Alina Bernstein (Ph.D., Leicester, UK) is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication of the Academic College of Management School of media studies (COMAS) and the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her main area of research is media and sport, among her publications: the co-edited book (with Neil Blain) Sport, Media, Culture: Global and Local Dimensions (UK: Frank Cass, 2002) and the co-edited book (with Cornel Sandvoss and Michael Real) Bodies of Discourse: Sport Stars, Mass Media and the Global Public (USA: Peter Lang publishing, 2012). Email: alinabernstein@gmail.com. Twitter: @alinabernstein
Raymond Boyle is Professor of Communications and the Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Glasgow. He has written and published widely on sport and the media, sports journalism and the media industries. He is currently working with the UEFA Academy and the University of Lausanne in the delivery of their Certificate in Football Management (CFM) programme. He is joint Managing Editor of the journal Media, Culture and Society.
Maria José Carvalho is an assistant Professor with Aggregation at Faculty of Sport from University of Porto. She holds a Ph.D. in Sports Science (2007), a Master degree in Sport Management (2001) and a First degree in Physical Education from the University of Porto (1988) and a First degree in Law – Lusíada University, Porto (1997). During the last twenty years she has been involved in teaching in the First degree, Masters and Ph.D. courses in in various disciplines: Sports Management, Sports Law, Sports Politics and Entrepreneurship, Project Development Organization and Sports.
Seán Crosson is Associate Professor of Film in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, Leader of the Sport & Exercise Research Group and Co-Director of the MA Sports Journalism and Communication programme at NUI Galway. His publications include Sport and Film (Routledge, 2013), Gaelic Games on Film (Cork University Press, 2019), and the edited volume Sport, Film, and National Culture (Routledge, 2021).
Xavier Ginesta is an associate professor in Sport Marketing at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). He is a member of the Widener University Sports Management Advisory Board. He also is a lecturer in Political Communication and Media Studies. His main research interest are sport, communication, politics and geopolitics. Email: xavier.ginesta@uvic.cat. Twitter: @xavierginesta
Richard Giulianotti is UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development, and Professor of Sociology, at Loughborough University, UK. He is also a Professor II in the Sociology of Sport at the University of South-Eastern Norway (Bø campus). His main research interests are in sport, development, peace, globalization, youth, migration, mega-events, and fan cultures.
Russell Holden has substantial experience as a lecturer, writer & broadcaster having taught widely on different aspects of the political economy and the sociology of sport in the UK & in Germany, Poland and the USA. He now runs In the Zone Sport & Politics Consultancy an organisation dedicated to studying the varied connections between contemporary sport and politics and critical cultural issues. Russell’s prime interests are in Cricket, Identity, Nationalism and the function of sport in promoting conflict resolution.
Michael Holmes is Associate Professor in ESPOL, the European School of Political and Social Sciences, at the Catholic University of Lille. Hs main area of research is the politics of the EU, but he also teaches a course on ‘Sport and Politics’ and has published on issues of national identity in Irish sports. Highlights of life as a fan include serving as a foot-soldier in the Green Army at Italia ’90 and at USA ’94, attending two of Ireland’s first three Test cricket matches, and he was present (and didn’t leave at half-time!) at the Miracle of Istanbul in 2005. YNWA.
Raúl Martínez Corcuera is an assistant professor in Media Studies at the University of Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. Founder and Project Director of XenoMedia Comunicació. Doctor in Audiovisual Communication. Degree on Journalism. Degree on Sociology and Political Science. Research focuses on hate speech in the media, among others: racist speech about migratory processes and racialized people in sports, news, series, advertising…; racist and/or sexist discourses in sports journalism and social media, eg, vindication and empowerment of women’s soccer.
Jim O’Brien has held senior academic posts in the UK and The Netherlands, and worked as a journalist in the United States. He has developed and taught courses in English Literature, Political Science, European Studies, Journalism and Sports Journalism. He is an established author, with recent published outputs in the History, Politics and Identity of Spanish and Argentinian Football. He researches the work of Bob Dylan. He was recently appointed Visiting Professor (Research) at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (2022).
David Storey is a principal lecturer in Geography, University of Worcester, UK. He has research interests in territory and national identity, and in the connections between sport and place. Recent publications include Football, Place and National Identity. Transferring Allegiance (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) and the edited volume A Research Agenda for Territory and Territoriality (Edward Elgar, 2020). Twitter/Instagram: @DavidStorey60
Nahuel I. Faedo is an associate lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Communication of the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia. He is a member of the research group TRACTE (Audiovisual Translation, Communication and Territory). His research is focused on sports journalism and the work of women in this discipline. Twitter: @faedonahuel. Email: nahuelivan.faedo@uvic.cat