Dr. Keith Gilbert is a full Professor in the School of Health, Sport & Bioscience at the University of East London and Director of the Centre for Sport, Disability & Health. He researches in the area of sport sociology [which includes opening up many areas of research innovation] and sports management. He also has a strong interest in the management of disability sport with his main focus on the Paralympic Movement and has an intense interest in qualitative, interpretive and narrative research methodologies.

He has numerous publications and has edited several books in the broad areas of sport management, sociology, Paralympics, cultural studies, sport and sustainability and more recently sport, peace and development. His book publications include the following:  

 Forthcoming:

• ‘Paralympics and the Media’        [Forthcoming, November 2011]
• ‘Sport, Peace and Development’ [Forthcoming, December 2011]

Completed Texts:

• Paralympic Legacies’ (2011)
• ‘Sustainability and Sport’ (2011)
• ‘The Paralympics: Empowerment or Sideshow’.
• ‘Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk’,
• ‘Extending the Boundaries: Theoretical Frameworks for Research in Sports Management’.
• ‘Some like It Hot: The Beach as Cultural Dimension’,
• ‘Life on the Margins: Implications for Health Research’
• ‘Reconstructing Lives: The Problem of Retirement from Elite Sport’
• ‘Striving for Balance: Modernity and Elite Sport from an Islamic Perspective.

Along with the above, Professor Gilbert has written over 45 published research articles. He has been an Executive Board Member of the International Council of Sports Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) and is currently a member of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) Publications Board. He has won university awards for teaching and also professional development and given numerous keynote conference presentations. Professor Gilbert has several PhD students working across different areas of sport management, disability, culture and society.

His current research interests include the exploration of the sociological dimensions of sport management, sport and the environment, sport and corporate social responsibility, Olympic and Paralympic legacy and sport for peace and development and other Paralympic research.

Professor Gilbert is chief editor of the International Journal of Sport and Society and he has two book series one in the area of Disability and Sport and the other in the broad area of Sport in Society.

Recently, Professor Gilbert was also the organiser and chair of a conference on Sport in Society with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in March 2010 between the Winter Olympics and Paralympics and will continue the Sport and Society conferences series in Kolkata 2011 and Cambridge 2012.

Above all Professor Gilbert argues for a strong relationship between practical and theoretical aspects of work in higher education and to this end practices what he preaches.

Keith was the Assistant Chef de Mission [Administration] of the Australian Paralympic Team in Sydney 2000 and continues to maintain a healthy relationship with Australian, British and international sports organisations such as the United Nations Sport for Peace & Development group [UNSPD], International Paralympic Committee, [IPC] , IOC and several International Sports Federations. He has been the manager of Australian International Paralympic teams for example in Birmingham, [Australian Athletics] Bangkok [ Full Australian team] and Christchurch [Australian Swimming]. He was awarded an Australian Prime Ministers medal for his work prior to and at the Sydney 2000 Games and he is currently working with the United States Olympic Committee for London 2012 and beyond. Dr. Gilbert previously worked with the USOC in Sydney 2000 and Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. He worked tirelessly to ease the USOC team into London and established the relationship which the University of East London now enjoys. Keith has attended four Olympics and two Paralympic Games in differing capacities from researcher to manager. Dr. Gilbert was an IOC research scholarship winner spending twelve weeks studying at the IOC in Lausanne [Switzerland] and as such has many contacts in sport at the elite international, county, state and club levels. He organised the University of East London’s visit to the Beijing Olympic Games for a six week period and is on the UEL Olympic and Paralympic committee where he has assisted in the organisation of various activities and events involving LOCOG, BPA, USOC, ASICS and Singapore teams.

