Dr Chris Porter
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Other academic service (administration and management)
Departmental Disability Co-ordinator (Department of Sociology)
Membership of professional associations
Member of the Global Studies Association
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
Unit co-Leader - MA Globalisation: Media, Culture and Consumption
Subject areas
Sociology
Supervision
- PhD Supervisor
- Masters Dissertation Supervisor
Research outputs
Key research interests for Chris revolve around class, culture and politics. This includes topics such as football fandom, supporter ownership, globalisation, community, consumption, popular culture and local identity. His doctoral thesis involved an exploration of the potential for political engagement within Manchester’s football supporter culture.
Subsequent research has focused on the participatory structure of fan-owned football clubs, volunteering, community activism and the current political and economic climate of austerity and neoliberalism. Chris is a member of the Centre for the Study of Football and its Communities (CSFC), a research group based within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at MMU, that through multidisciplinary and international collaboration, and partnerships with football industry practitioners, aims to shine a critical light on claims by football clubs and authorities to be operating in the interests of their communities.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Porter, C., May, A., Kiernan, A. (2019) Football, Community and Sustainability. Routledge.
Porter, C. (2019) Supporter Ownership in English Football Class, Culture and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Reports
Kiernan, A., Porter, C.J., May, A. (2015) The positive inclusion of refugee and migrant communities in and through football: A toolkit. Manchester, UK: Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) / Centre for the Study of Football and its Communities (CSFC).
Mellor, G., Porter, C. (2008) Respect Athlete Mentoring Programme (RAMP) Monitoring and Evaluation Report 2007/08. Substance/Youth Sports Trust.
Brown, A., Massey, J., Porter, C. (2004) The Sports Development Impact of the 2002 Commonwealth Games: Post Games Report.
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Journal articles
Porter, C., May, A., Kiernan, A. (2016) '‘Thinking long and wide’: which communities have a future within the global game?.' Soccer & Society, 17(5) pp. 661-665.
Porter, C. (2015) 'Loyal to what? FC United's ‘shaping walk’ through football's ‘muck of ages’.' Sport in Society, 18(4) pp. 452-465.
Kiernan, A., Porter, C. (2014) 'Little United and the Big Society: negotiating the gaps between football, community and the politics of inclusion.' Soccer & Society, 15(6) pp. 847-863.
Porter, C. (2008) 'Manchester United, global capitalism and local resistance.' Belgeo, (2) pp. 181-192.
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Theses and dissertations
Porter, C.J. Cultures of Resistance and Compliance: Football Fandom and Political Engagement in Manchester.
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Scholarly editions
Porter, C., May, A., Kiernan, A. (2016) Soccer & Society special edition: Football, Community and Sustainability. Routledge.
Kiernan, A., May, A., Porter, C. (2015) Football community and sustainability.