ResDance Series 4: Episode 9: Promoting positive parental involvement in performance settings: suggestions for research and practice with Camilla Knight. In this episode, Camilla shares insight into her research interests concerned with understanding and enhancing the psychosocial experiences of children in sport. With a particular focus upon the influence of parents in performance settings, we discuss the potential barriers and considerations to promoting positive parental involvement, ways of developing and optimising relationships within sport and performance settings and the importance of applying research to practice. Dr Camilla Knight is a Professor in Sport Psychology and Youth Sport at Swansea University, UK and a visiting Professor at University of Agder, Norway. She is also the Youth Sport lead for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science and a member of the Welsh Safeguarding in Sport Strategy group. Camilla’s research interests are concerned with understanding and enhancing the psychosocial experiences of children in sport, with a particular focus upon the influence of parents. Camilla is co-author of “Parenting in youth sport: From Research to Practice” (Routledge, 2014) and co-editor of “Sport Psychology for Young Athletes” (Routledge, 2017). She has published over 25 book chapters on topics related to parental involvement in sport, as well as 65 peer reviewed journal articles. She has delivered over 20 keynote and invited presentations around the world and her work has been presented at more than 150 conferences. She collaborates extensively with academics across the Globe, including but not limited to Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the USA. Camilla also consults widely with a range of national and international sports organisations on parental involvement and youth sport participation more broadly as well as being a BASES accredited sport and exercise scientist. Due to her research knowledge, Camilla has particularly expertise in relation to developing and optimising relationships with sport settings, with an emphasis on enhancing performance, psychosocial outcomes, and wellbeing. Contact email: [email protected] Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/Camilla-knight-cjk Other resources of interest Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=mI8nr28AAAAJ&hl=en Website: www.sportparent.eu   Please share this episode with students, educators, practitioners, performers, and interdisciplinary researchers curious to learn more about dance research in action.