Ulster Sports Academy

Dr Paul Darby

Biography

Paul is a Reader in the sociology of sport and has worked at the University of Ulster since 2002. Previously, he held a lectureship in the sociology of sport at Liverpool Hope University. Paul graduated from the University of Ulster with a BA (Hons) in Sport, Exercise and Leisure in 1994 and was awarded his PhD from the Faculty of Humanities at Ulster in 1997. He is course director for the MSc in Sports Development and Coaching.

Research Interests

Paul’s research interests lie in the social sciences and history of sport. He has published on issues relating to; the role of Gaelic games in the lives of the Irish diaspora in North America; sport and transnational identities; sports labour migration, specifically the transit of African migrant footballers to Europe; the place of ‘Africa’ in the politics of FIFA/world football; football related disasters; sport and the Irish.

Current Research Projects

Globalisation, the 'academy' system and the migration of football labour in Ghana and baseball labour in the Dominican Republic (with Alan Klein, Northeastern University, MA)
Gaelic games and transnational identities
The political history of football in Ghana

External Involvement

Editorial Board member, Soccer and Society, Taylor and Francis.
Advisory Board member, Impumelelo: The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sport.
Guest Editor: African Historical Review, 42 (1), 2010.
Guest Editor: Sport in Society, 10 (2), 2007.
Senior Academic Editor, Soccer and Society (2000-2004)
Peer Review College member. Economic and Social Research Council
Peer Reviewer. Government of Ireland/Irish Research Council for the Humanities and
Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (2010/11)
Referee for; Sociology of Sport Journal; International Review for the Sociology of Sport; Sport in Society; Journal of Sport and Social Issues; International Journal for the;History of Sport; Global Networks; International Journal of Sport Policy; Politique ; Africaine; Du Bois Review; African Historical Review; South African Review of Sociology.
Founding member of The Football Migration Network, an international research network hosted at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), University of Lisbon (http://diasbola.com/pt/foomi-network.html).
Affiliated Scholar - Academy of International Sport, George Mason, University, Washington, USA.

Research Funding

Source: European Union Regional Development Fund (Peace III)
Project: Active Youth and Sport: A Creative Young People’s Programme (Principal Investigator with P. Kitchin, K. Ferguson and K. Thompson)
Amount: £38,890
Year: 2010-2011

Source: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Project: Globalisation, the ‘academy’ system and the migration of football labour in Ghana and baseball labour in the Dominican Republic (Principal Investigator)
Amount:£71940
Year: 2008-2010

Source: The British Academy
Project: Gaelic Games and the Irish Diaspora in North America (Principal Investigator)
Amount: £5426
Year: 2005-07

Source: UK Sport
Project: International Conference Funding 2003-04
Amount: £850
Year: 2003

Source: Sheppard-Worlock Fellowship – Liverpool Hope University
Project: Gaelic Games and Irishness in Boston (Principal Investigator)
Amount: £2500
Year: 1999-2000

Teaching Areas

Year 1: Sport in Society, Effective Learning
Year 2: Sociology of Sport, Research Methods
Final Year: Football and Society
MSc: Understanding Sport; Research in Sports Development and Coaching

Recent Publications

Moore, Stephen and Darby, Paul (2011) Gaelic Games, Irish Nationalist Politics and the Irish Diaspora in London, 1895-1915. Sport in History, 31 (3). pp. 257-282.

Darby, Paul (2011) Out of Africa: The Exodus of Elite African Football Labour to Europe. In: Sport and Migration: Border, Boundaries and Crossings. (Eds: Maguire, Joseph and Falcous, Mark), Routledge, pp. 245-258. ISBN 0415498341

Darby, Paul and Solberg, Eirik (2010) Differing Trajectories: Football Development and Patterns of Player Migration in South Africa and Ghana. Soccer and Society, 11 (1-2). pp. 11-130.

Darby, Paul and Solberg, Eirik (2010) Differing Trajectories: Football Development and Patterns of Player Migration in South Africa and Ghana. In: South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid, and Beyond. Routledge, pp. 118-130. ISBN 97080415469319

Darby, Paul (2010) Playing for Ireland in Foreign Fields: The Gaelic Athletic Association and Irish Nationalism in America. Irish Studies Review, 18 (1). pp. 69-89.

Darby, Paul (2010) The Gaelic Athletic Association, Transnational Identities and Irish-America. Sociology of Sport Journal, 27 (4). pp. 351-370.

Darby, Paul (2010) 'Go Outside': The History, Economics and Geography of Ghanaian Football Labour Migration. African Historical Review, 42 (1). pp. 19-41.

