Sociologists of sport
Sociologists of sport - mainly UK based (at the moment)
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@markdoidge.bsky.social
@stuartwhigham.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching & PE at Oxford Brookes. Interests in sociology & politics of sport, nationalism, Commonwealth Games & Scottish sport.
@jennyamann.bsky.social
football fan & doctoral researcher at loughborough university with a soft spot for green teams and climate action
@julesboykoff.bsky.social
Political scientist. Poetry enthusiast. Author of What Are the Olympics For? (Bristol UP 2024); The 1936 Berlin Olympics (Common Ground 2023); NOlympians (Fernwood 2020); Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso 2016). www.julesboykoff.org
@rkossakowski.bsky.social
Sociologist, University of Gdańsk, Poland, research on sport, football and fandom, qualitative methods, masculinities.
@cassie-phoenix.bsky.social
Moving Bodies / Ageing / Menopause / Bluespace / Weather / Wellbeing / Qualitative / Medical Humanities. Leads Moving Bodies Lab. Prof at Durham University, UK
@joannehill.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in PE and Sport Sociology, University of Bedfordshire. Books, crochet, outdoors, running, participatory research in sport and physical activity
@issa1965.bsky.social
International membership organisation representing the interests of sport sociologists wherever they are. We have a journal, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, an e-bulletin and we organise great conferences. www.issa1965.org
@renanpwagner.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sport Business and Marketing (Leeds Beckett University) research interests in the intersections of media and social theories in the context of global sport
@daryladair.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Management at University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Interested in politics, policy, and human decency.
@dranthonymay.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology at BCU. I mainly research in sport.
@jondart.bsky.social
Day job: teaching and researching the indivisible social, political and economic aspects of sport. Personal account. #COYS
@sjh1978.bsky.social
Academic in Scotland with a Belfast accent Former teacher… Still refusing to stop playing any code of football… Dogs are better than cats All views my own
@drjimlusted.bsky.social
Sport sociologist, researching and writing about social inequalities, anti racism and social justice in sport. COYS ⚽
@petemillward79.bsky.social
Seeking asylum from the cesspit Twitter has become. Wigan Athletic supporter. Dad to Layla and Jack.
@crjenkin.bsky.social
Academic at University of Hertfordshire - researching and teaching all things sport for development, sports diplomacy & community sport participation. Hertfordshire/London based. Co-Chair of the Sport Development Network (SDN) for knowledge exchange.
@ulstergmro.bsky.social
I’m an academic based at Ulster University exploring youth, sport, gambling, and disability.
@drdavewebber.bsky.social
#6MusicDad to Daniel, Evie, and Reuben. A lifelong Red playing on the Left. Thinks a lot and writes a bit on the political economy of football.
@drtomwebb.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Founder and Coordinator Referee & Sports Official Research Network | Research #sportofficialabuse, #mentalhealth, #careers, #recruitmenta&retention | Views my own
@drstefanlawrence.bsky.social
Social justice, sport & politics | Media, marketing & comms | Critical Economic Sociology | All views my own
@paulwiddop.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Relational Sociologist | Social Network Analysis | The Geopolitical Economy of Sport Substack - https://substack.com/@geosport200?utm_source=about-page
@markdoidge.bsky.social
Sociologist at Loughborough researching sport, environmental sustainability, antiracism & refugees. Member @fanseurope, trustee @britsoci