTS AND THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN WOMEN ' S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS. Science of Gymnastics Journal, 11 (1), 5-14. [BibTeX]
Hausken, S. E. S. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. & Grau, S. (2018). Injury-free children and adolescents: Towards better practice in Swedish football (FIT project). Research Ideas and Outcomes, 4, 1-16. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , Aarresola, O. , Kerr, R. , Grahn, K. & McMahon, J. (2018). Producing success: A critical analysis of athlete development governance in six countries. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 10 (2), 215-234. [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Nunomura, M. , Cervin, G. & Schubring, A. (2018). The role of setting in the field: The positioning of older bodies in the field of elite women’s gymnastics. Sociology, 52 (4), 727-743. [BibTeX]
McMahon, J. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2017). Assimilating to a boy’s body shape for the sake of performance: three female athletes’ body experiences in a sporting culture. Sport, Education and Society, 22 (2), 157-174. [BibTeX]
Lindgren, E. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2017). Balancing performance-based expectations with a holistic perspective on coaching: a qualitative study of Swedish women's national football team coaches' practice experiences. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 12 (1). [BibTeX]
Neves, C. M. , Filgueiras Meireles, J. F. , Berbert de Carvalho, P. H. , Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Caputo Ferreira, M. E. (2017). Body dissatisfaction in women’s artistic gymnastics: A longitudinal study of psychosocial indicators. Journal of Sports Sciences, 35 (17), 1745-1751. [BibTeX]
Cervin, G. , Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. & Nunomura, M. (2017). Growing up and speaking out: female gymnasts’ rights in an ageing sport. Annals of Leisure Research, 20 (3), 317-330. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Kerr, R. , Schubring, A. , Cervin, G. & Nunomura, M. (2017). “Gymnasts Are Like Wine, They Get Better With Age”: Becoming and Developing Adult Women’s Artistic Gymnasts. Quest (National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education), 69 (3), 348-365. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2016). Hanging up the shirt: an autoethnographic account of disengaging from a social rugby culture. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 19 (5), 711-725. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Barker, D. , Rynne, S. B. & Lee, J. (2016). Learning cultures and cultural learning in high-performance sport: opportunities for sport pedagogues. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 21 (1), 1-9. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Schubring, A. (2016). Moving into and out of high-performance sport: the cultural learning of an artistic gymnast. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 21 (1), 69-80. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Grahn, K. & Lindgren, E. (2016). Shifting, crossing and transforming gender boundaries in physical cultures. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 19 (5), 615-625. [BibTeX]
Håman, L. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Patriksson, G. & Lindgren, E. (2016). The framing of orthorexia nervosa in Swedish daily newspapers: A longitudinal qualitative content analysis. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 7, 27-46. [BibTeX]
McMahon, J. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2016). The media’s role in transmitting a cultural ideology and the effect on the general public. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 8 (2), 131-146. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Barker, D. , Sattler, S. , Gerber, M. & Pühse, U. (2015). Second Generation Immigrant Girls’ Negotiations of Cultural Proximity in Switzerland: A Foucauldian Reading. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 16 (4), 1213-1229. [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2015). Women’s artistic gymnastics in Australia and New Zealand: A foucauldian examination of the relationship between sport governance and consumption. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 39 (5), 396-411. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Rynne, S. , Lee, J. & Barker, D. (2014). Athlete learning in Olympic sport. Sports Coaching Review, 3 (2), 162-178. [BibTeX]