Books, Chapters & Special Editions:

1. Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) (In Print) Heroes or Zero's: The Media Portrayal of Paralympic Sport, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois (www.commongroundpublishing.com)
2. Gilbert, K. (2011). The Media and the Disabled Body, Chapter 3 In Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) (In Print) Heroes or Zero's: The Media Portrayal of Paralympic Sport, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.
3. Gilbert, K. & O.J. Schantz (2011). Understanding the Media and its Relationship to the Paralympics, Chapter 2 In Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) (In Print) Heroes or Zero's: The Media Portrayal of Paralympic Sport, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.
4. Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). New Dimensions in Media Coverage at the Paralympics, Chapter 20 In  Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) (In Print) Heroes or Zero's: The Media Portrayal of Paralympic Sport, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.
5. Gilbert, K. & Schantz, O.J. (2011). The Future of Media @ the Paralympics, Chapter 21 In Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) (In Print) Heroes or Zero's: The Media Portrayal of Paralympic Sport, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.

1. Gilbert, K., Schantz, O.J. & D. Legg (2011). Essays on the Paralympic Movement: Doubts and Certainties. Special Feature [Chief Editor].Journal of Sport Science & Physical Education, ICSSPE publications, Berlin.
2. Schantz O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011). Exclusive Arenas: The Paralympics and Olympics, Chapter 2 in Essays on the Paralympic Movement: Doubts and Certainties. Special Feature [Chief Editor]. Journal of Sport Science & Physical Education, ICSSPE publications, Berlin.pp. 22-29
3. Legg, D. & K.Gilbert (2011). (Eds.)Paralympic Legacies, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois. (www.commongroundpublishing.com)
4. Gilbert, K. & D. Legg (2011). (Eds.) Conceptualising Legacy, Chapter 1, In D. Legg & K.Gilbert (2011). (Eds.)Paralympic Legacies, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.
5. Legg, D. & K.Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) An Overview of the Benefits of Hosting the Paralympic Games, Chapter 3, In Legg, D. & K.Gilbert (2011). (Eds.)Paralympic Legacies, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.  
6. Gilbert, K. & D. Legg (2011).(Eds.) A Metasynthesis of Paralympic Legacy, Chapter 21, In Legg, D. & K.Gilbert (2011). (Eds.)Paralympic Legacies, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.
7. D. Legg & K.Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) Epilogue: The Plot Thins, Chapter 23, D. Legg & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.)Paralympic Legacies, Commonground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.
8. Schantz, O.J. & K. Gilbert (2011) The Paralympics: Empowerment or Sideshow, Chapter 9 In Lenski, H. & S. Wagg (2011).Handbook of Olympic Studies, Palgrave, MacMillan, London.
9. Savery, J. & K. Gilbert (2011).(Eds.) Sustainability and Sport, Commonground Publications, Champaign, Illinois. (www.commongroundpublishing.com)
10. Savery, J. & K. Gilbert (2011). (Eds.) Conceptualising Sustainability & Sport, Chapter 1 In Savery, J. & K. Gilbert (2011).(Eds.)Sustainability and Sport, Commonground Publications, Champaign, Illinois.
11. Gilbert, K. & J. Savery (2011) (Eds.) A Metasynthesis of Sustainability and Sport, Chapter 30, In In Savery, J. & K. Gilbert (2011).(Eds.)Sustainability andSport, Commonground Publications, Champaign, Illinois.
12. Edwards, A.L., O.J. Schantz & K. Gilbert (2010). Technology, Space and the Paralympic Athlete. Chapter 11 in I. MacRury. & G. Poynter (2009) (Eds).Olympic Cities: 2012 and the Remaking of London. Ashgate Press, London
13. Gilbert, K. & O. Schantz, (2009) (Eds.). The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Sideshow? Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany.