Darby, Paul (2010) Ethnographie des Academies de Football au Ghana: Entre Formation et Commerialisation des Jeunes Jouers. Afrique Contemporaine, 233 (1). pp. 77-87.

Ó Fearghail, Aoghan and Darby, Paul (2009) American Gaels and Cavan Heroes: The 1947 All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final in New York. In: The Evolution of the GAA: Ulaidh, Éire agus Eile. Ulster Historical Foundation, pp. 195-206. ISBN 978-1-903688-83-0

Darby, Paul (2009) Gaelic Games and the Irish Diaspora in the United States. In: The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009. Irish Academic Press, pp. 203-221. ISBN 978-0-7165-3028-2

Darby, Paul (2009) Ghanaian Football Labour Migration to Europe: Preliminary Observations. In: Labour Market Migration in European Football: Key Issues and Challenges. Birkbeck Sport Business Centre Research Papers, pp. 149-163. ISBN 1756-8803

Darby, Paul (2009) The Gaelic Athletic Association and Irish-America. In: The Evolution of the GAA: Ulaidh, Éire agus Eile. Ulster Historical Foundation, pp. 185-194. ISBN 978-1-903688-83-0

Darby, Paul (2009) Without the Aid of a Sporting Safety Net: The Irish Emigre in San Francisco and the Gaelic Athletic Association (1888-c.1938). The International Journal of the History of Sport, 26 (1). pp. 63-83.

Darby, Paul (2009) Gaelic Games, Nationalism and the Irish Diaspora in the United States. University College Dublin Press. 256 pp ISBN 978-1-906359-23-2

Darby, Paul and King, Seamus (2008) Becoming Irlandés: Hurling and Irish Identity in Argentina. In: Emigrants at Play: Sport and the Irish Diaspora. Routledge, pp. 93-106. ISBN 978-0-415-46491-8

Darby, Paul and Hassan, David (2008) Introduction: Locating Sport in the Study of the Irish Diaspora. In: Emigrant Players Sport and the Irish Diaspora. Routledge, pp. 1-14. ISBN 10: 0-415-46491-9

Darby, Paul (2008) Gaelic Games, Ethnic Identity and Irish Nationalism in New York City c.1880-1917. In: Emigrants at Play: Sport and the Irish Diaspora. Routledge, pp. 15-35. ISBN 978-0-415-46491-8

Darby, Paul (2008) Stanley Rous's Own Goal: Football Politics, South Africa and the FIFA Presidency (1974). In: Football: From England to the World. Routledge, pp. 93-70. ISBN 978-0-415-48061-1

Darby, Paul (2008) African Football Labour Migration to Portugal: Colonial and Neo-Colonial Resource. In: Globalized Football: Nations and Migration, the City and the Dream. Routledge, pp. 56-70. ISBN 978-0-415-45050-8

Darby, Paul (2008) Stanley Rous's 'Own Goal': Football Politics, South Africa and the FIFA Presidency. Soccer & Society, 9 (2). pp. 259-272.

Darby, Paul (2008) FIFA. In: The Sage Dictionary of Sports Studies. (Eds: Malcolm, Dominic), Sage, pp. 96-98. ISBN 978-1-4129-0735-4

King, S and Darby, Paul (2007) Becoming Irelandes: Hurling and Irish Identity in Argentina. Sport in society, 10 (3). pp. 425-438.

Darby, Paul, Akindes, Gerard and Kirwin, Matthew (2007) Football Academies and the Migration of African Football Labour to Europe. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 31 (2). pp. 143-161.

Darby, Paul and Hassan, David (2007) Locating Sport in the Study of the Irish Diaspora. Sport and Society, 10 (3). pp. 336-346.

Darby, Paul (2007) Gaelic Games, Ethnic Identity and Irish Nationalism in New York City, c.1880-1917. Sport in Society, 10 (3). pp. 347-367.

Darby, Paul (2007) Sports: Football. In: New Encyclopedia of Africa. (Eds: Middleton, J and Miller, J. C), Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 512-514. ISBN 0684806541

Darby, Paul (2007) African Football Labour Migration to Portugal: Colonial and Neo-Colonial Resource. Soccer in Society, 8 (4). pp. 495-509.

Darby, Paul (2007) Out of Africa: The Exodus of African Football Talent to Europe. Working USA: The Journal of Labour and Society, 10 (4). pp. 443-456.

Darby, Paul (2006) Migracao Para Portugal de Jogadores de Futebol Africanos: Reurso Colonial e Neocolonial. Analise Social, XLI (179) (2). pp. 417-433.

