Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Intergroup Relations
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Sociology, Social Networks
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Alberto Testa has an academic background in Law and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Brunel University.
He is a social behaviorist and a mainstream Clinical and Applied Sociologist ; He has achieved Certified Sociological Practitioner status (C.S.P.)
which is granted by the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) and recognized by the USA Commission on the Accreditation of
Programs in Applied and Clinical Sociology (CAPACS) and the American Sociological Association.
He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow (Sociology and Qualitative Research Methods) at the SportComLab, Laboratorio di Comunicazione
sportiva dell "Alma Mater Studiorum", University of Bologna, Italy.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
SPORT
(1) Sport development and Social Issues in sport (Violence, deviance, racism)
(2) Sport Crowd Disorders/Hooliganism
MAINSTREAM
(1) Italian society and politics
(2) Policing/ civil liberties/ youth violence
(2) Islam
(3) European/Italian Neo-Fascist and Neo-Nazism Activism
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology
Member of the American Society of Criminology
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MEDIA DISSEMINATION
Alberto is a regular contributor to magazines (online), radio programmes, and online social media.
Recent Media/Radio Interviews
CBC Radio (Canada); 'The Current' (hosted by Anna Maria Tremonti) as an applied sociologist. topics: Italian Neofascism and Football & politics. (April , 2013)
BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast (hosted by Nicky Campbell) as an applied sociologist and fascism expert. Topics: Paolo Di Canio defends his appointment as Sunderland boss and my research on Italian ultras and the book: Football, Fascism and Fandom: The UltraS of Italian Football . (April 2013)
CNN International Edition, 3rd April 2013: ‘'Fascist' Di Canio polarizes opinion. (Journalist Ravi Ubha).
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/03/sport/football/di-canio-sunderland-football/index.html?hpt=isp_t3
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CONSULTANCY & MEDIA WORK
Alberto is available for media and consultancy work on:
(1) European/Italian Neo-Fascist and Neo-Nazism Activism
(2) Italian Society and Politics
(3) Sport Crowd Disorders/Soccer Violence and Sociology of sport
(4) Policing
(5) Islam and Islamophobia
(6) Social exclusion/class and Society
For more information
https://sites.google.com/site/dralbertotestaphdcsp/home
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/sse/sport-sciences/people/dr-alberto-testa
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POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
Alberto welcomes the opportunity to work with Ph.D. students, and he is interested in
receiving informal inquiries from prospective research
students in any of his research areas.
Books:
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Testa, A., & Armstrong, G. (forthcoming, 2012). The UltraS: The extreme right in comtemporary Italian football. In A. Mammone, E. Godin and B. Jenkins (eds.), Varieties of Right-Wing Extremism in Contemporary Europe, Routledge (Series on Extremism and Democracy), London and New York.
Journal Articles:
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Testa, A. (2012). Bosman ruling. In J. Nauright (Ed.), Sports around the world: History, culture and practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
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Testa, A. (2011). Experiences of online learning: An evaluation of first-year sport sciences university students’ attitudes towards the use of U-Link. International Education Studies, 4(4), 13-21.
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Testa, A. (2010). Contested meanings. The Italian media and the UltraS. Review of European Studies, 1(2), 54-63.
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Testa, A. (2009). UltraS: An emerging social movement. Review of European Studies, 1(2), 54-63.
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Testa, A., & Armstrong, G. (2010). Purity and danger: Policing the Italian Neo-Fascist football UltraS. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, 23(3), 219-237.
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Testa, A., & Armstrong, G. (2008). Words and actions: Italian UltraS and Neo-Fascism. Social Identities, 14(4), 473-490.
Other Publications:
- Testa, A. (2011). The normalization of the exception: Issues and controversies of the Italian Counter Hooliganism model, 13th Annual Conference on Global Sociology for a Global World. The Hong Kong Sociological Association. The Chinese Hong Kong University. Hong Kong.
- Testa, A. (2010). Getting off on the wrong foot can doom a relationship before it begins: An evaluation of first year sport sciences university students’ attitudes towards the use of the online virtual learning system. 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. Hawaii-USA
- Testa, A. (2010). Using Moral panic to shape the Padania identity: The Italian Lega Nord and the Islam Invasion. Moral Panics in the Contemporary World. International Sociological Conference. Brunel University-London, UK.
- Testa, A. (2009). The importance of Ethnography in making sense of sport. 16th Erasmus-Socrates Sociology Intensive Course. Barcelona-Spain.
- Testa, A. (2007). Revolution from the right? Neo-Fascism in the 21st century Italian football stadia and society, local sport in Europe. In D. Jutting, B. Schulze, and U. Muller (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th EASS Conference of the European Association for the Sociology of Sport (pp. 142-144). Munster-Germany.
- Testa, A. (2006). Sport e Doping: un analisi sociologica e alcune raccomandazioni (Sport and Doping: a sociological analysis and some recommendations). Programma di formazione/informazione per la tutela della salute nelle attivita’ sportive e prevenzione doping. [Program of Scientific Information to safeguard the health in sports and to prevent doping use]. Ministero della Salute-Istit. Super. di Sanita. Italy CVD 9-9.2, pp. 32-37.
- Testa, A. (2006). The Italian Ultras and Nationalism. Sport, Nation and Nationalism, Proceedings of 3S International Conference on Social Science in Sport and 8th ISHPES Seminar. (International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport and the International Sociology of Sport Association). Slovenia.
Courses Taught:
- Management of Sports Development
- Sociology and Management of Sport
- Sporting Environments
- Work Placement
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Alberto Testa
School of Sport and Education
Heinz Wolff Building
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1895 267382
Skype Name: sociology69