Hofmann, A. , Sinning, S. , Shelton, C. , Lindgren, E. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2014). "Football is like chess -you need to think a lot": Women in a men's sphere. National female football coaches and their way to the top. International Journal of Physical Education : A Review Publication, 51 (4), 20-31. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Wals, A. & Tinning, R. (2014). High performance sport and sustainability: a contradiction of terms?. Reflective Practice, 15 (1), 1-11. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Rynne, S. & Lee, J. (2014). 'Just do a little more': examining expertise in high performance sport from a sociocultural learning perspective. Reflective Practice, 15 (1), 92-105. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Rynne, S. & Lee, J. (2014). Moving out of sports: A sociocultural examination of olympic career transitions. International journal of sports science & coaching, 9 (2), 255-270. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Barker, D. & Annerstedt, C. (2014). Techno-rational knowing and phronesis: the professional practice of one middle-distance running coach. Reflective Practice, 15 (1), 53-65. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Lindgren, E. , Hofmann, A. , Sinning, S. & Shelton, C. (2014). Tracing the career paths of top-level women football coaches: turning points to understand and develop sport coaching careers. Sports Coaching Review, 3 (2), 117-131. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Gerber, M. , Gerlach, E. , Sattler, S. & Pühse, U. (2014). Youths with migration backgrounds and their experiences of physical education: An examination of three cases. Sport, Education and Society, 19 (2), 186-203. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Pühse, U. (2013). Constructive readings of interactive episodes: Examining ethics in physical education from a social constructionist perspective. Sport, Education and Society, 18 (4), 511-526. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Grahn, K. & Annerstedt, C. (2013). Moving towards inclusion: An analysis of photographs from the 1926 Women's Games in Gothenburg. International Journal of the History of Sport, 30 (8), 871-891. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Barker, D. , Sattler, S. , Gerber, M. & Pühse, U. (2013). Sport-'It's Just Healthy': Locating Healthism within Discourses of Social Integration. Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 39 (5), 759-772. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Gerber, M. , Gerlach, E. , Sattler, S. , Bergman, M. & Pühse, U. (2013). Swiss youths, migration and integrative sport: A critical-constructive reading of popular discourse. European Journal for Sport and Society, 10 (2), 143-160. [BibTeX]
Weber, J. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2012). Bending, flirting, floating, flying: A critical analysis of female figures in 1970s gymnastics photographs. Sociology of Sport Journal, 29 (1), 22-41. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Rynne, S. B. & Lee, J. (2012). Olympism as education: Analysing the learning experiences of elite athletes. Educational review (Birmingham), 64 (3), 369-384. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Barker, D. , Rynne, S. & Lee, J. (2012). 'One door closes, a next door opens up somewhere': The learning of one Olympic synchronised swimmer. Reflective Practice, 13 (3), 373-385. [BibTeX]
Gerber, M. , Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Gerlach, E. , Sattler, S. , Knöpfli, M. , Müller, C. & Pühse, U. (2011). Sport und soziale Integration: Begriffserklärung und Konzeption der Basler SSINC-Studie. Sportunterricht, 60 (2), 227-231. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Sattler, S. , Gerber, M. & Pühse, U. (2011). Understanding youths with migration backgrounds and their relations to physical education. Sportunterricht, 60 (8), 239-242. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Tinning, R. (2010). Foucault in leotards: Corporeal discipline in women's artistic gymnastics. Sociology of Sport Journal, 27 (3), 229-250. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2009). Ballerinas and pixies: a Genealogy of the Changing Female Gymnastics Body. International Journal of the History of Sport, 26 (1), 45-62. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2008). "They must be working hard": An (auto-)ethnographic account of women's artistic gymnastics. Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, 8 (3), 372-380. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2006). "Stride jump - begin!" Swedish gymnastics in Victorian England. Sporting Traditions, 23 (1), 13-30. [BibTeX]
Ruchti, N. (2002). A study journey: A useful example of action research. Journal of Physical Education New Zealand, 35 (1), 12-24. [BibTeX]

Articles, reviews/surveys

Schubring, A. , Bergentoft, H. , Caspers, A. , Jaczina, K. , Lundvall, S. , Jacobsson, J. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Gojanovic, B. & et al. (2025). A Systematic Scoping Review of the Social Dimensions: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Social Dimensions. Sustainable Development. [BibTeX]
Kuhlin, F. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2025). The abuse narrative in sport: the findings of a framework synthesis literature review. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 17 (5), 382-400. [BibTeX]
Lundqvist, C. , Camps, J. , Vertommen, T. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Kolbeinsson, Ö. (2025). Toxic leadership in high-performance sports and its consequences for mental health and performance: a scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. [BibTeX]