    (www.meyer-meyer-sports.com)
14. Gilbert, K. & O.J. Schantz (2009). Reconceptualizing the Paralympic Movement. Chapter 1, In Gilbert, K & O, and Schantz, (2008)The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Sideshow? Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany.
15. Gilbert, K & O. Schantz (2009) French & German Newspaper Coverage of the Paralympic Games, Chapter 4, In Gilbert, K. & O. Schantz (2008)The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Sideshow? Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany.
16. Gilbert, K & O. Schantz (2009) Epilogue, Breaking the Chains, Chapter 26, In Gilbert, K. & O. Schantz (2008)The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Sideshow? Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany.
17. Skinner, J. & K. Gilbert (2007). Sport Management Education: Teaching & Learning for the Future, Special Edition [Editor]. Sport Management Review, Vol. 10. No. 2.
18. Skinner, J. & K. Gilbert (2007). An Introduction to the Special Issue, In J. Skinner & K.Gilbert, (2007). Sport Management Education: Teaching & Learning for the Future, Special Edition [Editor]. Sport Management Review, Vol. 10. No. 2. p.p. 125-131
19. Cook, K. & K. Gilbert (2006). (Eds.)Life on the Margins: Implications for Health Research, Pearson Publications, Sydney, Australia.
20. Gilbert, K. & K. Cook (2006) Providing Innovative Methodologies for Researching the Experiences of Marginalisation. Chapter 3, In K. Cook & K. Gilbert (2006),Life on the Margins: Implications for Health Research, Pearson Publications, Sydney, Australia.
21. Gilbert, K. & K. Cook, (2006) A Metasynthesis of Marginalisation and Health Research. Chapter 15, In K. Cook & K. Gilbert (2006), Life on the Margins: Implications for Health Research,Pearson Publications, Sydney, Australia.
22. Omar, A. H. & K. Gilbert (2006)Striving for Balance: Modernity & Elite Sport from an Islamic Perspective, UT Malaysia Press, Johor Bahru.
23. Gilbert, K (2005) (Eds.) Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk.Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany. (www.meyer-meyer-sports.com)
24. Gilbert, K. (2005) (Ed) Wiping the Dust off the Margins of the Globe, Chapter 1 in K. Gilbert, (2005) (Eds.)Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk. Meyer & Meyer, Aachen.
25. Gilbert, K. (2005) (Ed) Sexuality, Poverty and Risk Taking, Chapter 4 in K. Gilbert (2005) (Eds.)Sexuality,Sport and the Culture of Risk. Meyer & Meyer. Germany.
26. Gilbert, K. (2005) (Eds.) Risk Taking in Sport is not Extraordinary, Chapter 12 in K. Gilbert (2005) (Eds.).Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk, Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany.
27. Gilbert, K., & V. Fortunato (2003) Reconstructing Lives: The Problem of Retirement from Elite Sport, Commonground Publishing, Melbourne. (www.commonground.com.au)
28. Skinner, J. Gilbert, K & A. Edwards (2003) (Eds)Some Like It Hot: The Beach as a Cultural Dimension, Meyer and Meyer, Aachen, Germany.
29. Gilbert, K., Skinner, J., & A. Edwards (2003) Prologue to the Beach. In, J. Skinner, K. Gilbert & A. Edwards (April 2002) (Eds.)Some Like It Hot: The Beach as a Cultural Dimension, Meyer & Meyer, Aachen, Germany (70%)
30. Edwards, A. Gilbert, K. & J.A. Skinner (2002) Extending the Boundaries: New Directions in Sport Management Research, Commonground Publishing, Melbourne.
    (www.commonground.com.au) or www.keithgilbert.author-site.com/ProductShop/
31. Gilbert, K. (1999) Reconstructing Lives: The Voices of Athletes with HIV/AIDS, Chapter 6 in Sankaran, G; Volkwein, K.A.E.; Bosnall, D.R. (Eds.)HIV/AIDS in Sport: Impact and Challenges. Human Kinetics, Champaign Illinois.
32. Gilbert, K. (1998). The Body, Young Children and Popular Culture, Chapter 4. In Yelland, N.J. (Eds.)Critical Perspectives in the Education of Children, Routledge Press.
33. Gilbert, K. (1992). Understanding Physical Education. Chapter 5. In Simpson, T. (Eds.)Teachers and Theory, Teachers College Press, New York.