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Sport Management & Sport Business

Renewing the sports world

A stable business operation, sustainability, safety, inclusion, health, and performing at the highest level. The Dutch sports world faces major challenges. The Sports Management & Sport Business research group supports research into good management and leadership within (elite) sports organisations. This enables them to make responsible decisions in areas such as business operations, athletic performance, and the well-being of both people and the planet.

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The expert of Sport Management & Sport Business

Jan-Willem van der Roest

Professor Sport Management & Sport Business

Jan-Willem van der Roest is a professor of Sport Management & Sport Business at the AUAS. He conducts research into the way in which sports organisations deal with social developments in the field of business management, sporting performance and the well-being of people and planet.

Jan-Willem van der Roest, Professor Sport Management & Sport Business, AUAS