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This paper explores the contribution of conceptual and methodological approaches in the sociology of sport for informing interdisciplinary research on sport policy for public health. Using examples from a range of community sport/physical activity projects designed, delivered and evaluated over the past decade in the UK, I critically examine the logic of reciprocity in interdisciplinary work, identifying and discussing the ways that diverse theoretical and conceptual ideas about knowledge production construct complex dynamics of power in interdisciplinary research on sport for public health. The presentation scrutinises the contested spaces of interdisciplinarity and critically assesses processes and outcomes of reflexivity, negotiation and compromise in achieving interdisciplinary outcomes in sport policy for public health.
