Stacey Pope is a professor based in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, UK. Professor Pope leads research in the area of women, football andinequalities. She is a leading guru in the area of women football fans. She has developed a new programme of work examining men’s responses to the growing visibility of women in sport and issues of sexism and misogyny. She also leads research on media coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and fans of the England women’s team. Her research has led to her contributing as an invitedexpert for various UK Government inquiries for Culture, Media and Sport and Women and Equalities select committees. She is committed to the public engagement of her work, with her research regularly featuring in the nationaland international media.

Topics covered:

• Women fandom – experiences, change over time, internationally, differences inmen’s/women’s sport, as role models.

• Research used to inform policy (e.g., briefing paper DCMS and government inquiries);advice for others on how to start this process
• Recent paper on feminist research in a male-dominated world. Playing the numbers gameand the emotionless feminist
• Advice on funding
• Future plans.