Halil Erdem Akoğlu completed his bachelor's and master's degree in Sports Management at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and his doctorate in Sports Sciences at Ankara University. Currently working as an Assistant Professor at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Akoğlu has studies on luxury brand consumption in athletes, online purchasing behaviour in sports consumers, brand experience, electronic word-of-mouth communication, communication and leadership, youth and sports policies.

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Halil Erdem Akoğlu completed his bachelor's and master's degree in Sports Management at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and his doctorate in Sports Sciences at Ankara University. Currently working as an Assistant Professor at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Akoğlu has studies on luxury brand consumption in athletes, online purchasing behaviour in sports consumers, brand experience, electronic word-of-mouth communication, communication and leadership, youth and sports policies.

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management
Research and Graduate School of Education
The University of Manchester, England.
Master of Arts (MA) in Leisure Management
The University of Sheffield, England
Sheffield Business School.
Master of Education (M.Ed)
The University of Manchester, England
Research and Graduate School of Education

K. Alexandris is a Dean and Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and a Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam Business School, UK. He has more than 20 years of experience in academic (University of Illinois, USA, University of Sheffield, UK, Hallam Sheffield University, UK, Aristotle University etc). He currently teaches at Munich Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, JAMK Business School, Finland, University of Seville, and Russian International Olympic University,

He has published more than 100 research papers in international journals in the areas of services, leisure and tourism management and marketing. His published work has received more than 11.000 internationals citations so far. He was recognized among the 2% of best international researchers according to the Stanford List. He is member of the editorial boards of several international journals. He is also the co-author of the books Sport Consumer Behavior: Marketing Strategies (Funk, Alexandris and McDonald, by Routledge) and Performance Measurement and Leisure Management (by Routledge). He is a Board Member of the European Association for Sport Management and Scientific Coordinator of the Annual Conferences.

External Examined: Manchester Metropolitan University
External PhD Examiner (Internationally)
• University of Griffith, Business School, Australia (Two PhD’s)
• University of South Australia, Business School, Australia (one PhD)
• Victoria University, Australia (One PhD)

Contact email address: kalexand@phed.auth.gr
Tel. +30-6973315829, +30-2310-991818

Dr. García-Fernandez conducts research in the field of Sport Management; fitness management, private sport businesses and consumer behavior.

Dr. Hannah H. Bo is an assistant professor at Adelphi University, specializing in consumer psychology and consumer experience in the sports industry. Her research focuses on enhancing spectator experiences through artistic entertainment and examining consumer demand factors across various sport servicescapes.

Kadir Yıldız did his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management at Cumhuriyet University. He completed master’s degree at Erciyes University and PhD in Sport Management at Abant Izzet Baysal University. Currently, he is an Assoc. Prof. at Manisa Celal Bayar University, and has studies on outdoor and adventure education, mountaineering, orienteering, outdoor sports, statistical modelling, communication in sports, fitness industry, service quality.

Dr. Hazar conducts research in the field of movement and training science in the areas of training information, sport psychology, sport biology and sport physiology.