Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Dr Daniel Kilvington
Course Director and Reader
Dr Daniel Kilvington is Reader and Course Director in Media, Communication, Cultures. His teaching and research specialism explores race/ethnicity, racism and anti-racism in sport and new media spaces.
He is widely published and has written five books: Race, Racism and Sports Journalism (2012); Sport, Racism and Social Media (2015); British Asians, Exclusion and the Football Industry (2016); Sport and Discrimination (2017), and Online Research Methods in Sports Studies (2019), all with Routledge.
His research has explored the lived experiences of British South Asian communities within English football and his works have put forward a series of recommendations for reform. His other work has focused on the lack of minoritised ethnic coaches and managers within football. He is also a leading scholar in the field of online hate/abuse within sport, particularly football.
Dr Kilvington continues to work on external grants with funding bodies and stakeholders. In 2021, he was awarded an AHRC Large Grants Award for the project “Tackling Online Hate in Football” and in 2022, he started a project with the English Premier League examining anti-racist football coaching. Moreover, he works in collaboration with Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) in challenging far-right discourses online within football.
Dr Kilvington is the co-founder of the annual international Sport and Discrimination conference series; co-founder of the Talking Race podcast series; the founder of the inclusion initiative, Creating and Developing Coaches, and the trustee of the Zesh Rehman Foundation (ZRF).
Current Teaching
- Researching Media and Culture
- Youth, Crime, Culture
- 'Race', Culture, Media
- Sports Media
Research Interests
Dr Dan Kilvington has written extensively on issues of 'race' and racism within sport and new media. He has investigated the exclusion of British Asian players and the under-representation of BAME coaches and managers in football; the impact of positive action strategies in sport; online racial abuse within a sporting context; ethnicity and football fandom; and representations of 'race' in television sit-coms.
Dan's current research critically explores the lack of BAME coaches and managers in football, leading him to establish the inclusion organisation, Creating and Developing Coaches. Since 2016, Creating and Developing Coaches has worked with over 200 BAME coaches across the country and helped in some securing full time employment within the 'beautiful game'.
Ask Me About
- Sports media
- Youth, Crime, Culture
- Sport and new media
- Researching media and culture
- 'Race', Culture, Media
- Football
- Racism
- Social Media
- Sport
Selected Outputs
- Zesh Rehman Foundation
'Cultural racism' excluding British South Asians from football governance roles, new report finds
Sky Sports - online
Dr Daniel Kilvington, one of the academics behind the study, told Sky Sports News: ""Access to the system was considered a struggle formany of the participants in the research. Some suggested that it felt a bit like a cul-de-sac of a career. Nepotism was a common theme, across all levels, as many positions are filled through people's personal networks.
View moreRace and the Sport Media part 2 with Leon Mann
Talking Race Podcast -
Part 2 of 2: In part 2 of our episode focusing on race and the sport media, we're joined by sports producer, broadcaster, and founder of the Black Collective of Media in Sport (BCOMS), Leon Mann.
View moreGovernment vows to 'step in' if Yorkshire and ECB do not deal with racism crisis
Sky Sports - online
Dr Dan Kilvington, a senior lecturer at the Leeds Beckett University who has written extensively on issues of race and racism within sport, says that the issue is going through a pivotal time in history.
View moreRace and the Sport Media part 1 with Nelson Kumah
Talking Race Podcast - online
Part 1 of 2: In part 1 of this episode focusing on the sport media, Dan Kilvington speaks with BBC Sport's Nelson Kumah.
View more'A pivotal moment in history when it comes to racism'
Sky Sports - online
Dr Dan Kilvington, a senior lecturer at the Leeds Beckett University who has written extensively on issues of race and racism within sport, says that the issue is going through a pivotal time in history.
View moreRace and Sports Commentary with Paul Campbell
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode, Dr Dan Kilvington speaks with Dr Paul Campbell about racialised representations within the sport media, paying close attention to sports commentary.
