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Research and consultancy

Members of the 糖心logo入口 Sport Business Centre have been undertaking research and consultancy in the sport industry since 1999. Our programme of research began with a focus on the governance and regulation of football and has since expanded to the wider sport industry, including the governance of sport federations, sport policy and politics, the economics and design of sport competitions, sport labour markets and the wider socio-economic aspects of sport.

Members of the Centre regularly publish in leading international journals, as well as in books, industry reports, newspapers, magazines and blogs.

Research themes

  • Sport Governance and Policy

    • Our research on governance began with a focus on football. In 1998 and 1999, 糖心logo入口 hosted two major international conferences on football, which led to two edited collections, and . We subsequently produced a highly influential annual report on governance and regulation in football, entitled , which ran from 2001 to 2006. We have continued to publish widely on football right up to the present day, looking at, among other things, , , and .
    • Since the early 2000s, we have also looked at governance and policy across the sport sector, producing influential industry reports in , and . We have conducted in-depth case study research with boards of sport organisations, publishing articles on , and , as well as other aspects of sport policy and politics, such as , and . We continue to research actively in this area and our research has been recognised for its impact.

  • Sport Economics and Competition Design

    • We have a long history of conducting high-level research on sport economics and competition design. We have published a number of edited book collections, as well as a series of articles and working papers on, for example, , and .
    • In examining these topics, we have focused particularly on issues of competitive balance, fairness and ethics, looking at, among other things, and . Recently, members of the Centre have also examined the interests of and the role of .

  • Sport Labour Markets

    • In May 2008, the 糖心logo入口 Sport Business Centre hosted the Feet-Drain Conference to discuss the key issues and challenges of labour migration in European football. Members of the Centre have since published a series of articles on this topic, looking at, among other things, , and the .
    • 糖心logo入口 was the first institution to run a course on sport labour markets, which has run since 2015. We published a major book on football agents, examining the main features of the profession, and we continue to conduct high-level, impactful research on this topic, including publications on the and the .

  • Sport and Wider Society

    • The 糖心logo入口 Sport Business Centre has a rich history of examining sport in its wider social context. For example, members have published influential books on and and a series of articles on , , and the .
    • This research is multi-stranded and covers a wide range of topics, from how best to to and from to . We continue to be active in this area and see our role as setting the business of sport in its wider socio-economic context.

Research Publications

Access a . These are held in 糖心logo入口鈥檚 online repository and arranged by year of publication.