Anna-Maria Moro Strittmatter

Anna-Maria Moro Strittmatter is an Associate Professor in Sport Management at Örebro University's School of Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences. Previously, she held a position as Associate Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences until 2024, where she also earned her PhD in 2017. Her work experience includes roles as Secretary General of the World Snowboard Federation and event organizer for international snowboard competitions. She has also served in leadership roles with the Norwegian Snowboard Federation and co-founded Tverga, a resource center for self-organized sports in Norway.

Dr. Strittmatter's research focuses on governance within sports organizations, sport event management, and policy analysis. Key areas include youth engagement in decision-making, sustainable development in sports, Olympic legacy, and social inclusion. She has received funding from the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the Research Centre for Children and Youth Sport to study youth leadership and governance integration in sports federations. Her work explores the impact of events like the Youth Olympic Games on youth participation and the role of youth committees in organizational structures.

Her teaching includes Sport Management in International Context, Sustainable Sport Management, and organizational theory. She co-supervises two PhD candidates: Julius Stromberg (Good Governance of Voluntary Sports Clubs) and Dilara Valiyeva (Social Inclusion and Olympic Legacy). She is part of the ReShape research group and serves on editorial boards for European Sport Management Quarterly and Journal of Olympic Studies.

Research projects include investigating digitalization and stakeholder participation in sport governance and analyzing institutional complexities in hybrid sport organizations. Her work highlights the transformative potential of youth participation and challenges in achieving equitable representation in sports leadership.