ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
M Science, PhD
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Biography
Associate Professor Popi Sotiriadou's current teaching areas are Sport Facility and Venue Management and Information Systems for the Service Industries.
Research expertise
- The socio-economic value of elite sport (ie elite athlete development and success)
- Elite (and pre elite) athlete branding and brand congruence
- Gender equity in elite sport
- Elite athlete development pathways (pathway gaps in the attraction, retention, transition and nurturing processes)
- The role of national organisational resources and recourse configurations on national athlete success
- The role of Inter-organisational relationships (eg between NSOs and clubs) on elite athlete development and success
- Elite athlete experiences at mega events and impact on performance/retention and repeat competition
- Strategic management of high performance/elite sport environments (from a macro, meso and micro level perceptive)
- The role of culture on elite athlete success
- Sport development processes (the attraction, retention, transition and nurturing of participants, coaches, managers)