Sport Industry Research Center
The Sport Industry Research Center provides opportunities for academics, practitioners and students to explore the potential of sport to impact the communities in which it exists. Through a series of initiatives, the center attempts to disseminate research, educate and train executives, and function as a think tank and informational resource for those involved in the sport industry.
Areas of expertise include
- outcome-based measurement systems,
- social responsibility evaluation, and
- sport consumer- and participant-based research.
Initiatives the center is involved in include
- academic dissemination of cutting-edge research,
- community-based programming,
- event management,
- executive workshops,
- graduate student training,
- managerial best practices and
- program consulting.
The Sport Industry Research Center has worked with a variety of research partners across the country and provided research services for a variety of sport events and organizations including