Ian Woolsey MA, BA, PG Cert
Senior Lecturer In Sociology
About
Former Faculty Research Fellow: College of Social Sciences and Arts.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Teaching Interests
Social Identity
Social Theory
The Sociology of Football Fandom
Teaching
Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics
Social Sciences and Arts
I am currently working on a Doctorate which explores relationships between different types of social spacing and the identities of ‘traditional’ travelling football supporters. The research is being supervised by Tony Blackshaw (Director of Studies), Tim Crabbe and Cinnamon Bennett.
Publications
Journal articles
Boylan, M., & Woolsey, I. (2015). Teacher education for social justice : mapping identity spaces. Teaching and teacher education, 46, 62-71. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.10.007
Woolsey, I. (2010). Train stations and trainers: Observations of simulated football hooliganism in England. Soccer and Society, 11 (5), 588-598. http://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2010.497353
Books
Woolsey, I. (2021). Football Fans and Social Spacing Power and Control in a Modernising Landscape. Palgrave Macmillan.
Theses / Dissertations
Woolsey, I. (2018). Away from nothing: An ethnographic study of travelling Sheffield Wednesday supporters. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Blackshaw, T. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00113
Other activities
I became the careers link for Sociology in September 2012. My main aim is to ensure that students leave the University with a good grasp of the career options which are open to them.