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The Cluster for Research into Coaching (CRiC) invites tenders from academic institutions or relevant non-academic venues to host the CRiC2026 or CRiC2028 International Coaching Conferences.
The Conference is central to the mission of CRiC and to our members. In 2024 around 100 delegates gathered in person, from five continents, to participate in a range of keynotes, parallel sessions, and paper presentations in Newcastle, UK. An expanded, week-long programme including extensive practical workshops, Beyond Boundaries Keynote Address, and a welcome reception at the magnificent Oslo City Hall is already planned in Norway for CRiC2025.
The Conference offers opportunities to share ideas, network, present current research, discuss policy initiatives, debate practice, and inform the future of the field. It brings together scholars, practitioners, industry leaders and many who span these intersecting and overlapping worlds. The Conference typically attracts 100 - 150 delegates from across the globe.
For more information about hosting a CRiC Conference, please contact the CRiC Conference Officer Edward Hall at edward.hall@northumbria.ac.uk who will be very happy to have an initial, informal chat.
Conference Keynotes
Learn more about the keynote addresses at the CRiC International Coaching Conference and past presenters.
Beyond Boundaries Keynote Address
At CRiC, we look both within and beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries in research and practice to advance our understanding. This keynote address is intended to challenge the conventional or âtaken-for-grantedâ in coaching. It does so by giving a platform to distinguished critical friends who engage with methods, theory and practice with potential enriching relevance for the CRiC community. This is not to ignore or disregard existing work, but to redirect, reconstruct, redefine or conceptually adapt what we already know. As we seek to develop novel horizons for critical sports coaching research and ensure that its contributions âliveâ meaningfully in the wider world, this thought-provoking keynote helps to ensure that differing perspectives shape the future and move us to action.
Alumni:
2025 Professor HĂ„kan Larsson
Bill Taylor Memorial Keynote Address
Dr. William (Bill) Taylor died in 2023 leaving an exemplary legacy as an author, pedagogue and practitioner. As a founding member of CRiC, Bill was a driving force behind the critical coaching agenda. He made significant contributions to our community not only through his writing, programme leadership and his editorial role with Sports Coaching Review, but also by championing those who, like him, sought to interrogate coaching as a dynamic, social and complex enterprise. Bill is remembered as a popular and deeply respected colleague, friend and mentor.
Since 2023, we have honoured Bill Taylor in this Memorial Keynote Address by inviting our most distinguished critical thought leaders in sports coaching research to reflect upon and further âset the toneâ for CRiCâs commitment to interrogative coaching scholarship. Thus the address is not only meant to honour Bill, but to consider what his thoughts would be in relation to current day coaching research and scholarship.
Alumni:
2023 Professor Chris Cushion
2024 Professor Lars Tore Ronglan
2025 Professor Kenneth Aggerholm
Rising Star Keynote Address
The Rising Star Keynote Address recognises an individual whose work is making an important and innovative contribution to coaching research and practice. It offers a platform for voices deserving of greater attention within the coaching community, aiming to raise their profile and inspire current and future generations of coaching researchers and practitioners. Through this address, invited speakers are encouraged to share their journeys and experiences in coaching scholarship, current thinking, and future directions.
Alumni:
2024 Dr. Anna Stodter
2025 Dr. Zoë Avner