Richard Giulianotti

Professor Giulianotti is Professor of Sociology and co-lead (with Dr Rachel Sandford) of the UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development, at Loughborough University, UK. Since 2023, he has represented the UK as Vice-Chair of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS), which drives global policy in sport and PE.
His main research interests are in the fields of sport, development, peace, globalisation, youth, policy, sport mega-events, community, fan cultures, crime and deviance, sport and policing/security, migration, and social theory. He is a Professor II at University of South-Eastern Norway, and has been a visiting or guest professor at many other universities and institutes which recently have included University of Bologna, University of California (Berkeley), German Sport University, Harvard University, International Olympic Academy, Johan Cruyff Institute, Qufu Normal University, Seoul National University, Texas A & M University, and the University of Warsaw.