05.05.2022
Tübingen Lectures in Sport Economics
Summer lectures by renowned researchers from Switzerland and Norway on the effects of sports and public sports expenditures as well as behavioral (sports) economics.
Invited by the Institute of Sports Science (Research Group in Sport Economics, Sport Management & Media Research) and the Tübingen Data Science and Sports Lab three renowned researchers will present their current work in sport economics in May and June.
On May 10, Dr. Carina Steckenleiter (University of St. Gallen) presents her latest findings on „Do local public expenditures on sports facilities affect sports participation in Germany?“ (4.15pm, S3, Wächterstraße).
End of May, Professor Alex Krumer (Molde University College) follows with three talks about his research on „Rot-Jaune-Verde: On linguistic bias of referees in Swiss soccer” (May 25, 2pm via ZOOM), „What management can learn from sports” (May 31, 12.15pm, HS211, Theologicum Bibliothek) and „Fewer teams, more games, larger attendance? Evidence from the structural change in basketball’s EuroLeague” (May 31, 4.15pm, S3, Wächterstraße).
The final lecture will be held by Professor Michael Lechner (University of St. Gallen) on “The effect of sport in online dating: evidence from causal machine learning” (June 22, 2pm, HS23, Kupferbau).
All students and colleagues interested in these topics are cordially invited. Registration via Email is required: christina.toelle@uni-tuebingen.de.