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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
13450
World Ranking
2270
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Mary O'Sullivan is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and health professions, with a strong focus on physical education and pedagogy. Their work integrates themes such as inclusion and disability in education and sport, collaborative teaching and inclusion, youth development and social support, motivation and self-concept in sports, teacher education and leadership studies, and the impacts of sport and mega-events.

The scientist has contributed significantly to various publication venues, including:

  • European Physical Education Review
  • Irish Educational Studies
  • Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
  • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
  • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Some of Mary O'Sullivan's recent papers include:

  • Global Challenges and Opportunities for Physical Education Teacher Educators, 2020, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
  • Pre-service teachers articulating their learning about meaningful physical education, 2020, European Physical Education Review
  • 'Getting better bit by bit': Exploring learners' enactments of student voice in physical education, 2021, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
  • "You're Not Going to Get It Right Every Time": Teachers' Perspectives on Giving Voice to Students in Physical Education, 2020, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
  • Mapping the landscape of physical education external provision in Irish primary schools, 2020, Irish Educational Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mary O'Sullivan include:

  • Melissa Parker
  • Donal Howley
  • Jessica Mangione
  • Tim Fletcher
  • Déirdre Ní Chróinín

Their contribution to academic literature also extends to book publications, notably with one book titled Increasing Female Labor Force Participation, published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2023.

Mary O'Sullivan's work addresses a wide scope of relevant topics within physical education, inclusive education, and social support mechanisms in educational settings. Their research contributes to the understanding of pedagogy, student voice, and teacher education, with a particular emphasis on physical education environments and practices.

Best Publications

  • Maximizing shareholder value: a new ideology for corporate governance

    William Lazonick;Mary O’Sullivan

  • Contests for Corporate Control: Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany

    Mary O'Sullivan

  • The innovative enterprise and corporate governance

    M O'Sullivan

  • Sport Education: physical education for the new millennium?

    Tristan Wallhead;Mary O'sullivan

  • Finance and Innovation

    Mary O'Sullivan

  • ‘Can I do it in my pyjamas?’ Negotiating a physical education curriculum with teenage girls

    Eimear Enright;Mary O'Sullivan

  • The handbook of physical education

    David Kirk;Doune MacDonald;Mary O'Sullivan

  • Varieties of capitalism in the twentieth century

    R Dore;W Lazonick;M O'Sullivan

  • High school general physical education teachers' behaviors and beliefs associated with inclusion

    Samuel Hodge;Jonathon Ammah;Kevin Casebolt;Kathryn Lamaster

  • Using Pedagogical Reflective Strategies to Enhance Reflection among Preservice Physical Education Teachers

    Niki Tsangaridou;Mary O'Sullivan

  • Attitudes toward Physical Education: Their Impact on How Physical Education Teachers Make Sense of Their Work.

    Deborah Tannehill;Jan-Erik Romar;Mary O’Sullivan;Kathy England

  • Organization, Finance and International Competition

    William Lazonick;Mary O'sullivan

  • The political economy of comparative corporate governance

    Mary O'Sullivan

  • Failing Gym Is like Failing Lunch or Recess: Two Beginning Teachers’ Struggle for Legitimacy

    Mary O'Sullivan

  • The role of reflection in shaping physical education teachers' educational values and practices.

    Niki Tsangaridou;Mary O’Sullivan

  • ‘Producing different knowledge and producing knowledge differently’: rethinking physical education research and practice through participatory visual methods

    Eimear Enright;Mary O'Sullivan

  • Acting out institutional change: understanding the recent transformation of the French financial system

    Mary O'Sullivan

  • The stock market and innovative capability in the New Economy: the optical networking industry

    Marie Carpenter;William Lazonick;Mary O'Sullivan

  • What undergraduate physical education majors learn during a field experience.

    Mary O'sullivan;Niki Tsangaridou

  • Contests for Corporate Control

    Mary O'Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann MacPhail
Ann MacPhail University of Limerick
Phillip Ward
Phillip Ward The Ohio State University
Dawn Penney
Dawn Penney Edith Cowan University
Boris N. Chichkov
Boris N. Chichkov University of Hannover
Doune Macdonald
Doune Macdonald University of Queensland
David Kirk
David Kirk University of Strathclyde
Ronald Dore
Ronald Dore London School of Economics and Political Science

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