Ryan Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3830902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2075-7337 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Entangled positionality: Relational ethnography and interconnected small worlds in sports coaching research
This paper develops the concept of entangled positionality as a way of theorising how researcher positionality is constituted across the multiple connected worlds the ethnographer inhabits. Drawing on Crossley’s relational sociology and building on Desmond’s call for relational ethnography, we extend recent scholarship on relational positionality (Bolade-Ogunfodun et al., 2023; Delfino, 2025; Drujon d’Astros et al., 2024) by applying Crossley’s (…
Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development: Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes Under Sea Level Rise
Problem, research strategy, and findings With its densely built coastline and economic and fiscal reliance on development, Florida is an extreme case of how climate change threatens both the built environment and urban land governance. We conducted one of the first statewide assessments of how sea level rise will affect Florida’s municipal revenues. We paired this with a statewide survey of coastal planners and managers to assess how they have be…
Place attachment, regional identity and perceptions of urbanization in Moshi, Tanzania
Eshem and Ashima: Gods of the “Name”
In scholarship on Levantine religion the divine names Eshem and Ashima are generally regarded as closely connected, but the question of their etymology and meaning continues to prompt debate. The present study offers a critical review of the etymologies that have been put forward since the beginning of the 20th century, focusing particularly on recent proposals by Karel van der Toorn and Edward Lipiński. The analysis concludes that both names are…
Toward comparative polycentricity scores: Assessing variations in regional delineation and subcenter identification
Urban spatial structure is increasingly characterized by polycentricity, the presence of multiple interconnected centers of similar size. Polycentricity indicators, which influence research and policies related to urban development, rely on three phases of analysis: (a) delineating regions, (b) identifying subcenters within these regions, and (c) operationalizing polycentricity; and each phase contains decision points for analysts. This paper arg…
Actors, interactions, ties, and networks: The ‘doing’ of talent identification and development work in elite youth football academies
The Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) has transformed the ways in which young players are recruited, coached, supported and evaluated. To date, our scientific understanding of talent identification and development processes has been largely informed by (post)positivist studies addressing the physiological, psychological and biomechanical features of elite youth performance. In this paper, Crossley’s relational theorising is pr…
Sustainable and inclusive – Evaluating urban sustainability indicators’ suitability for measuring progress towards SDG-11
The adoption of the sustainable development goals marks a transition in the global sustainability discourse to a growing focus on equity, with urban areas’ role in achieving sustainable and inclusive growth more explicit in sustainable development goal-11. Within this discourse, urban sustainability indicators could be used to monitor environmental quality and equity within individual cities, while promising to deepen our understanding of how urb…
God Gad
Although a Canaanite deity named Gad has long been known to have had a cultic following in the Levant, relatively little attention has been devoted to elucidating its character, status, and relationship to other major gods. The following study aims to investigate the nature of the deity by culling information from a broad analysis of West Semitic personal names carrying this theophoric as well as synthesizing the data with diverse biblical and in…
Place attachment, regional identity and perceptions of urbanization in Moshi, Tanzania
Actors, interactions, ties, and networks: The ‘doing’ of talent identification and development work in elite youth football academies
The Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) has transformed the ways in which young players are recruited, coached, supported and evaluated. To date, our scientific understanding of talent identification and development processes has been largely informed by (post)positivist studies addressing the physiological, psychological and biomechanical features of elite youth performance. In this paper, Crossley’s relational theorising is pr…
Sustainable and inclusive – Evaluating urban sustainability indicators’ suitability for measuring progress towards SDG-11
The adoption of the sustainable development goals marks a transition in the global sustainability discourse to a growing focus on equity, with urban areas’ role in achieving sustainable and inclusive growth more explicit in sustainable development goal-11. Within this discourse, urban sustainability indicators could be used to monitor environmental quality and equity within individual cities, while promising to deepen our understanding of how urb…
God Gad
Although a Canaanite deity named Gad has long been known to have had a cultic following in the Levant, relatively little attention has been devoted to elucidating its character, status, and relationship to other major gods. The following study aims to investigate the nature of the deity by culling information from a broad analysis of West Semitic personal names carrying this theophoric as well as synthesizing the data with diverse biblical and in…
Eshem and Ashima: Gods of the “Name”
In scholarship on Levantine religion the divine names Eshem and Ashima are generally regarded as closely connected, but the question of their etymology and meaning continues to prompt debate. The present study offers a critical review of the etymologies that have been put forward since the beginning of the 20th century, focusing particularly on recent proposals by Karel van der Toorn and Edward Lipiński. The analysis concludes that both names are…
Toward comparative polycentricity scores: Assessing variations in regional delineation and subcenter identification
Urban spatial structure is increasingly characterized by polycentricity, the presence of multiple interconnected centers of similar size. Polycentricity indicators, which influence research and policies related to urban development, rely on three phases of analysis: (a) delineating regions, (b) identifying subcenters within these regions, and (c) operationalizing polycentricity; and each phase contains decision points for analysts. This paper arg…
Actors, interactions, ties, and networks: The ‘doing’ of talent identification and development work in elite youth football academies
The Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) has transformed the ways in which young players are recruited, coached, supported and evaluated. To date, our scientific understanding of talent identification and development processes has been largely informed by (post)positivist studies addressing the physiological, psychological and biomechanical features of elite youth performance. In this paper, Crossley’s relational theorising is pr…
Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development: Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes Under Sea Level Rise
Problem, research strategy, and findings With its densely built coastline and economic and fiscal reliance on development, Florida is an extreme case of how climate change threatens both the built environment and urban land governance. We conducted one of the first statewide assessments of how sea level rise will affect Florida’s municipal revenues. We paired this with a statewide survey of coastal planners and managers to assess how they have be…
Place attachment, regional identity and perceptions of urbanization in Moshi, Tanzania
Entangled positionality: Relational ethnography and interconnected small worlds in sports coaching research
This paper develops the concept of entangled positionality as a way of theorising how researcher positionality is constituted across the multiple connected worlds the ethnographer inhabits. Drawing on Crossley’s relational sociology and building on Desmond’s call for relational ethnography, we extend recent scholarship on relational positionality (Bolade-Ogunfodun et al., 2023; Delfino, 2025; Drujon d’Astros et al., 2024) by applying Crossley’s (…
Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Arabic (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Coaching (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)