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Research

In line with its mission as the European sports management research network, EASM supports relevant publications and research projects. Since 2000, EASM has published the renowned European Sport Management Quarterly through Taylor & Francis. In addition, EASM is involved in research projects funded by the Erasmus+ Sport program.

ESMQ Journal
Projects

ESMQ Journal

European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ) is the official journal of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM), and is listed in Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Reports®. It has an international reputation for publishing high quality articles that contribute to our understanding of sport management and organizations at all levels. The journal is committed to publishing research that advances theory and its application to all aspects of sport management, including the management and governance of sport bodies in the public, voluntary and commercial sectors.

ESMQ welcomes original investigations that contribute new knowledge to the field of sport management through theoretical development and empirical application. In addition to high quality theoretical and empirical papers that are relevant to the European context, the journal will publish contributions in which critical insight for sport management practice is developed from different cultural and global perspectives.

In the Association of Business Schools’ Academic Journal Guide 2015 (1,401 business and management journals), ESMQ was rated as 3 – an indicator of ‘original and well executed research’. Based on citation scores and the judgements of leading researchers, ESMQ has the distinction of being the highest rated sport management journal in the ranking.

ESMQ can be accessed online on the Taylor & Francis website.

Projects

EASM has a track record of successful ERASMUS+ projects, such as GReFORM, Run for Health, SGO, DSMLE, Sustainable Sport, and CHANGE. EASM is interested in partnering in future projects because it is a well-established organisation operating at European level and capable of opening doors to a large network of experts.

EASM Policy on Collaboration on Erasmus Projects

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Project Overviews

Developing Sport Managers & Leaders in Europe (DSML)

Project Overview

The major outcome of the project will be to develop nationally-meaningful and European-wide guidelines and policy recommendations on how to plan, deliver and embed employability frameworks in higher education and other forms of education in order to develop an effective and sustainable sport management workforce to continue to govern and run a sport industry that promotes economic development and health-enhancing physical activity and social welfare across Europe.

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Change
The CHANGE project contributes to the promotion of integrity and values in sport by focusing on promoting and improving good governance in sport. The organised sport movement was equipped to adopt innovative governance approaches, tailored for grassroots sports, to build sustainable and innovative ways to tackle present and future challenges.
Sustainable Sport Management
The project aimed to address three gaps in knowledge and practice related to sustainability in sport. Firstly, there is a proliferation of sustainable measuring tools and methodologies, which creates conceptual and practical challenges. Secondly, there is no understanding of how sustainability is taught and implemented by higher education (HE) institutions and sport organizations. Thirdly, there is a lack of knowledge about the challenges and economic cost of implementing the sustainable development goals (SDG) by sport organizations nationally and internationally. To address these gaps, the project brought together a diverse group of actors from four EU member states and a leading US University, HE institutions, European and world sport organizations, and members with expertise in management, curricula design and delivery, sustainability design and implementation, and economic impact.