Darby, Paul (2006) Emigrants at Play: Gaelic Games and the Irish Diaspora in Chicago. Sport in History, 26 (1). pp. 47-63.

Darby, Paul, Johnes, Martin and Mellor, Gavin (2005) Football Disasters: A Conceptual Frame. In: Soccer and Disaster: International Perspectives. (Eds: Darby, Paul, Johnes, Martin and Mellor, Gavin), Routledge, pp. 1-9. ISBN 0-7146-8289-6

Darby, Paul (2005) Gaelic Games and the Irish Immigrant Experience in Boston. In: Sport and the Irish: Histories, Identities, Issues. (Eds: Bairner, Alan), University College Dublin Press, pp. 85-101. ISBN 1-904558-33-X

Darby, Paul (2005) The Zambian Air Disaster, 1993: A Context of Vulnerability. In: Soccer and Disaster: International Perspectives. (Eds: Darby, Paul, Mellor, Gavin and Johnes, Martin), Routledge, pp. 124-140. ISBN 0-7146-8289-6

Darby, Paul (2005) Africa and the World Cup: Politics, Eurocentrism and Resistance. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 22 (5). pp. 883-905.

O'Donoghue, P, Dubitzky, W, Lopes, P, Berrar, D, Lagan, K, Hassan, D, Bairner, A and Darby, Paul (2004) An evaluation of qualitative and quantitative methods of predicting the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Journal of Sport Sciences, 22 (6). pp. 513-514.

Darby, Paul, Johnes, Martin and Mellor, Gavin (2004) Football Disasters: A Conceptual Frame. Soccer and Society, 5 (2). pp. 125-133.

Darby, Paul (2004) A Context of Vulnerability: The Zambian Air Disaster, 1993. Soccer and Society, 5 (2). pp. 248-264.

Darby, Paul (2003) Football, Colonial Doctrine and Indigenous Resistance: Mapping the Political Persona of FIFA's African Constituency. In: The Decolonization Reader. (Eds: Le Seur, James D.), Routledge, pp. 358-373. ISBN 0-415-23117-5

Darby, Paul (2003) Africa and the FIFA Presidency, 1974-2002. Menneske I Bevlgelse (Moving Bodies), 1 (1). pp. 47-61.

Darby, Paul (2003) Gaelic Sport and the Irish Diaspora in Boston, 1879-1890. Irish Historical Studies, XXXIII (132). pp. 387-403.

Darby, Paul (2003) Africa, the FIFA Presidency and the Governance of World Football, 1974, 1998 and 2002. Africa Today, 50 (1). pp. 3-24.

Darby, Paul and Malcolm, Dominic (2002) Ian Taylor in Memoriam. Soccer and Society, 3 (1). pp. 79-94.

Darby, Paul (2002) Union des Associations Europeenes de Football. In: The Encyclopaedia of British Football. (Eds: Cox, R, Russell, D and Vamplew, W), Frank Cass, pp. 311-312. ISBN 0-7146-8230-6

Darby, Paul (2002) Fédération International de Football Association. In: The Encyclopaedia of British Football. (Eds: Cox, R, Russell, D and Vamplew, W), Frank Cass, pp. 110-112. ISBN 0-7146-8230-6

Bairner, Alan and Darby, Paul (2001) The Swedish Model and International Sport: Lennart Johansson and the Governance of World Football. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 36 (3). pp. 337-359.

Darby, Paul (2000) Football, Colonial Doctrine and Indigenous Resistance: Mapping the Political Persona of FIFA's African Constituency. Culture, Sport, Society, 3 (1). pp. 61-87.

Darby, Paul (2000) Africa's Place in FIFA's Global Order: A Theoretical Frame. Soccer and Society, 1 (2). pp. 36-61.

Darby, Paul (2000) The New Scramble for Africa: African Football Labour Migration to Europe. The European Sports History Review, 3 (1). pp. 217-244.

Bairner, Alan and Darby, Paul (1999) Divided Sport in a Divided Society: Northern Ireland. In: Sport in Divided Societies. (Eds: Sugden, John and Bairner, Alan), Meyer and Meyer, pp. 51-72. ISBN 3-89124-445-2

Darby, Paul, Sugden, John and Tomlinson, Alan (1998) FIFA Versus UEFA in the Struggle for the Control of World Football. In: Fanatics! Power, Identity and Fandom in Football. (Eds: Brown, Adam), Routledge, pp. 11-31. ISBN 0-415-18103-8

Darby, Paul (1997) Theorising World Football Politics: FIFA, Dependency and World System Theory. Scottish Centre Research Papers in Sport, Leisure and Society, 2 (1). pp. 36-61.