About Us
The Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network (ESAN) organises an interdisciplinary conference encompassing both cutting edge experimental and applied research within the Expertise, High Level Performance, and Skill Learning domains. ESAN is a non-for-profit organisation that is in its 11th Year.
The aim of ESAN is to identify and fill lacunas in Expertise and Skill Learning research whilst simultaneously bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Our meetings are attended by all facets of the Expertise and High Performance Sport community including the scientific community, researchers, academics, policy makers and sports funding strategists, coaches, performance analysts, sports scientists, sports directors, and both past and current athletes. The unique coming together of these delegates’ results in innovative discussions surrounding the bottleneck issues and recent research advances and voids that need to be addressed and updated. We believe there is great benefit to be had in the academic community informing the applied community and, in turn the applied community shaping the research questions of the academic community.
Meet our committee
Oliver Runswick
Oliver Runswick
Oliver Runswick
Deputy Director of BSc Psychology at King's College London
Jack Brimmell
Oliver Runswick
Oliver Runswick
Course Leader of BSc Psychology at University of Worcester
Hina Shafi
Oliver Runswick
Nick Smeeton
PhD in Talent Identification and Development of South Asian Women and Girls within ECB Talent Pathways & Women’s Regional Domestic Structure at Birmingham City University
Nick Smeeton
Maxime Ansell
Nick Smeeton
Reader in Sport & Exercise Psychology at University of Brighton
Jamie Taylor
Maxime Ansell
Maxime Ansell
Associate Professor and Co-Lead of CoEx Lab at Dublin City University
Maxime Ansell
Maxime Ansell
Maxime Ansell
PhD in Skill Acquisition at Liverpool Hope University