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Biography

Dr Daniel Kilvington is a Reader and Course Director in Media and Cultural Studies at Leeds Beckett University. His teaching and research focuses on ‘race’, sport, and new media. He is widely published in academic journals, and is author of five books, including Sport, Racism and Social Media (2015), British Asians, Exclusion and the Football Industry (2016), and Sport and Discrimination (2017). He is the co-founder of the annual Sport and Discrimination Conference series and the Talking Race podcast, and has presented a number of keynote speeches at academic and industry events. He has secured significant external funding for research with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Academy (BA), and has undertaken research collaborations with stakeholders including the English Premier League (EPL), Kick It Out, Football Association (FA), Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), The English Cricket Board (ECB), to name but a few.

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Employment (3)

Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2022-09-01 to present | Reader and Course Director (Humanities and Social Sciences )
Employment
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Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, GB

2017-09-01 to 2022-08-31 | Senior Lecturer and Course Director (Humanities and Social Sciences )
Employment
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Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, GB

2015-08-01 to 2017-08-31 | Senior Lecturer (Humanities and Social Sciences )
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Education and qualifications (6)

Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, GB

2019 to 2020 | Senior Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) (Centre for Learning and Teaching )
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Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, GB

2016 to 2017 | Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (Centre for Learning and Teaching )
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University of Sunderland: Sunderland, GB

2010-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | PhD Scholarship (Media )
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University of Sunderland: Sunderland, GB

2008-09 to 2009-09 | MA News Journalism (Media )
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National Council for the Training of Journalists: Sunderland, GB

2008-09 to 2009-09 | NCTJ Exams (Media )
Qualification
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University of Sunderland: Sunderland, GB

2005-09 to 2008-05 | Media, Communication, Culture (Media )
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Professional activities (6)

Communication & Sport Journal: Thousand Oaks, California, US

2024-09-23 to present | Editorial Board
Membership
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Cogent Social Sciences: Sport and Discrimination: Abingdon, GB

2024-07-04 to present | Section Editor
Membership
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West Riding County FA: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2024-05-24 to present | Inclusion and Advisory Group
Membership
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International Journal of Sport and Society: Illinois, Illinois, US

2023-10-25 to present | Editorial Board (Sport and Society )
Membership
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The Annie Zaidi Foundation: London, GB

2018 to present | Trustee (Sport and Inclusion)
Invited position
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The Zesh Rehman Foundation: London, GB

2013 to present | Trustee (Sport and Inclusion)
Invited position
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Funding (10)

Perceptions of tennis among ethnically diverse communities

2024-09 to 2025-05 | Contract
International Tennis Federation (London, GB)
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Daniel Kilvington

Tackling football related hate speech and far-right narratives online

2023-12 to 2024-02 | Contract
Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) (London, GB)
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Daniel Kilvington

Venue EDI Good Practice Toolkit

2023-08 to present | Contract
English and Wales Cricket Board (London, GB)
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Anti-Racist Football Coaching: Offering a Best Practice Guide for Coaches Working with Players from Diverse Ethnic, Cultural and Religious Backgrounds

2023-01 to 2023-08 | Contract
English Premier League (London, GB)
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Daniel Kilvington

EDI and major sports events - Scoping project

2022-11 to 2023-01 | Contract
United Kingdom Sport (London, GB)
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Daniel Kilvington

Developing inclusive and welcoming events and venues

2022-07 to 2022-11 | Contract
English and Wales Cricket Board (London, GB)
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Daniel Kilvington

Investigating ‘Race’ and Equality within the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) football workforce

2021-09 to 2022-09 | Grant
British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) (London, 20-24 King's Bench Street, GB)
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Tackling online hate in football

2021-07 to 2023-05 | Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Swindon, GB)
URL: https://tohif.com/
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Research and Development fund project into British South Asian experiences in football governance positions

2020 to 2021 | Award
Leisure Studies Association (LSA) (Leeds, GB)
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Online racism and Islamophobia within English football

2019 to 2021 | Grant
British Academy (London, GB)
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Works (47)

Kicking Prejudice: Large Language Models for Racism Classification in Soccer Discourse on Social Media

Advanced Information Systems Engineering
2024 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61057-8_32
Part of ISBN: 9783031610561
Part of ISBN: 9783031610578
Part of ISSN: 0302-9743
Part of ISSN: 1611-3349
Contributors: Guto Leoni Santos; Vitor Gaboardi dos Santos; Colm Kearns; Gary Sinclair; Jack Black; Mark Doidge; Thomas Fletcher; Daniel Kilvington; Patricia Takako Endo; Dr Katie Liston et al.
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Daniel Kilvington

Sport, Discrimination, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games: Introduction to the Special Issue

