Richard Giulianotti MA (Sociology) Mlitt (Social Research Methods) PhD (University of Aberdeen) AcSS
Professor of Sociology
Contact details
Room: JB.2.03D
Phone: +44 (0)1509 226350
Fax: +44 (0)1509 226301
Email: R.Giulianotti@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Professor Giulianotti joined the School in November 2011 from Durham University, where he was Professor of Sociology, and at different times Head of Sociology/Criminology and Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences. He completed his MA (Honours, First Class), MLitt and PhD in the Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, and took up his first academic post there as a Research Assistant (1990), followed by a Lectureship (1995), Senior Lectureship (1999), and Readership (2005) before moving to Durham. In 2011 Professor Giulianotti was elected an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Research
Professor Giulianotti's research interests are in the fields of globalization studies, the sport for development and peace sector, the sociology of football, sport mega-events, sport and policing/security, sport-related violence (including football hooliganism), social theory, migration, and sport policy.
His books and articles have been translated and published in German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Serbian, and Spanish. Further work is being translated into Greek and Norwegian.
Four of Professor Giulianotti's research projects have been funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. In January 2011, he began work with Prof Dick Hobbs (Essex), Dr Gary Armstrong (Brunel) and Gavin Hales (Essex) on a major ESRC-funded research project, investigating policing and police-community relations at the London 2012 Olympics.
He has recently completed a research project on the subject of 'Sport and Peace' with the assistance of a grant from the Nuffield Foundation; fieldwork was undertaken in Serbia, Bosnia, Germany, Switzerland, Sri Lanka and Jordan.
He is currently guest-editing (with Susan Brownell) a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology, to be published in 2012. He has also guest-edited (with Francisco Klauser) a special issue of Urban Studies, which was published in November 2011.
Current and recent research projects
- ‘Pro Supporters: Prevention through Empowerment’, (PI, Fair Play/VIDC; co-applicants include R. Giulianotti), funded by European Commission (€200,000), 2012.
- ‘A Sociology of Policing and Police-Community Relations at the London 2012 Olympics’, (PI, Prof Dick Hobbs; co-applicants, G. Armstrong, R. Giulianotti), funded by ESRC (£348K), 2011.
- ‘Sport-Based Interventions: A Comparative Sociological Study of their Effectiveness and User Experiences’, (co-applicant, Dr L Kelly; research student, Tom May), funded as an ESRC CASE Studentship, with support from Street League, 2010.
- ‘Sport and Peace: a sociological study of interventionist programmes’, funded by Nuffield Foundation (£6K), 2008.
Selected Publications
Books
- Giulianotti, R. (ed.) (2012) The Sociology of Sport, 4 volume set, London: Sage.
- Giulianotti, R. & R. Robertson (2009) Globalization and Football, London: Sage/Theory, Culture & Society.
- Giulianotti, R. & R. Robertson (eds) (2007) Globalization and Sport, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. (This was also published as a special issue of the journal, Global Networks.)
Journal Articles
- Giulianotti, R. & R. Robertson (2012) ‘Mapping the Global Football Field: A Sociological Model of Transnational Forces within the World Game’, British Journal of Sociology, (in press).
- Giulianotti, R. (2011) ‘Sport, Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution: A Contextual Analysis and Modeling of the Sport, Development and Peace Sector’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(2).
- Giulianotti, R. (2011) ‘Sport Mega-Events, Urban Football Carnivals and Securitized Commodification: The Case of the English Premier League’, Urban Studies, 48(15).
- Giulianotti, R. (2011) ‘The Sport, Development and Peace Sector: Four Social Policy Domains’, Journal of Social Policy, 40(4).
- Giulianotti, R. & G. Armstrong (2011) ‘Sport, The Military and Peacemaking’, Third World Quarterly, 32(3).
- Giulianotti, R. & F.R. Klauser (2010) ‘Security Governance and Sport Mega-Events: Towards and Interdisciplinary Research Agenda’, Journal of Sport and Social Issues 34.
- Giulianotti, R. (2009) ‘Risk and Sport: An Analysis of Sociological Theories and Research Agendas’, Sociology of Sport Journal, 26.
- Giulianotti, R. & R. Robertson (2007) ‘Forms of Glocalization: Globalization and the Migration Strategies of Scottish Football Fans in North America’, Sociology, 41(1).
External Activities
Recent Invited Keynote Speeches and Symposium Papers
- ‘Football Violence – Background Factors, Key Social Aspects, Policy Responses and Strategies’, For Sport Without Violence, New Policy Center, Belgrade, 27-28 October 2011.
- ‘Women and Sport: some critical sociological reflections’, invited paper to the Faculty of Physical Education, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 16 September 2011.
- ‘Sport, Globalization and National Identity’, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Brazil, 15 September 2011.
- ‘Policing and Police/Community Relations at the London 2012 Olympic Games’, LUDENS research group, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13 September 2011.
- ‘Social Science and Football’, plenary paper to the session ‘New Horizons in the Integration of Science and Football (dedicated to Prof. Tom Reilly)’, European College of Sport Science Annual Congress, Liverpool, 6-9 July 2011.
- ‘Sport and Terrorism: Towards a Critical Social Scientific Analysis’, international symposium on Security and Sport Mega-Events, University of Lille, Lille, 7 April 2011.
- ‘The Strengths and Limitations of Sport as a Tool for Peace-Building’, international conference on Sports: A Matter of Peace?, University of Antwerp, 14-16 October 2010.
- ‘The Glocal Fan or Grobal Consumer? Transnational Football Fan Cultures’, international conference on Split Loyalties: Fandom in Modern Football, Telemark University, Norway, 23-24 September, 2010.
- ‘Globalization and Football: Exploring the Major Sociological Dimensions of a Complex Interrelationship’, Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, South Korea, 16 June 2010.
- ‘Globalization, the World Cup, and the Prospects for Korean Football’, Seoul National University Asia Centre, 15 June 2010.
- ‘The Study of Sport in the African Continent’, international conference Sport, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism in the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1-2 June 2010.
- ‘The Sociology of Football: some reflections’, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Esporte e Sociedade, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 31 May 2010.
- ‘Football and Global Processes: towards the triumph of the social?’, international conference on The Development of Football: Commercialization, Culture and Identity, Malmö University, Sweden, 8-10 April 2010.
- ‘Sport in the Global Context: some contemporary political issues and problems’, the 4th annual conference of the Political Studies Association ‘Sport and Politics Study Group’, Leeds Metropolitan University, 26 February 2010.
- ‘Travelling Football Supporter Identities, Cultures and Practices’, UEFA/City of Barcelona seminar Football, Host Cities and Respect, 1-2 February 2010.
- ‘Sport, Peace and Development: exploring the role of sport within the emerging transnational civil society’, 6th conference of the European Association for the Sociology of Sport, Rome, 27-31 May 2009.
- ‘Sport, Media and Globalization: mapping the historical, political economic and cultural dimensions’, international conference on Media and Sport, CECC, Catholic University of Lisbon, 22-23 January 2009.
- ‘Globalization and Football’, international conference, Come lo Sport Spiega il Mondo, Università di Roma (Sapienza)/Associazione Italiana Studi Semiotici (AISS), 11-12 February 2010.