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Dr Stefan Lawrence, Senior Lecturer

Dr Stefan Lawrence

Senior Lecturer

Dr Stefan Lawrence is an accomplished Senior Lecturer in Sport Business Management at Leeds Beckett University, founder of Digital Football Network and a fellow of the Carnegie Centre for Sport and Social Justice. He is widely recognised as an expert in the fields of sport policy and governance, sport for social justice, and sport and digital culture. Stefan's extensive research in these areas has resulted in a wide range of publications and presentations, making him a sought-after authority on these subjects amongst national and international media.

In addition to his academic work, Stefan has a strong presence in the sport industry, where he maintains close partnerships with a number of leading organisations, such as the Football Association, Sporting Equals, Kick It Out, as well as a variety of professional football clubs, both in the UK and internationally. Stefan's work has been instrumental in shaping the industry's approach to issues such as 'race', racism and inequalities.

Stefan is also an experienced postgraduate supervisor and is very keen to mentor and supervise students who are interested, more broadly, at working in or at the nexus of sport, health, fitness and wellbeing, football studies and digital cultural studies.

Research Interests

Stefan's research primarily focuses on the fields of sport policy and governance, sport for social justice, and sport and digital culture.

Dr Stefan Lawrence, Senior Lecturer
Carnegie School of Sport

Ask Me About

  1. Body image
  2. Communications
  3. Culture
  4. Diversity
  5. Equality and inclusion
  6. Gender
  7. Governance
  8. Health
  9. Justice
  10. Masculinity
  11. Media
  12. Politics
  13. Popular culture
  14. Race
  15. Social Media
  16. Sociology
  17. Sport
  18. Wellbeing

Selected Outputs

  • Lawrence S; Hill J; Mowatt R (2024) Sport, leisure, and social justice at the neoliberal moment. In: Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice. Routledge, pp. 3-17.

  • Lawrence S (2022) I am not your guru: Situating digital guru media amidst the neoliberal imperative of self-health management and the 'Post-truth' society. In: Digital Wellness, Health and Fitness Influencers: Critical Perspectives on Digital Guru Media. pp. 1-15.

  • Lawrence S (2019) Le parkour, freerunning and young white men: Identities, resistances and digital representations. In: 'Race', Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Health: Global Perspectives. pp. 112-126.

  • Lawrence S; Crawford G (2018) The hyperdigitalization of football cultures. In: Digital Football Cultures. Routledge, pp. 1-16.

  • Lawrence S; Crawford G (2018) Football 2.0?: The (un)changing nature of football and its possible futures. In: Digital Football Cultures: Fandom, Identities and Resistance. pp. 186-204.

  • Lawrence S (2017) A Critical Race Theory analysis of the English Premier League. In: The English Premier League. Routledge, pp. 133-149.

  • Lawrence S; Pipini M (2016) Violence. In: Studying Football. pp. 11-29.

  • Kilvington D; Lawrence S; Fletcher T (In press) “You never played the game so what do you know?” An exploration of the lived experiences of British South Asians in management and governance positions in English football. Managing Sport and Leisure, pp. 1-18.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2312113

  • Brabazon T; Lawrence S (In press) The claustropolitan society: A critical perspective on the impact of digital technologies and the lockdown imaginary. Fast Capitalism, 20 (1), pp. 86-99.

    https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.2023.006

  • Turner M; Richards J; Lawrence S (2023) Leisure and Fan Activism: Exploring New Cases and Contexts Across Men’s and Women’s Professional Sport. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, pp. 1-6.

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-023-00146-w

  • Kassimeris C; Lawrence S; Pipini M (2022) Racism in football. Soccer and Society, 23 (8), pp. 824-833.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2022.2109799

  • Argento R; Holland MJG; Lawrence S; Myers TD (2022) Sporting Excellence in Malta Viewed Through an Ecological Systems Lens: A Qualitative InvestigationInto Athletes Attitudes, Aspirations and Feelings. MCAST Journal of Applied Research & Practice, 6 (3), pp. 35-52.

    https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0016.0893

  • Crawford G; Fenton A; Chadwick S; Lawrence S (2022) ‘All Avatars Aren't We’: Football and the experience of football-themed digital content during a global pandemic. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57 (4), pp. 515-531.

    https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902211021529

  • Lawrence S; Hylton K (2022) Critical Race Theory, Methodology, and Semiotics: The Analytical Utility of a “Race” Conscious Approach for Visual Qualitative Research. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies

    https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086221081829

  • Lawrence S; Crawford G (2021) Towards a digital football studies: current trends and future directions for football cultures research in the post-Covid-19 moment. Leisure Studies, 41 (1), pp. 56-69.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2021.1948595

  • Lawrence S (2020) White Heterosexual Men, Athletic Bodies, and the Pleasure of Unruly Racialization. Men and Masculinities, 23 (3-4), pp. 600-617.

    https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184x18816117

  • Lawrence S; Davis C (2019) Fans for diversity? A Critical Race Theory analysis of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) supporters’ experiences of football fandom. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 11 (4), pp. 701-713.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2019.1627481

  • Fletcher TE; Carnicelli S; Lawrence S; Snape R (2017) Reclaiming the ‘L’ word: Leisure studies and Higher Education in neo-liberal times. Leisure Studies, 36 (2), pp. 293-304.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2016.1261182

  • Hylton K; Lawrence S (2016) ‘For Your Ears Only!’ Donald Sterling and Backstage Racism in Sport. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39 (15), pp. 2740-2757.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2016.1177193

  • Lawrence S (2016) ‘We are the boys from the Black Country’! (Re)Imagining local, regional and spectator identities through fandom at Walsall Football Club. Social & Cultural Geography, 17 (2), pp. 282-299.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2015.1059481

  • Ratna A; Lawrence S; Partington J (2015) ‘Getting inside the wicket’: strategies for the social inclusion of British Pakistani Muslim cricketers. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 8 (1), pp. 1-17.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2015.1065267

  • Hylton K; Lawrence S (2014) Reading Ronaldo: contingent whiteness in the football media. Soccer and Society, 16 (5-6), pp. 765-782.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2014.963310

  • Lawrence S (In press) Digital Wellness, Health and Fitness Influencers. Routledge.

  • Lawrence S; Hill J; Mowatt R (In press) Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice. Routledge.

  • eds. Lawrence S; Crawford G (2018) Digital Football Cultures: Fandom, Identities and Resistance. Routledge.