The International Journal of Sport and Society
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.18848/2152-7857/cgp/v15i03/0-0
Part of ISSN: 2152-7857
Part of ISSN: 2152-7865
Contributors: Yann Descamps; Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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Online Abuse, Emotion Work and Sports Journalism

Journalism Studies
2024-10-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2024.2412213
Part of ISSN: 1461-670X
Part of ISSN: 1469-9699
Contributors: G. Sinclair; C. Kearns; K. Liston; D. Kilvington; J. Black; M. Doidge; T. Fletcher; T. Lynn
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‘[K]neeling only goes to highlight your ignorance. England is NOT! a #racist country’: aversive racism, colour-blindness, and racist temporalities in discussions of football online

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2024-07-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2024.2377775
Part of ISSN: 1369-183X
Part of ISSN: 1469-9451
Contributors: Mark Doidge; Itoiz Rodrigo-Jusué; Jack Black; Thomas Fletcher; Gary Sinclair; Pierangelo Rosati; Colm Kearns; Daniel Kilvington; Katie Liston; Theo Lynn
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Racialised terminologies and the BAME problematic: A perspective from football’s British South Asian senior leaders and executives

The Sociological Review
2024-04-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/00380261241245186
Part of ISSN: 0038-0261
Part of ISSN: 1467-954X
Contributors: Stefan Lawrence; Thomas Fletcher; Daniel Kilvington
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Daniel Kilvington

Dear Prime Minister, Mr Musk and Mr Zuckerberg!

International Review for the Sociology of Sport
2024-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Kevin Hylton ; Jonathan Long; Alex Bond ; Izram Chaudry
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“You never played the game so what do you know?”

Managing Sport and Leisure
2024-02-05 | Journal issue or edition
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Stefan Lawrence ; Thomas Fletcher
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A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns to Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football

Hate Crime in Football: How Racism Is Destroying the Beautiful Game
2023-11-13 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Jack Black; Mark Doidge ; Thomas Fletcher ; Colm Kearns ; Katie Liston ; Theo Lynn; Gary Sinclair
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‘Best run club in the world': Manchester City fans and the legitimation of sportswashing?

International Review for the Sociology of Sport
2023-11-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231210784
Part of ISSN: 1012-6902
Part of ISSN: 1461-7218
Contributors: Colm Kearns; Gary Sinclair; Jack Black; Mark Doidge; Thomas Fletcher; Daniel Kilvington; Dr Katie Liston; Theo Lynn; Guto Leoni Santos
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“Let the tournament for the woke begin!”: Euro 2020 and the reproduction of Cultural Marxist conspiracies in online criticisms of the “take the knee” protest

Ethnic and Racial Studies
2023-10-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2023.2263069
Part of ISSN: 0141-9870
Part of ISSN: 1466-4356
Contributors: Jack Black; Thomas Fletcher; Mark Doidge; Colm Kearns; Daniel Kilvington; Katie Liston; Theo Lynn; Pierangelo Rosati; Gary Sinclair
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From Exclusion to Inclusion: A Summary of Sporting Barriers Encountered by Marginalised Groups and Identifying Ways to Overcome Them

UK Sport
2023-08-11 | Report
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Thomas Fletcher
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Tackling Online Hate in Football

Westminster Media Forum Policy Conference
2023-06-15 | Conference paper
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Colm Kearns ; Thomas Fletcher ; Jack Black; Mark Doidge ; Katie Liston; Gary Sinclair
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A Scoping Review of Research on Online Hate and Sport

Communication and Sport
2023-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/21674795221132728
Part of ISSN: 2167-4795
Part of ISSN: 2167-4809
Contributors: Colm Kearns; Gary Sinclair; Jack Black; Mark Doidge; Thomas Fletcher; Daniel Kilvington; Katie Liston; Theo Lynn; Pierangelo Rosati
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BUCS: Race and Equality in the Football Workforce Research

BUCS
2023-03-31 | Report
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Nicola Clarke; Ruth Brazier; Leanne Norman; Renan Peterson-Wagner
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Daniel Kilvington

EDI and major events: Scoping project

UK Sport
2023-03-01 | Report
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Thomas Fletcher; Kate Dashper
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Developing inclusive and welcoming events and stadia

ECB
2022 | Report
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Thomas Fletcher ; Kate Dashper; Leanne Norman; Bernadette Albert; Ruth Dowson
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Investigating online football forums: a critical examination of participants’ responses to football related racism and Islamophobia

Soccer and Society
2022-11-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2109801
Part of ISSN: 1466-0970
Part of ISSN: 1743-9590
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Kevin Hylton; Jonathan Long; Alex Bond
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‘Racist behaviour is interfering with the game’: exploring football fans’ online responses to accusations of racism in football

