Dr Ramon Spaaij

Brief description

Ramón is a Professor in the Institute for Health & Sport and the College of Sport & Exercise Science. He also holds a Professorial Chair in Sociology of Sport at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Prior to joining Victoria University in 2014, Ramón was a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at La Trobe University, where he was also Deputy Director of the La Trobe Refugee Research Centre.

Ramón is a sociologist whose interests focus on questions of social cohesion, conflict and social change. He has two established fields of research that address these questions: the sociology of sport and the sociology of terrorism. He has published widely on these topics in refereed journals, books and book collections.

The bulk of his current research focuses on socio-cultural aspects and impacts of sport, with a particular focus on the intersections of diversity, social cohesion and sport. Additionally, Ramón conducts internationally recognised research on violent extremism and ‘lone wolf’ terrorism.

Ramón has taught sociology, anthropology, management, criminology, sports studies and conflict studies at undergraduate and graduate levels.