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Professor Rylee Dionigi is a leading academic at the School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences at Charles Sturt University (CSU), specializing in the socio-cultural and psychosocial dimensions of sport, physical activity, and aging. She serves as a Deputy Editor for Annals of Leisure Research and Associate Editor for Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. Her research spans critical aging studies, health promotion policy critique, and qualitative methodologies, with extensive international collaborations across Canada, the UK, and Australia.
- PhD in Health Services Research from the University of Newcastle (2004)
- Bachelor of Social Science (Recreation & Human Movement, Honours Class I) from Charles Sturt University (1998)
Her research interrogates assumptions about lifelong physical activity, emphasizing diversity in aging experiences. Key projects include SSHRC-funded studies on sport, aging, and disability (2021–2024), and analyses of rural Australian communities' physical activity dynamics. She has authored the monograph Competing for life: Older people, sport and ageing and co-edited Sport and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan.
Recent publications highlight psychosocial outcomes of sport participation, rural Australian health disparities, and critiques of weight stigma in active aging. She has received awards like the ACE World Teachers' Day Awards (2017) and the International Award for Excellence in Sport and Society (2011). Her work informs global debates on aging policy and inclusive physical activity frameworks.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant (2013–2018)
- Department of Health, Social Services, Aged Care Service Improvement Grant (2015–2017)
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2013–2015)