View moreRace and Mental Health with Frank Keating
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode we talk to Professor Frank Keating from Royal Holloway University of London about race, racism and mental health.
View moreRace, Education and Activism with Rita Kohli
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode Dr Rita Kohli, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information studies at the University of California, Riverside, talks about her work with teachers of colour.
View moreRace and Britain with Les Back
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode we talk with Les Back, Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London.
View moreTed Lasso’s Nate the Great and Terrible Could Provide an Interesting Exploration of Being an Asian Man in Football
The Mary Sue - online
Then, in 2019, Dr. Dan Kilvington wrote a paper about the exclusion of British Asian players and the under-representation of BAME coaches and managers in football.
View moreBlack British Feminism with Heidi Mirza
Talking Race Podcast - online
Series 2 of the Talking Race podcast starts with a discussion about Black British feminism. Professor Heidi Mirza talks about how it grew from grassroots women today are driving forward change, leaving her hopeful about its future.
View moreRace and Cyberspace: A new space for racism? with Rachel Boyle and Jessie Daniels
Talking Race Podcast - online
In our series finale, Dr Daniel Kilvington talks with Rachel Boyle and Professor Jessie Danielsabout ‘race’ and racism on the internet.
View moreGrassroots football key to Asian players coming through, says Dr Daniel Kilvington
Sky Sports - online
More grassroots support will prove key to a player from the Asian community eventually turning out for England, says the country’s leading academic on the subject, Dr Daniel Kilvington.
View moreRace and Football: Where are the British Asian footballers? with Permi Jhooti and Anwar Uddin
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode of Talking Race, Dr Daniel Kilvington speaks with British Asian footballing pioneers Permi Jhooti (Fulham) and Anwar Uddin (Barnet FC).
View moreRace in Education with Kauser Jan and Daniel Kebede
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode of Talking Race, Professor Vini Lander speaks with Kauser Jan, a primary teacher in Leeds, and Daniel Kebede, Vice President of the National Education Union (NEU), about personal and professional experiences of racism.
View moreRace and Children’s Literature with Darren Chetty and Lisa Stephenson
Talking Race Podcast - online
This episode examines the absence of race in children’s literature. Guest interviewer, Dr Emily Zobel Marshall, talks with Darren Chetty and Lisa Stephenson about the reasons why BAME children think stories are about White people and why in a tiny minority of books for primary children feature a BAME character or a BAME protagonist.
View moreCritical Race Theory with David Gillborn
Talking Race Podcast - online
In this episode of Talking Race, hosts Professor Vini Lander and Dr Daniel Kilvington speak with Professor Dave Gillborn about Critical Race Theory (CRT).
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Kilvington DJ; John P (2018) From Backstage to Frontstage: Exploring Football and the Growing Problem of Online Abuse. In: Gary A; Stefan L ed. Digital Media Sport: Fandom, Identities and Resistance.
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Kilvington DJ (2017) British Asians and football: Exploring the rise, popularity and significance of Punjabi and Bangla fan groups. In: Acton C; Hassan D ed. Sport and Contested Identities.
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Kilvington DJ (2019) Two decades and little change: British Asians, football and calls for action. Soccer and Society, 20 (4), pp. 584-601.
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Kilvington DJ; Price J (2017) Tackling Social Media Abuse? Critically Assessing English Football’s Response to Online Racism. Communication and Sport, 7 (1), pp. 64-79.
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Kilvington D (2017) British Asians and football: how the ‘beautiful game’ needs to change.
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eds. Kilvington D; Price J (In press) Sport and Discrimination. Routledge.
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Kilvington D (2016) British Asians, Exclusion and the Football Industry. Routledge.
News & Blog Posts
Tackling online hate in football with Sky Sports News
Talking Race Podcast Returns
Leeds Beckett researchers awarded funding for major project into online hate and sports events
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