Professor Paul Dimeo

Professor

Sport University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Paul Dimeo

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About me

I joined the University of Stirling in 2002, and am now Professor and Head of Sport. My previous roles include Associate Dean for Internationalisation, and Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes, for the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport. I have been researching various aspects of sport and policy since my PhD in the late 1990s (University of Strathclyde). Most of my publications and recent work has been on anti-doping history and policy. I have published on this topic in academic journals and books, and led four projects for the World Anti-Doping Agency. I have also written for a range of websites including The Conversation, VeloNews and Sporting Integrity Initiative.

My main area of interest is anti-doping policy. I have published widely on this topic including a recent monograph (The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport: Causes, Consequences, Solutions, 2018, Routledge). I was a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Texas at Austin where I worked with Dr Thomas Hunt at the H. J. Lutcher Stark Research Center.

My research has been funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, British Academy and Wellcome Trust. I recently published a new book, with April Henning, on the historical development of drug use in sport and anti-doping policy (Reaktion Books).

Award

Common Grounds Book Prize

Best Book Prize for two edited volumes

Community Contribution

Mentor and Reader Fulbright Commission
The US-UK Fullbright Commission

Contributed to a number of activities as a Fulbright Scholar Alumnus

Event / Presentation

Keynote Lecture
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

Keynote Lecture at UEFA Anti-Doping Symposium, London

Keynote Lecture

International Association for Sport Sociology, Annual Conference, Madrid

External Examiners and Validations

External Examiner University of Strathclyde

Professional membership

Director International Network for Doping Research

Contributed to organising conferences, ECR support and public engagement activities

Associate Editor

AE for Performance Enhancement and Health journal

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