Hausken-Sutter, S. E. , Pringle, R. , Schubring, A. , Grau, S. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2021). Youth sport injury research: a narrative review and the potential of interdisciplinarity. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 7 (1). [BibTeX]
Haman, L. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Patriksson, G. & Lindgren, E. (2015). Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 10 (1). [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Barker-Ruchti, N. & Purdy, L. G. (2025). Education for Sustainable Development: Fostering Sustain‘abilities’ in Sports Coaches. In: Laura Purdy, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Purdy, L. G. (2025). I wanted to make a complaint, but no one told me what I had signed up to do: Navigating the abuse complaint reporting process. In: Mike Hartill and Bettina Rulofs, Child Abuse in Sport: Critical Perspectives (pp. 119-139). . Emerald Group Publishing Limited. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2024). Researching abuse in women's artistic gymnastics: A trauma-informed approach. In: Jenny McMahon; Kerry R. McGannon, Trauma-Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health: Qualitative Methods (pp. 123-139). . Taylor & Francis. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Purdy, L. & Dudeniene, L. (2021). It’s on BOYS!: University Coach Educators and the Production, Maintenance, and Disruption of Gender Structures. In: Leanne Norman, Improving Gender Equity in Sports Coaching. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Booth, E. , Cavallerio, F. , Cervin, G. , Simion, D. , Nunomura, M. & Smits, F. (2020). Diversification of women's artistic gymnastics since the fall of Communism. In: Roslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, Gretchen Kerr, Women's Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Stewart, C. & Schubring, A. (2020). Gender-based violence in women’s artistic gymnastics and implications for prevention and other sports. In: Melanie Lang, The Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare. London: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2020). Navigating sports medical practice in women's artistic gymnastics: A socio-cultural analysis. In: Roslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, Gretchen Kerr, Women's Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Greey, A. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). An auto-ethnographic account of one athlete's journey to reconciling gender diversity through elite boxing: A case of a volleyball athlete who became an elite boxer. In: Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Athlete learning in elite sport: A cultural framework (pp. 153-164). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). Contemporary elite sport landscape. In: Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). Cultural perspective of learning. In: Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). Existing theories of learning. In: Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). Insights and implications for research and practice. In: Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Kerr, R. , Cervin, G. & Nunomoura, M. (2019). Maintaining a dual career horizon in women’s artistic gymnastics: A case of a gymnast. In: Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Athlete learning in elite sport: A cultural framework. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Schubring, A. (2017). People in contexts. In: Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews & Holly Thorpe, Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies (pp. 495-504). . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Sattler, S. , Barker, D. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2017). Zur Basler SSINC-Studie - ein Mixed Method-Projekt: Befunde aus den qualitativen Interviews. In: Markus Gerber, Uwe Pühse, Sport, Migration und soziale Integration: Eine empirische Studie zur Bedeutung des Sports bei Jugendlichen. Zürich: Seismo. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Nielsen, J. , Wahlström, M. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Carlén, U. & Maivorsdotter, N. (2016). Jacob and Martin: Developing digital technology competence in physical education teacher education. In: Ashley Casey, Victoria A. Goodyear & Kathleen M. Armour, Digital Technologies and Learning in Physical Education: Pedagogical Cases (pp. 231-246). . Taylor & Francis Group. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Pühse, U. (2016). Leistungssport. In: Dick M., Marotzki W., Mieg H., Handbuch Professionsentwicklung (pp. 617-628). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Gerber, M. & Pühse, U. (2014). Maria: Italian, female, and pursuing dreams of elite soccer success in Switzerland. In: Kathleen Armour, Pedagogical Cases in Physical Education and Youth Sport (pp. 171-183). . Taylor & Francis. [BibTeX]
Weigelt-Schlesinger, Y. , Tschirren, K. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2014). Migrantinnen im Schweizer Sport - Partizipation trotz sozialer Grenzziehungen. In: Vielfältig alltäglich: Migration und Geschlecht in der Schweiz (pp. 182-204). Zürich: Seismo. [BibTeX]

