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Professor Geoff Walters is a leading scholar in sports business and governance, currently serving as Director of the Centre for Sports Business. He previously held the role of Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law at Birkbeck, University of London, and directed its Sport Business Centre. His career began with an ESRC-funded PhD on corporate governance in football.
- Research Focus: Governance and regulation in sports organizations, boardroom dynamics, financial regulation in football.
- Departments: Faculty of Business and Law (Birkbeck, University of London).
Research Interests: Using practice theory and interdisciplinary approaches, he examines organizational governance, financial regulation in football, and the interplay between economic and political science perspectives in regulatory development.
Key Publications (2024–2013): Recent research includes studies on football club ownership, gambling regulation, stadium accessibility, and governance codification. Earlier work analyzed regulatory space dynamics in English football (1980–2012).
Leadership: Founder and Director of the Centre for Sports Business, contributing to policy debates through executive education and consultancy.
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