Assistant Professor in Sport Business Management
[UCLan Cyprus Ltd] Int'l. Business and Management
Sport Organisations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Governance, Social Media, Nonprofit Leadership, Charitable Foundations
Dr. Christos Anagnostopoulos is the Deputy Dean of the School of Business and Management of the British University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus, and the former Director of the MBA Distance Learning of that School. At the same time, he holds a permanent position as Associate Professor in sport management at the Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences at Molde University College (Norway). He graduated from University of Birmingham and he holds a Master’s by Research from University of London (Birkbeck), as well as a PhD from Coventry Business School (UK). Currently, he is completing a Graduate Diploma in Management at London School of Economics (LSE), and an Executive Course in Nonprofit Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School.
He is an Editorial Board member in nine interna
more...Dr. Christos Anagnostopoulos is the Deputy Dean of the School of Business and Management of the British University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus, and the former Director of the MBA Distance Learning of that School. At the same time, he holds a permanent position as Associate Professor in sport management at the Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences at Molde University College (Norway). He graduated from University of Birmingham and he holds a Master’s by Research from University of London (Birkbeck), as well as a PhD from Coventry Business School (UK). Currently, he is completing a Graduate Diploma in Management at London School of Economics (LSE), and an Executive Course in Nonprofit Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School.
He is an Editorial Board member in nine international scientific journals related to sport management, and he has more than 120 scientific publications (books, articles, international conferences). In October 2020, he wrote the first ever book in the Greek bibliography on the Governance of Sport Organisations, while in 2019 he co-edited the first ever Research Handbook on Sport Governance (Edward Elgar Publishing House). Since 2018, he has secured almost three million euros from leading and/or participating in seven European research projects dealing with sport governance, social responsibility and entrepreneurship in sport.
From 2017 to 2019, Dr Anagnostopoulos served as an elected member the Board of Directors of the European Association for Sport Management, while he recently appointed as the Secretary General of the newly established charitable foundation by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. In 2018, he was commissioned by the highest authority of sport in the Republic of Cyprus to write the first ever Code of Good Governance for the national sport federations.
Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership (ExCert), Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA
Graduate Diploma in Management (GradDip), London School of Economics (LSE)
Coventry University (England)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)., Department of Sport & Event Management (Coventry Business School)
Coventry University (England)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Professional Practice
Birkbeck, University of London (England)
Master’s by Research (with Distinction) in
Sport Management & the Business of Football
University of Birmingham (England)
BA (Hons) (1st Class), in Sport Management through University College Birmingham
