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Hannah Hammond (née Baumer) is a Chartered Psychologist who completed her PhD in the School of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2018. Since her PhD, Hannah has led on several research projects focused on sport, motivation and desistance from crime. Dr Hammond has held a position as a dissertation supervisor for students at Royal Holloway, and is currently a part time Teaching Fellow in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth.

Dr Hammond's research interests include the use of sport in prisons as a tool for health promotion and rehabilitation, and the use of sport in the community to promote desistance from crime amongst children and young people. Hannah has several publications across topics including motivation for prisoners in sport, healthy prison cultures, sporting masculinities, and the use of sport to promote well-being and desistance from crime.

Hannah recently led on the monitoring and evaluation of Levelling the Playing Field (LtPF), a 4-year pilot project which aimed to use sport to tackle disproportionality amongst children and young people from ethnic minority backgrounds in sport and the justice system. Hannah is a passionate advocate for the power of sport to tackle health and social inequalities and spoke in parliament about this in relation to the aims and findings of the LtPF project.

Dr Hammond is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and sits on the Violence Reduction Unit/PCC Sport, Youth Crime and Serious Violence Prevention Board.

Publications include,

Hammond, H., Meek, R. and Glorney, E. (2024), "Healthy prison cultures: factors influencing male prisoners’ engagement in exercise and subsequent healthy behaviours", International Journal of Prison Health, 20(1), 16-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPH-01-2023-0003

Hammond, H. and Meek, R. (2024), “Applying Self Determination Theory to Motivate Prisoners to Exercise”, in Breslin, G. and Leavey, G. (Eds), Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions in Sport: Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London, pp. 159-181.

Baumer, H., & Meek, R. (2019). Motivating prisoners to exercise: An evaluation of the Cell Workout Workshops. In G. Breslin, & G. Leavey (Eds.), Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions in Sport: Research, Theory and Practice. Routledge.

Baumer, H., & Meek, R. (2018). Sporting masculinities in prison. In M. Maycock, & K. Hunt (Eds.), New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities (pp. 197-222). (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology). Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65654-0

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D., Male prisoners' motivation to engage in exercise as a means of promoting physical and mental well-being, Royal Holloway University of London

Award Date: 1 Nov 2018

Other, Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Award Date: 1 Aug 2016

Master of Science, Forensic Psychology, University of Surrey

Award Date: 1 May 2014

External positions

Development Lead, 3 Pillars Project

1 May 20191 Dec 2019

Self-employed Healthcare Business Consultant, NHS England

1 Sept 20151 Jul 2018

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