The 7th International Sport & Discrimination Conference, University of Franche-Comté, 31 May 2024
In 2024, the Sport & Discrimination Conference’s theme focused on the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The 6th International Sport & Discrimination Conference, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 23 June 2023
The 2023 Conference particularly welcomed abstracts which focused on themes of belonging, identity, and exclusion within sport and the sport media.
The 5th International Sport & Discrimination Conference, University of Sunderland London Campus, 17 June 2022
In 2022, the Conference focused on issues of discrimination in relation to the sport media and explored the ways in which sports journalists report on discrimination and how social media has added a new dimension to discrimination in sport.
The 4th International Sport & Discrimination Conference, Southampton Solent University, 4 September 2019
In 2019, the Conference focused on broad issues relating to discrimination in sport however encouraged proposals which explored sexism and antisemitism.
The 3rd International Sport & Discrimination Conference, Oxford Brookes University, 4 September 2018
In 2018, the Sport & Discrimination Conference particularly welcomed abstracts which focused on homophobia in sport and fan inclusion strategies.
The 2nd International Sport & Discrimination Conference, Leeds Beckett University, 9 September 2016
The 2016 Conference focused on the broad nature of discrimination in sport and focused on effective strategies to challenge it.
The 1st International Sport & Discrimination Conference, University of Sunderland London Campus, 1 May 20215
In our opening year, the Conference welcomed abstracts from academics, students, postgraduates, early career researchers, policy makers, practitioners and activists to discuss their research / work in relation to sport and discrimination.
