Victor Agulló Calatayud

Victor Agulló Calatayud is a Titular de Universidad (Associate Professor) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Universitat de València, where he is affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences and the UISYS research group (Unit of Information and Social and Health Research). His academic profile reflects a strong commitment to sociological research, particularly in the areas of sports, substance use, and social theory.

His research interests are diverse and interdisciplinary, focusing on the sociology of sport, social ontology, epistemology of anthropology, disability theory, historical and comparative sociology, sociolinguistics, gender studies, and public health. His work often employs qualitative methodologies, including semi-structured interviews and oral history, to explore social phenomena in the Valencian context.

His recent publications (2013–2021) demonstrate a thematic concentration on traditional Valencian sports like pilota, youth drug prevention, doping in gyms, tobacco use among athletes, and the sociopolitical dimensions of sports history. These works appear in journals such as Sustainability, Revista Española de Drogodependencias, and Papers. Revista de Sociologia, indicating a consistent scholarly output with social and public health implications.

His academic contributions include studies on the sociolinguistic reality of Valencian, the exclusion of Valencian athletes from the Olympics under Franco, and bibliometric analyses of sports research in Spain. He has also developed educational tools, such as a multimedia tutorial for final degree projects.

Victor Agulló earned his PhD from the Universitat de València in 2013 with a thesis on the recreational use of anabolic steroids, supervised by Dr. Rafael Castelló Cogollos, Dr. Gregorio González Alcaide, and Dr. Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián. He collaborates with researchers such as Yaiza Pérez Alonso and Máxima Bolaños-Pizarro. His email is victor.agullo@uv.es.