Institute of Sports Science

Prof. Dr. Tim Pawlowski

Chair of Sport Economics, Sport Management and Media Research

Prof. Dr. Tim Pawlowski

Contact
Institute of Sports Science
Wächterstrasse 67,
1st floor, room 101
  07071 29-76544
tim.pawlowskispam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
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Research lines

  • Spectator sports (applied behavioral economics)
  • Sports leagues and competitions (applied industrial economics)
  • Sports funding and public finance (applied public economics)
  • Sports participation in society (applied health and labour economics)

Research projects 

Short vita

Since 2019
Vice Dean for Research

University of Tübingen

Since 2012
Full Professor of Sport Economics

University of Tübingen

2010-2012
Assistant Professor of Sport Economics

German Sport University Cologne

2009
Ph.D. in Sport Economics

German Sport University Cologne

2007
Diploma (M. Sc. equivalent) in Sports Science

German Sport University Cologne

2007
Diploma (M. Sc. equivalent) in Economics

University of Cologne

Curriculum vitae

Selected publications

Journal articles

Books

  • Downward, P, Frick, B., Humphreys, B. R., Pawlowski, T., Ruseski, J. & Soebbing, B. P. (2019). The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics. Thousand Oaks (California): SAGE Publications Ltd.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Fahrner, M. (2017). Arbeitsmarkt und Sport – eine ökonomische Betrachtung / Sport Labor Economics. Schorndorf: Hofmann.
  • Deutscher, C., Hovemann, G., Pawlowski, T. & Thieme, L. (2016). Handbuch Sportökonomik. Schorndorf: Hofmann.
  • Nalbantis, G. & Pawlowski, T. (2016). The Demand for International Football Telecasts in the United States (Palgrave Pivots in Sports Economics Issue 1, edited by W. Andreff & A. Zimbalist). Houndmills (UK): Palgrave.
  • Pawlowski, T. (2014). Sportökonomik - Einführung kompakt. Konstanz und München: UVK.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Breuer, C. (2014). Sport und öffentliche Finanzen - Die sportbezogenen Einnahmen und Ausgaben öffentlicher Haushalte in Deutschland (Essentials). Wiesbaden: Springer.
  • Pawlowski, T. (2013). Wettbewerbsintensität im Profifußball - Eine empirische Untersuchung zur Bedeutung für die Zuschauer. Wiesbaden: Springer-Gabler Research.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Breuer, C. (2012). Die finanzpolitische Bedeutung des Sports in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer-Gabler Research.

Book chapters

  • Pawlowski, T. (2021). Reference point behavior and sports. In H. Altman, M. Altman, & B. Torgler (eds.). Behavioural Sports Economics. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Nalbantis, G. (2019). Competitive balance: measurement and relevance. In Downward, P, Frick, B., Humphreys, B. R., Pawlowski, T., Ruseski, J. & Soebbing, B. P. (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics (p. 154-162). Thousand Oaks (California): SAGE Publications Ltd.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Schüttoff, U. (2019). Sport and social capital formation. In Downward, P, Frick, B., Humphreys, B. R., Pawlowski, T., Ruseski, J. & Soebbing, B. P. (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics (p. 54-63). Thousand Oaks (California): SAGE Publications Ltd.
  • Schüttoff, U., Pawlowski, T., & Lechner, M. (2019). Die ökonomische Analyse des individuellen Sporttreibens [Economic analysis of individual sports participation]. In A. Güllich & M. Krüger (Eds.), Sport in Kultur und Gesellschaft - Handbuch Sport und Sportwissenschaft (p. 1-19). Heidelberg: Springer.
  • Budzinski, O. & Pawlowski, T. (2015). Sportpolitik und Verhaltensökonomik: Sollten Fußballverbände den Ligawettbewerb regulieren? In C. Müller & N. Otter (Hrsg.), Behavioral Economics und Wirtschaftspolitik (Schriften zu Ordnungsfragen der Wirtschaft, Band 100), 282-307. Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Budzinski, O. (2014). Competitive balance and attention level effects: theoretical considerations and preliminary evidence. In O. Budzinski & A. Feddersen (eds.), Contemporary research in sports economics (Proceedings of the 5th ESEA Conference). Frankfurt a.M.: Lang International Publishers.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Fahrner, M. (2014). The political economy of football. Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs (Journal of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation), 53-60.
  • Pawlowski, T. & Breuer, C. (2012). Expenditures on sports products and services – Empirical Evidence. In L. Robinson, P. Chelladurai, G. Bodet & P. Downward (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Sport Management, 354-372. Abingdon: Routledge.

University / community tasks and positions

  • Vice Dean for Research
  • Member of the Faculty Board
  • Member of the Faculty Council
  • Chair of the Ethical Commission of the Faculty
  • Deputy Chair of the PhD Program Commission of the Faculty
  • Chair of the Graduate Funding Commission of the Faculty
  • Deputy member of the Study Program Commission of the Faculty
  • Associate member of the LEAD Research Network
  • Member of the advisory board for the Federal Institute for Sports Science (BISp) for the ‘German Sport Satellite Accounts’ (SSA) project
  • Committee member ‘New Researchers Award’ of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM)
  • Founding board member (and general secretary 2013-2017) of the European Sport Economics Association (ESEA)
  • Editorial board member for several journals, including the Journal of Sports Economics, the European Sport Management Quarterly, and the International Journal of Sport Finance
  • Ad-hoc reviewer for more than 30 other journals, including Nature–Scientific Reports, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
  • Ad-hoc reviewer for several scientific institutions, including the Federal Institute for Sports Science (BISp), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
  • Regular guest speaker in several educational programs of clubs, associations and federations, including the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)