Dr Steven Bradbury

BSc, PGDip, MA, PhD, FHEA

Pronouns: He/him
  • Senior Lecturer in Sport, Equality and Diversity

Dr Steven Bradbury is a Senior Lecturer in Sport, Equality and Diversity at the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. He is the module leader for the 'Sport, Diversity and Social Justice’ module, and contributes to teaching and supervision at BSc, MSc and PhD level. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is a member of the Sociology and Sport Management teaching group and the Sport, Business and Society research theme. Previously, Dr Bradbury worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Youth Sport (2002-2013) and as a Research Assistant at the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research (1994-1996). He has also completed a PhD in the Sociology of Sport (1998-2002), an MA in Public Order (1996-1997), a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology (1994-1995), and a BSc in Sociology (1991-1994) at the University of Leicester.

Over the last 25 years, Dr Bradbury has conducted high quality and impactful research. The findings from his research have been published as reports, book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals, and have been presented to academic, practitioner and governmental audiences at a national and international level. In particular, in relation to research examining the representation and experiences of ethnically diverse players, coaches and governance staff, and the effectiveness of measures to address racialised inequities in football and other sports contexts. He is also the co-editor of a new book entitled ‘‘Race’, Ethnicity and Racism in Sports Coaching’