Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Intergroup Relations
- Law and Public Policy
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Sociology, Social Networks
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Alberto holds a PhD in Sociology ; he is a social behaviourist and an accredited member of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology . Applied sociology can be identified as the “practical side” of sociology. Alberto focuses on problem solving at MICRO and MESO levels.
Alberto is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (FCIEA).
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Neo-Meadian Sociology and Modern Behaviourism
• Islam and Islamophobia
• Socio-psychological aspects of Deviance
• Fascism, Neo-Fascism, and Populist Movements
• Sport Administration (Policy and Socio-legal Issues in sport)
Alberto is currently engaged in two international collaborative projects ; one evaluation project focuses on European Counter-hooliganism models and the other one on Muslim youth, sport and social inclusion.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS:
International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences.
Sport Social Studies (published by the University of Lille 2, France)
PEER REVIEWS:
Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
Modern Italy
Urban Studies
Sport in Society
Sociology Mind
Pearson Education
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS:
Member of the European Applied Social Sciences Research Network led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Porro (Professor of Sociology and President of the European Association for Sociology of Sport)
Adjunct Fellow of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research (USA)
EXTERNAL EXAMINERS ROLES :
Sociology Assessor: Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (The Cambridge Assessment Group -University of Cambridge-UK)
CONSULTANCY
Alberto is available for consultancy work on: European Neo-Fascist and Neo-Nazism Activism; Sport Crowd Disorders-Soccer Violence; Counter-Hooliganism Law and Policing.
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.
HOBBIES
In his spare time Alberto is a 3rd dan Full Contact Karate and Self-Defence Instructor (British Combat Association) and a fitness and weight training enthusiast. His coaching qualifications include ISSA, FIF, IFBB, FIA.
Books:
- 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.
- Testa, A., & Armstrong, G. (2010). Football, fascism and fandom: The UltraS of Italian football. London: A and C Black Publishers, Ltd.
Journal Articles:
- Testa, A. (2012). Bosman ruling. In J. Nauright (Ed.), Sports around the world: History, Culture and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- 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.
- Testa, A. (2010). Contested Meanings. The Italian media and the UltraS. Review of European Studies, 1(2), 54-63.
- Testa, A. (2009). UltraS: An Emerging Social Movement. Review of European Studies, 1(2), 54-63.
- 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.
- 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