| :: Dr. Alberto Testa: Academic Profile :: |
Academic Lecturer (Ass. Professor of Social Sciences of Sport); Placement Co-ordinator
Room: Heinz Wolff Building HW207
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1895 267382
Fax: (+44) 01895540151
Email: a.testa@brunel.ac.uk
Academic Website
Dr Testa is a psychological sociologist; he has an academic background in Law, among his qualifications are a Ph.D. in Sociology and a
Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE). Alberto is the Placement Co-ordinator for the
Department of Sport Sciences
Research Interests
Alberto’s research interests are eclectic and include:
Neo-Meadian Sociology & Modern Behaviourism
Islam and Islamophobia
The Socio-Psychological aspects of Deviance
Fascism , Neo-Fascism & Populist Movements
The Sociology of Health & Illness
Sport Administration : especially Policy and Socio-Legal Issues in Sport
Accreditations & Memberships of Professional Bodies
Member of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology
Member of the American Sociological Association: Sections: Social Psychology ; Crime, Law and Deviance & Medical Sociology
The Higher Education Academy (Fellow FHEA)
Member of The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (Accredited MCIEA)
The Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (Accredited MIMSPA)
Member of the International Sports Law Association
Editorial board membership:
International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences.
Peer review of manuscripts for Academic Journals:
Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
Modern Italy
Urban Studies
Sport in Society
Peer review of monographs for Academic Publishers:
Pearson Education
International Research Networks:
Member of the European Applied Social Sciences Research Network led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Porro (Professor of Sociology and President of
the European Association for Sociology of Sport)
Adjunct Fellow of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research (USA)
External Examiner Roles
Sociology Assessor: Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (The Cambridge Assessment Group -University of Cambridge-UK)
Consultancy & Media Work
Alberto is avaliable for consultancy work on:
European Neo-Fascist and Neo-Nazism Activism; Sport Crowd Disorders; Counter-Hooliganism Law and Policing
Recent Book
Testa, A. and Armstrong, G. (2010). Football, Fascism and Fandom: The UltraS of Italian Football, A&C (Bloomsbury), London, Black
Publishers.
The Italian football curve (terraces) including those of the capital city of Rome represent the epicentre of a contemporary football supporter
subculture inspired by Italian fascism. It should not surprise that Rome, a place breathtaking in its beauty and referred to by many
commentators as “The Eternal City”, is centrally involved in these dynamics; Rome as the bureaucratic capital of the Italian state was re-
born during the years of Mussolini and provided the most spectacular backdrop in the celebrations of the fascist regime. Such celebrations
are evident today albeit on a smaller scale and mainly in the Olympic Stadium , which hosts the city‘s two biggest football clubs AS Roma
and SS Lazio. The protagonists of such sentiment and display are known as UltraS, the capital ‘S’ being our neologism for the neo-fascist
oriented fan and differentiates them from the wider hard-core football supporter gatherings that we refer to as ‘ultra’
Room: Heinz Wolff Building HW207
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1895 267382
Fax: (+44) 01895540151
Email: a.testa@brunel.ac.uk
Academic Website
Dr Testa is a psychological sociologist; he has an academic background in Law, among his qualifications are a Ph.D. in Sociology and a
Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE). Alberto is the Placement Co-ordinator for the
Department of Sport Sciences
Research Interests
Alberto’s research interests are eclectic and include:
Neo-Meadian Sociology & Modern Behaviourism
Islam and Islamophobia
The Socio-Psychological aspects of Deviance
Fascism , Neo-Fascism & Populist Movements
The Sociology of Health & Illness
Sport Administration : especially Policy and Socio-Legal Issues in Sport
Accreditations & Memberships of Professional Bodies
Member of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology
Member of the American Sociological Association: Sections: Social Psychology ; Crime, Law and Deviance & Medical Sociology
The Higher Education Academy (Fellow FHEA)
Member of The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (Accredited MCIEA)
The Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (Accredited MIMSPA)
Member of the International Sports Law Association
Editorial board membership:
International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences.
Peer review of manuscripts for Academic Journals:
Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
Modern Italy
Urban Studies
Sport in Society
Peer review of monographs for Academic Publishers:
Pearson Education
International Research Networks:
Member of the European Applied Social Sciences Research Network led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Porro (Professor of Sociology and President of
the European Association for Sociology of Sport)
Adjunct Fellow of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research (USA)
External Examiner Roles
Sociology Assessor: Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (The Cambridge Assessment Group -University of Cambridge-UK)
Consultancy & Media Work
Alberto is avaliable for consultancy work on:
European Neo-Fascist and Neo-Nazism Activism; Sport Crowd Disorders; Counter-Hooliganism Law and Policing
Recent Book
Testa, A. and Armstrong, G. (2010). Football, Fascism and Fandom: The UltraS of Italian Football, A&C (Bloomsbury), London, Black
Publishers.
The Italian football curve (terraces) including those of the capital city of Rome represent the epicentre of a contemporary football supporter
subculture inspired by Italian fascism. It should not surprise that Rome, a place breathtaking in its beauty and referred to by many
commentators as “The Eternal City”, is centrally involved in these dynamics; Rome as the bureaucratic capital of the Italian state was re-
born during the years of Mussolini and provided the most spectacular backdrop in the celebrations of the fascist regime. Such celebrations
are evident today albeit on a smaller scale and mainly in the Olympic Stadium , which hosts the city‘s two biggest football clubs AS Roma
and SS Lazio. The protagonists of such sentiment and display are known as UltraS, the capital ‘S’ being our neologism for the neo-fascist
oriented fan and differentiates them from the wider hard-core football supporter gatherings that we refer to as ‘ultra’
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