Malcolm MacLean is a settler scholar working in historical studies with a background in anthropology and sociology. His research deals with post- and de-colonial cultures in settler colonial settings, social movements and international coercive policy instruments including cultural boycotts and sanctions. He has worked for many years on issues of play and is a founder of the Philosophy at Play network. He is a former Chair of the British Society for Sports History and is active in the North American Society for Sports History. He has considerable experience in higher education governance and with particular expertise in issues of research ethics and integrity. Malcolm works in the Doctoral College at the University of Wales Trinity St David, and holds posts as Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland, Research Fellow in the International Centre for the History and Culture of Sport at De Montfort University and Senior Research Associate at the University of Gibraltar.

Like many aging academics, he has an occasionally up to date website at https://malcolmkmaclean.net/