Organization & Structure
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The Chair will try to achieve its goal through 6 strategic pillars: Research, Education and Training, Outreach and Dissemination, Stakeholder Engagement; Policy and Impact; and Esports. The responsibility of coordinating each strategic pillar has been assigned to members of the Advisory Committee, which is the Chair’s authority on strategic direction, validation, and arbitration. See here the Terms of Reference for the Advisory Committee.
Beyond the two co-chairholders, the Scientific Committee consists of 13 influential professors, researchers, consultants, and practitioners involved in research, teaching, and consultancy in the field of governance and social responsibility in sport.
Committee members
Dr. Christos Anagnostopoulos
Assistant Professor - UNESCO Chairholder on Governance and Social Responsibility in Sport
Dr. Efstathios Christodoulides
Co-Chairholder: UCLan Cyprus
Professor David Shilbury
Advisory Committee Chairperson: Deakin University, Australia
Strategic Pillar: Research
Professor Terri Byers
University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada
Dr. Kamilla Swart-Arries
Associate Professor and Director - MS Sport and Entertainment Management Program
Strategic Pillar: Education & Training
Professor Mathieu Winand
LUNEX, Luxemburg
Professor Demetra Papadimitriou
University of Patras, Greece
Strategic Pillar: Outreach & Communication
Dr. Yoseph Mamo
Old Dominion University, USA
Dr. Iain Lindsay
Sport Integrity Global Alliance, UK
Strategic Pillar: Stakeholder Engagement
Dr. Mezna AlMarzooqi
Ministry of Sport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mr. Massimiliano Montanari
International Centre for Sport Security, Qatar
Strategic Pillar: Policy & Impact
Mr. Nasser Alkhori
Generation Amazing Foundation, Qatar
Dr. Marko Begovic
Molde University College, Norway
Strategic Pillar: esports
Mr. Thanos Karagrounas
Global esports Federation
Dr. Donna Wong
Waseda University, Japan