Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
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Dr Richard Giulianotti
Dr Richard Giulianotti
Professor Giulianotti is the UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development, and a Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, England. He is programme director for the MSc in Sport Management, Politics and International Development.
Author of several journal articles and books, such as "Sport: A Critical Sociology", "Football: A Sociology of the Global Game", and co-author "Globalization and Football".
Title: Sport and Development for Peace: Some contemporary political issues and challenges
Dr Flávio de Campos
Dr Flávio de Campos
Professor of Medieval History at the Department of History at the University of São Paulo. He develops research on the History of Games from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Period. Professor of the postgraduate course Sociocultural History of Football. He is the coordinator of LUDENS (Interdisciplinary Center for Studies on Football and Playful Modalities) which includes researchers from USP, Unicamp, Unesp and Unifesp.
Title: A pátria de chuteiras e o fascismo verdeamarelo; o futebol e política no Brasil (The home of football boots and the green and yellow fascism: Football and politics in Brazil)
Dr Stacey Pope
Dr Stacey Pope
Professor Stacey Pope is Theme Leader for the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. She joined Durham University in 2013. She is especially interested in issues of gender, sport and inequality and is a leading figure in the area of women sports fans. Women sports fans have been largely ignored in existing studies but Stacey’s research has broken new ground by addressing these shortcomings.
She is author of the book "The Feminization of Sports Fandom." Stacey’s research interests are interdisciplinary, combining sociology, history, sport, gender studies and leisure studies.
Title: ‘A New Age’ for Women in Football? Change and Continuities in Gender Inequality
Dr Pippo Russo
Dr Pippo Russo
Pippo Russo is an Italian sociologist, essayist and journalist. He is adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Florence . He writes for Domani, Calciomercato.com, Corriere dello Sport, Men on Wheels and Panenka (Spain).
He is the author of the book "The Orgy of Power: the Counter Story of Jorge Mendes, the Patron of Global Football".
Title: From intermediaries to super-agents: The new ruling class in the global football political economy
FC Porto representative - Diogo Faria
FC Porto representative - Diogo Faria
Diogo Faria has a PhD in History from the University of Porto and he is Content Director at Futebol Clube do Porto.
Title: Football and Society in Porto and Northern Portugal (from the Nineteenth to the Twenty – First Centuries)
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