Collections (editor)

Barker-Ruchti, N. (ed.) & Purdy, L. G. (ed.) (2025). Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education.. Routledge. [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. (ed.) , Barker-Ruchti, N. (ed.) , Stewart, C. (ed.) & Kerr, G. (ed.) (2020). Women's Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives.. Routledge (Women, Sport and Physical Activity ). [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (ed.) (2019). Athlete learning in elite sport: A cultural framework. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (Routledge research in sports coaching ). [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (ed.) , Grahn, K. (ed.) & Lindgren, E. (ed.) (2017). Gender in physical culture: Crossing boundaries - reconstituting cultures. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (Sport in the global society, contemporary perspectives ). [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (ed.) & Barker, D. (ed.) (2015). Sustainability in high performance sport: current practices - future directions. London: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (ed.) (2011). Women's artistic gymnastics: an (auto-)ethnographic journey. Basel: Edition gesowip. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Barker-Ruchti, N. , Primus, R. S. , Svensson, D. & Fransson, D. (2024). Don’t buy a pig in a poke: Considering challenges of and problems with performance analysis technologies in Swedish men’s elite football. In: International research conference in Sport Science, Örebro, April 22-23, 2024 Promoting international and transdisciplanry cooperations beyond the borders of Sport Sceince - A French-Swedish initiative. Paper presented at International research conference in Sport Science, Örebro, April 22-23, 2024. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Varea, V. (2021). Survivor stories: Healing from sexual abuse in women’s artistic gymnastics. In: Book of Abstracts. Paper presented at 2021 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, [DIGITAL], November 15-19, 2021. (pp. 66-67). [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Purdy, L. (2019). Fostering sustain‘abilities’: Scribing sustainability thinking in an undergraduate sports coaching degree. In: Trudie Walters, Roslyn Kerr and Emma J. Stewart, The Diversity of Leisure Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 14th Biennial Conference. Paper presented at Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 2019, Queenstown, New Zealand, December 10-13, 2019. [BibTeX]
Pinheiro, C. , Stewart, C. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. & Smits, F. (2019). Springboard: An interactive education tool to prevent gender-based violence against girls in gymnastics. Paper presented at International Congress - CIDESD 2019, Maia, Portugal, February 1-2, 2019. (pp. 218-218). UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. [BibTeX]
Svensson, D. , Svensson, R. , Fransson, D. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). Techno-challenge: Implications of technology on sports coaching in Sweden. In: Svensk förening för beteende- och samhällsvetenskaplig idrottsforsknings (SVEBI) årliga konferens 2019 (Idrotts)tendenser i tiden. Paper presented at Svensk förening för beteende- och samhällsvetenskaplig idrottsforsknings (SVEBI) årliga konferens, Stockholm, 21-22 november, 2019. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Booth, E. , Cervin, G. , Dumitriu, D. , Nunomura, M. & Smits, F. (2019). The glocalised process of sport development: Diversification of women’s artistic gymnastics. In: Trudie Walters, Roslyn Kerr and Emma J. Stewart, The Diversity of Leisure Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) 14th Biennial Conference. Paper presented at Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies(ANZALS) 2019, Queenstown, New Zealand, December 10-13, 2019. [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. , Moreham, R. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2019). The practice of talent identification and athlete development. Paper presented at World Congress of Sociology of Sport (ISSA), Dunedin, New Zealand, April 24-27, 2019. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Post, A. & Pettersson, S. (2018). Challenges and possibilities of prospective research in elite sport: Insights from the 'Paths to Rio study'. Paper presented at 2018 World Congress of Sociology of Sport (ISSA 2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5-8, 2018. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. (2018). Integrating training and coaching science: Current deficits, perils and opportunities for sport coaching education in Sweden. In: Book of abstracts. Paper presented at Svensk Beteendevetenskaplig Idrottsforsknings konferens (SVEBI conference 2018), Falun, November 21-22, 2018. (pp. 19-22). SVEBI. [BibTeX]
