The 8th international Sport and Discrimination Conference examines the intersectional nature of discrimination in sport. This one-day event, 13 June 2025, at German Sport University, Cologne, Germany invites presentations by academics, postgraduates, students, practitioners, and policy makers from a variety of backgrounds and specialisms. This year, we want to place a special focus on the topic of ‘change’. What transformations can be recognised in sport? And how does sport behave in times of social and political change?
Discrimination cuts across traditional academic subjects and the ethos behind this conference is to bring together experts from different subject areas in an opportunity for knowledge exchange. We welcome presentations relating to all forms of discrimination across any sporting context, including popular culture. As in previous years of Sport and Discrimination events, submissions may approach the conference from a variety of perspectives, including:
- empirical findings about the nature and extent of discrimination in sport;
- research articulating the experiences of those who have suffered discrimination in sport and how such behaviours and processes may be combatted;
- attempts to understand the intersectional nature of discrimination within sport;
- contributions adding to the theoretical understanding of sport and discrimination;
- policy recommendations and further suggestions for tackling and reducing discrimination in sport.
Proposals (in English, please), for 15-minute presentations, should include title, abstract (200 words), the name and institutional affiliation of the presenter(s) and a concise biography (100 words). The submission deadline is 31 January 2025. All submissions and enquiries should be sent to: SportDisc@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
The conference attendance fee is €85 for academics / practitioners and €15 for postgraduate and undergraduate students. The registration page and link will be circulated following your notification of acceptance (if accepted) in February 2025.
Key dates
October 2024: — Call for papers
31 January 2025: — Deadline for the submission of abstracts
14 February 2025: — Notification of acceptance & registration opens
06 June 2025: — Registration Deadline
13 June 2025: — Sport and Discrimination Conference
For more information, please check out our website: https://sportanddiscrimination.kinsta.cloud/
Venue
https://www.dshs-koeln.de/english/
Keynote Speaker
Dr Daniela Heerdt
Dr Daniela HeerdtAsser Institute – Centre for International & European Law
Head of Research & Education at the Centre for Sport and Human Rights
UK Organising Committee
- Dr Daniel Kilvington
Reader in Media and Cultural Studies
Leeds Beckett University, UK
Email: d.j.kilvington@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
X: @dan_kilvington / @SportandDiscri1
LinkedIn: Daniel Kilvington - Dr John Price
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Sports Journalism
University of Sunderland, UK
Email: john.price@sunderland.ac.uk - Dr Yann Descamps
Associate Professor of Sport History
Université de Franche-Comté
yann.descamps@univ-fcomte.fr
German Organising Committee
- Marloes Ekkelboom
PhD Researcher
German Sport University, Cologne
m.ekkelboom@dshs-koeln.de