Soccer and Society
2022-11-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2109804
Part of ISSN: 1466-0970
Part of ISSN: 1743-9590
Contributors: Jonathan Cable; Daniel Kilvington; Glyn Mottershead
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Online hate and sport: An overview of the key literature

European Sociology of Sport Association / International Sociology of Sport Association
2022-06-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Colm Kearns; Jack Black ; Thomas Fletcher ; Mark Doidge ; Katie Liston; Gary Sinclair
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Investigating Online Fan Responses to the Rooney Rule in English Football

Research in the Sociology of Sport
2022-04-13 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1108/s1476-285420220000015008
Part of ISSN: 1476-2854
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Jonathan Cable; Sophie Cowell; Glyn Mottershead; Chris Webster
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"Equality’s Everyone’s Job”

2022-02 | Report
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Stefan Lawrence ; Tom Fletcher
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Coaching Ethnically Diverse Participants

Community Sport Coaching
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Jim Lusted ; Asad Qureshi
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The ‘beautiful game’ in a world of hate

Insights on Reporting Sports in the Digital Age
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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Daniel Kilvington

Media discourses on ‘race’ and gender

Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook
2021-06-01 | Journal issue or edition | Author
DOI: 10.1386/nl_00019_2
Part of ISSN: 1601-829X
Part of ISSN: 2040-0586
Contributors: Dr Martina Topic-Rutherford; Daniel Kilvington; Mirela Holy; Jacco van Sterkenburg
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‘He needs pulling down a peg or two’: Assessing online fan responses to racialized discourse in sports broadcasting

Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook
2021-06-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1386/nl_00021_1
Part of ISSN: 1601-829X
Part of ISSN: 2040-0586
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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The virtual stages of hate: Using Goffman’s work to conceptualise the motivations for online hate

Media, Culture and Society
2021-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/0163443720972318
Part of ISSN: 0163-4437
Part of ISSN: 1460-3675
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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British Asian Football Coaches

'Race', Ethnicity and Racism in Sports Coaching
2020 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Daniel Kilvington

British Asians, racial framing and football exclusion

‘Race’, Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Health
2019 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Daniel Kilvington

Online Research Methods in Sport Studies

Routledge
2019-11-21 | Book
DOI: 10.4324/9780367809300
ISBN: 9780367809300
Contributors: Jamie Cleland; Kevin Dixon; Daniel Kilvington
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Two decades and little change: British Asians, football and calls for action

Soccer and Society
2019-05-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2017.1366902
Part of ISSN: 1466-0970
Part of ISSN: 1743-9590
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Does english football warrant the rooney rule? assessing the thoughts of british asian coaches

Sport in Society
2019-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2018.1490269
Part of ISSN: 1743-0437
Part of ISSN: 1743-0445
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Tackling Social Media Abuse? Critically Assessing English Football’s Response to Online Racism

Communication & Sport
2019-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/2167479517745300
Part of ISSN: 2167-4795
Part of ISSN: 2167-4809
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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The English premier league: a socio-cultural analysis

Soccer and Society
2019-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2018.1525796
Part of ISSN: 1466-0970
Part of ISSN: 1743-9590
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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From backstage to frontstage

Digital Football Cultures
2018 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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British Asians and Football

Sport and Contested Identities
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Introduction: Offering a Critical and Collective Understanding of Sport and Discrimination

2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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Sport and Discrimination

Routledge
2017 | Edited book
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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British Asians, Exclusion and the Football Industry

Routledge
2016 | Book
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Inscriptions and Depictions of “Race”

Routledge Companion to British Media History
2015 | Book chapter
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Amir Saeed
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Sport, Racism and Social Media

Routledge
2015 | Book
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; Neil Farrington; Lee Hall; John Price; Amir Saeed
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Daniel Kilvington

Book review: Digital media sport: Technology, power and culture in the network society

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2015-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1354856515597876
Part of ISSN: 1354-8565
Part of ISSN: 1748-7382
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Black, White and Read All Over

Sport and Society
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price; Neil Farrington; Amir Saeed
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British Asians, Overt Racism and Islamaphobia in English Football

Sport and Society
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington; John Price
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British Asians, Covert Racism and Exclusion in English Professional Football

Culture Unbound
2013-12-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3384/cu.2000.1525.135587
Part of ISSN: 2000-1525
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Race, Racism and Sports Journalism

Routledge
2012-04-12 | Book
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Daniel Kilvington

The "Asian Frame", Football and the Sport Media

Networking Knowledge
2012-02-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel Kilvington
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Daniel Kilvington

British-Asians and racism within contemporary English football

Soccer and Society
2011-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2011.599581
Part of ISSN: 1466-0970
Part of ISSN: 1743-9590
Contributors: Amir Saeed; Daniel Kilvington
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