Danny Cullinane is an academic member of staff with teaching duties. He is currently the Programme Leader and a Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Sport Development degree, and also the Foundation Year coordinator for the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. He also teaches on the BA (Hons) Sport Business degree, is a Year Tutor and Personal Tutor, and a mentor for the University’s Sport Scholar programme.

In addition to his teaching duties he is a member of the Psychology and Development (P.A.D.) group within RISES (Research Insititute for Sport and Exercise Sciences). His research interests are based around community sport impacts, sport development policy, and sport-for-development.

Danny is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Member of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity. He has extensive experience in working on international sport development activities, such as the LJMU / UK Sport IDEALS (International Development of Excellence And Leadership through Sport) Namibia programme for ten years, and the British Council Dreams and Teams programme in Jordan. He has previoulsy fulfilled many other academic roles including Admissions Tutor, Assessment Officer, and External Examiner for Masters, undergraduate and foundation degree programmes at several Higher Education institutions.

Prior to joining LJMU, Danny worked for over a decade in a number of sport related posts, including:
- local authority sport development delivery and management;
- facility management;
- leisure services client monitoring;
- national governing body of sport as the National Coaching Administrator;
- member of the National Community Faculty of the Youth Sport Trust;
- volunteer in Papua New Guinea for the South Pacific Games.

Danny is now a Board Member and Trustee of the True Athlete Project, a UK and US-based organisaiton which uses a mindfulness-based approach to nurture mental health, improve athlete performance and cultivate a more compassionate society

Degrees

1992, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, MA (Cantab)
1989, Loughborough University, United Kingdom, MSc Recreation Management
1988, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, BA (Cantab), Geography

Certifications

2003, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2003, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, Fellow

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, 2001 - present