Stewart, C. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Schubring, A. (2018). Let’s talk about gender-based violence in women’s gymnastics. Paper presented at ISSA Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5-8, 2018. [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Storek, D. (2018). Mapping the socio-cultural dimensions of women’s artistic gymnastics: A research tree approach. In: ISSA 2018 Book of Abstracts. Paper presented at World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5-8, 2018. (pp. 26-26). ISSA. [BibTeX]
Nunomura, M. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Kerr, R. , Cervin, G. & Schubring, A. (2018). Older gymnasts in women’s artistic gymnastics: Moving beyond a bodily focus. Paper presented at 2018 World Congress of Sociology of Sport (ISSA 2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5-8, 2018. [BibTeX]
Boije af Gennäs, K. , S. Hausken, S. E. , Schubring, A. , Grau, S. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2018). Researching overuse injuries among adolescent soccer players using an interdisciplinary approach. In: Book of abstracts. Paper presented at Svensk Beteendevetenskaplig Idrottsforsknings konferens (SVEBI conference 2018), Falun, November 21-22, 2018. (pp. 39-43). SVEBI. [BibTeX]
Rodrigues Marques, R. F. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , dos Anjos Januário, J. , Pombo Menezes, R. & Nunomura, M. (2018). The familial cultural inheritance of Brazilian men elite futsal players: an influential factor on sport career.. Paper presented at Swedish Behavioural and Social Science Sport Research (SVEBI) annual conference, Falun, Sweden, November 21-22, 2018. [BibTeX]
S. Hausken, S. E. , Schubring, A. , Grau, S. & Barker-Ruchti, N. (2018). Understanding and researching youth football injuries with an interdisciplinary approach: Current literature and project experiences. In: ISSA 2018 Book of Abstracts. Paper presented at World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5-8, 2018. (pp. 118-118). ISSA. [BibTeX]
Marques, R. F. R. , Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Nunomura, M. , Menezes, R. P. & Marchi Junior, W. (2017). The dual career: Experiences of Brazilian men elite futsal players. In: Irena Slepičková, The Values of Sport Between tradition and (post)modernity. Paper presented at 14th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, Prague, June 14-17, 2017. (pp. 67-67). [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , Post, A. & Pettersson, S. (2017). "They think that high qualification limits make us perform better, but they push us too hard": An athlete’s story of non-qualification for the Rio Olympic Games. Paper presented at ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Taoyuan, Taiwan, May 30 - June 2, 2017. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Post, A. & Pettersson, S. (2017). Understanding elite sport risk behaviour from a career perspective: A prospective case study with Olympic hopefuls. Paper presented at Nordic Sport Science Conference, Halmstad, Sweden, November 22–23, 2017. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Aarresola, O. , Grahn, K. , Kerr, R. & McMahon, J. (2016). Centralising, Negotiating or Delegating?: An International Comparison of Athlete Development Governance. Paper presented at ISSA 51st World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Budapest, Hungary, June 8-12, 2016. [BibTeX]
Marques, R. F. R. , Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Nunomura, M. & Menezes, R. P. (2016). Futsal over football: A study on young Brazilian men players´ move into futsal career. Paper presented at V Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioculturales del Deporte – ALESDE, Atlixco, Mexico, October 26-28, 2016. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Post, A. & Pettersson, S. (2016). ‘It has always been my dream’: Elite athletes’ experiences of the pre-competition phase. Paper presented at 13th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference (EASS 2016): Sport in the City – Mobility, Urbanity and Social Change, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 4-7, 2016. [BibTeX]
Lindgren, E. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Hofmann, A. , Sinning, S. & Shelton, C. (2016). Praktisk visdom och omhändertagande - ett tecken på professionalism?: En studie bland svenska kvinnliga landslagsledare i fotboll. Paper presented at Svensk Beteendevetenskaplig Idrottsforsknings konferens (SVEBI), Örebro, November 16-17, 2016. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Kerr, R. , Schubring, A. , Nunomura, M. & Cervin, G. (2016). Towards a Pedagogy of Athlete Development in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. Paper presented at International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA, June 8-11, 2016. [BibTeX]
Dohlsten, J. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Lindgren, E. (2016). Vändpunkter och avgörande händelsers påverkan på elitfriidrottstränares karriärer och tränarskap. Paper presented at Svensk Beteendevetenskaplig Idrottsforsknings konferens (SVEBI),Örebro, November 16-17, 2016. [BibTeX]
