21.09.2018 – Professor Tim Pawlowski presented on behalf of the Presidential Team of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union [...] more
21.07.2018 – The University of Tübingen awarded to Dr. Georgios Nalbantis on behalf of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences the PhD Award 2018 in [...] more
13.06.2018 – One day before the FIFA World Cup kick-off in Russia, Enno Eller – Alumni of the Sport Management Master Program in Tuebingen and Junior Direct [...] more
05.06.2018 – On 5 June 2018, representatives from various fields, such as sports, politics, media and science met at the historic „E-Werk“ for the 6th edition of the [...] more
01.06.2018 - On 1 June Dr. Georgios Nalbantis was invited by IMH Cyprus and the Cyprus Football Association to give a speech about the relevance of competitive balance for [...] more
27.4.2018 – On 27 April Professor Tim Pawlowski presented during a Startup Bootcamp (MMI SportsTech) – organized by TechQuartier and the German football club [...] more
23.04.2018 – For several years now, students from all over Europe come together in Groningen to participate in the international Sport Management Game and apply [...] more
10.4.2018 – After having successfully completed their studies abroad at the Graduate School of Business (Rikkyo University) in Tokyo, Michaela Hirschle and Max Hommel were [...] more
22.02.2018 – Historically, most of the top division games in European football were scheduled either Saturdays or Sundays, leaving the rest of the week exclusively for lower division [...] more
15.02.2018 – Governing bodies of sports such as national sport federations rely on the collaboration of their members. Since, however, regional entities and local sports [...] more
31.01.2018 – A growing number of major sporting events makes use of LED perimeter boards to present the event sponsors to the audience in front of the screens. This technology [...] more
15.11.2017 – Breaking news about scandals in high performance sports related to doping, corruption and hyper commercialization dominate the media in recent months [...] more
8.11.2017 – On 8th of November, a top-class discussion panel met during the 5th edition of the “ARD Forum Sport” in the facilities of the German broadcaster HR [...] more
6.11.2017 – On 6th of November, students from the Bachelor Program Sports Management could have a look behind the scenes of the main sports arenas and stadiums in Stuttgart [...] more
23.10.2017 – On Monday, 23 October 2017, Lukas Eberle, former student und current Spiegel editor, visited the Institute of Sports Science. The reason for his visit in Tübingen [...] more
12.09.2017 – In July and September, two PhD students successfully completed their PhD projects in sports economics. On July 14th, Ute Schüttoff defended her thesis [...] more
13.07.2017 – One of the essential questions facing sports organisations today is how to grow in an increasingly competitive and globalised market place while, at the same time [...] more
26.05.2017 – The Master in Sports Science with profile Sport Management at the University of Tübingen could continuously improve its position during recent years in the global [...] more
19.05.2017 – With the beginning of the summer term two distinguished sports economists from the USA and Switzerland presented their research in Tuebingen. On Wednesday [...] more
10.04.17 – Despite the prominence and relevance of the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis (UOH) for professional sports in general and league management in particular [...] more
07.04.2017 – Nowadays licensed sports products not only help strengthening the (emotional) ties between professional sport teams and fans, but also generate significant [...] more
05.04.2017 – The World Health Organization (WHO) established guidelines for physical activity to generate positive health effects. Core elements in this regard [...] more
17.01.2017 – Since the nomination of the United States as hosts of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the country’s attachment to football (soccer), and the US football market [...] more
01.12.2016 – National and international policies claim, that various beneficial effect are associated with sports participation, including the formation of social capital. In contrast to this [...] more
02.11.2016 – In times of major challenges and crises around the globe, it is often argued that society should remember and rely on its values. Such statements give some impetus [...] more
26.10.2016 – On 12th October, a top-class discussion panel met during the 4th edition of the “ARD Forum Sport” in the facilities of the German broadcaster BR. After [...] more
