Dr Mark Doidge

Dr Mark Doidge is a Reader in Sociology of Sport with a particular focus on climate action and sport. His research focuses on making sport an inclusive and sustainable space for all. In particular, it has focused on social activism among football fans across Europe on environmentalism, anti-racism, supporting refugees, and anti-violence. He led the AHRC-IRC funded Tackling Online Hate in Football project (https://tohif.com/), has won funding from the AHRC, ESRC, British Academy, Wellcome Trust, amongst others, and is a member of the Peer-Review College for the AHRC. He is the author of a number of books, including Ultras: The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom (2020), Collective Action and Football Fandom (2018), Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices, Structures (2018), and Football Italia (2015). Mark is also currently a trustee of the British Sociological Association and convenor of the BSA Sport Study Group, a committee member of Football  Supporters Europe, and a member of the advisory board for the FSA’s Fans For Diversity.