Football, Migration and Racism

Marco Martiniello is a sociologist and political scientist. He is Director of Research at the National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and Founding Director of CEDEM (Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Migration) at the University of Liège, where he teaches sociology of migration, inter-ethnic relations and racism. His work focuses on the relationships between the arts, culture, sport, immigration and ethnicised and racialised minorities. He is also interested in transnationalism and issues of migration policy, citizenship, multiculturalism, racism and the political mobilisation of immigrants.

John Solomos is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick. He has researched and written widely on the history and contemporary forms of race and ethnic relations in Britain, theories of race and racism, the politics of race, equal opportunity policies, multiculturalism and social policy, race and football, and racist movements and ideas. His most recent book is Antiracism: A Critique (2025). He has been Joint-Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies since 1995. He is also co-editor of the book series on Racism, Resistance and Social Change for Manchester University Press.