20.09.2016 – A research based consultancy project was recently completed by the Department for Sport Economics, Sport Management and Media Research on behalf of the [...] more
22.08.2016 – Policy makers have traditionally embraced the role of sport in providing health and social benefits for both, adults and children – becoming manifest for instance in the [...] more
02.08.2016 – A new cooperation between the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences in Tübingen and the Graduate School of Business at the Rikkyo University offers the opportunity [...] more
25.07.2016 – On July 8, 2016 the second Social Media and Sports Day took place at the Institute of Sports Science in Tübingen. Overall, 19 speakers from [...] more
05.07.2016 – The increasing economic significance of sports as well as the numerous peculiarities with regard to the management of both, professional and grassroots sports, formed the [...] more
10.06.2016 – During the recent months, several interviews on various issues related to current research topics were given by department team members in different outlets, such as [...] more
25.05.2016 – Organized by the Institute of Sports Science, overall four international events were held in Tübingen within three days. Between 13th and 14th of May 2016, the [...] more
18.11.2015 – Researchers of the Universities of Tuebingen (Tim Pawlowski) and St. Gallen (Michael Lechner) successfully applied for a grant provided by the German Research Foundation [...] more
12.10.2015 – Last Wednesday various experts discussed the future of financing High Performance Sport in Germany during the 3rd “ARD Forum Sport” in Hamburg. After welcome speeches [...] more
01.10.2015 – Nowadays, organizations around the globe have numerous avenues to share information with their target groups and communicate directly without any intermediaries such as [...] more
18.08.2015 – Before the Bundesliga season’s opening the radio station WDR 3 has reported about media activities in professional football. In the interview [...] more
22.06.2015 – The German radio station SWR reported recently about current challenges and problems in the context of sport management. On 13th June they focused on [...] more
16.06.2015 – The economics literature related to the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis reopens the discussion of whether the fans’ perceptions of competitive balance [...] more
9th edition of Sports Magazine SportSirene available
15.06.2015 – Besides performance or success, control and power are also closely related to and connected with sports in general. The 9th edition of the magazine SportSirene takes [...] more
05.06.2015 – Last Friday, students successfully organized the Social Media and Sports Day at the Institute of Sports Science in Tuebingen. The conference was characterized by [...] more
12.05.2015 – After the guest talks provided by Professor Samantha Thomas (University of Wollongong, Australia) and Dr. Paul Downward (Loughborough University, GB) two further [...] more
29.04.2015 – An International Case Study Competition on Strategic Sport Management (seminar organization in Tuebingen: Professor Tim Pawlowski) started this semester in [...] more
23.03.2015 – Despite the first home defeat of the season, Bayern Munich is still dominating the German Bundesliga. Accordingly, there is an ongoing debate about [...] more
16.03.2015 – On March 14th, Dr. Marcel Fahrner was invited by the German Athletics Association (DLV), to contribute to the DLV Convention „Athletics – area of experiences for live“. [...] more
21.01.2015 – Georgios Nalbantis and Tim Pawlowski successfully applied for a research grant provided by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) [...] more
14.01.2015 – With the beginning of the new year, two of the most renowned Sports Economists have visited the Institute of Sports Science for [...] more
08.12.2014 – Last Tuesday (02.12.14) Tim Pawlowski represented the IfS at the first ‘Vamos Jogar‘ Conference in Rio de Janeiro as guest speaker invited by [...] more
09.10.2014 – On Wednesday at the ARD Forum Sport a top-class podium discussed two fundamental questions regarding the German Sports system – moderated by [...] more
25.08.2014 – Today, club competitions of the major team sports such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball and ice hockey, are organized in professional sport leagues. From an [...] more
12.05.2014 – As part of the lecture courses of the Competence Center Empirical Methods Prof. Dr. Tim Pawlowski will hold two lectures on " Parametric and semi-parametric [...] more
07.05.2014 – The Department I for Sport Economics , Sport Management and Media Research will host in June 2014 two guest lectures. On 04.06.2014 Benjamin Schmedes [...] more