Nunomura, M. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. , Kerr, R. , Cervin, G. & Marques, R. F. R. (2015). Coming of Age in Women Artistic Gymnastics: The influence of rules on career development. Paper presented at 12th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 10-13, 2015. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Kerr, R. (2015). Coming of Age: The interaction of factors that prolong high-performance gymnastics careers. Paper presented at ISSA 2015 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Paris, France, June 9-12, 2015. [BibTeX]
Cervin, G. , Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Schubring, A. & Nunomura, M. (2015). Growing up and speaking out: Female gymnasts’ rights in an ageing sport. In: Detailed ANZALS Conference Program 2015. Paper presented at 12th Biennial Australia New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 9-11, 2015. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. & Schubring, A. (2015). Moving into and out of high-performance sport: The cultural learning of an artistic gymnast. In: ISSA 2015 World Congress Book of Abstracts. Paper presented at ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Paris, France, June 9-12, 2015. International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA). [BibTeX]
Håman, L. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Patriksson, G. & Lindgren, E. (2015). Orthorexia is framed as exercise dependence in Swedish daily newspapers. Paper presented at Svensk Beteendevetenskaplig Idrottsforsknings konferens (SVEBI), Växjö, Sverige, 11-12 november, 2015. [BibTeX]
Håman (née Eriksson), L. , Patriksson, G. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Lindgren, E. (2014). Disordered eating outside the sport setting: Contextualizing representations of orthorexia nervosa in Swedish daily newspapers. Paper presented at AIESEP (International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education) World Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, February 10-13, 2014. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Rynne, S. & Lee, J. (2014). Examining expertise in high performance sport from a sociocultural learning perspective. Paper presented at International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) conference, Auckland, New Zealand, February 10-13, 2014. [BibTeX]
Schubring, A. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Kerr, R. & Nunomura, M. (2014). Older Gymnasts and the Culture of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. Paper presented at Gender and Sports Conference: Transnational Body and Movement Cultures from a Gender Perspective, Copenhagen, denmark, November 13-15, 2014. [BibTeX]
Håman (née Eriksson), L. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Patriksson, G. & Lindgren, E. (2014). Research ethics within the study: Fitness professionals’ talk of health and orthorexia nervosa. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise, Loughborough, UK, September 1-3, 2014. [BibTeX]
Barker, D. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Wals, A. E. J. & Tinning, R. (2014). Sustainability and high performance sport: A contradiction in terms?. Paper presented at International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) World Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, February 10-13, 2014. [BibTeX]
Lindgren, E. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Hofmann, A. , Sinning, S. & Shelton, C. (2014). The mapping grid as a tool to develop and deepened interviews. In: Winther, Helle, Closer to the body through poetic kairos narratives? Abstract from International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise, Loughborough, United Kingdom. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise, Loughborough, United Kingdom, September 1-3, 2014. (pp. 39-40). [BibTeX]
Kerr, R. , Barker-Ruchti, N. , Nunomura, M. & Schubring, A. (2014). The production of the adult gymnast: Towards best practice in women’s artistic gymnastics. Paper presented at International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) World Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, February 10-13, 2014. [BibTeX]
Barker-Ruchti, N. , Lindgren, E. , Hofmann, A. , Sinning, S. & Shelton, C. (2013). Top-level women football coaches’ view of critical events in their coaching career. Paper presented at 7th meeting of the transnational working group for the study of gender and sport, Gothenburg, Sweden, December 13-14, 2013. [BibTeX]
Håman (née Eriksson), L. , Patriksson, G. , Barker-Ruchti, N. & Lindgren, E. (2012). “Men do not want to be associated with medical conditions that are perceived women-only issues”: gendered constructions of orthorexia nervosa in Swedish daily newspapers. In: Perspektiv på idrottens prestationssystem – från debut till avslut Abstracts: SVEBI 2012. Paper presented at 2012 års SVEBI-konferens (Svensk förening för beteende- och samhällsvetenskaplig idrottsforskning): Perspektiv på idrottens prestationssystem – från debut till avslut, Umeå, Sverige, 14-15 november, 2012. [BibTeX]

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Barker-Ruchti, N. (2021). Gymnast Alliance Movement Challenges Women’s Gymnastics Culture, But We Must Be Ready to Listen to Survivors. Global Sport Institute, Arizona State University. [BibTeX]