Konstantinos Georgiadis is a Professor at the Department of Sports Organization and Management of the University of Peloponnese and he holds a PhD in Sports Science from the Johannes Gutenberg Universität of Mainz, Germany.
Professor Georgiadis is Dean of the International Olympic Academy (IOA), Vice President of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH), a member of the IOC Commission for Olympic Education and a member of the Board of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC).
He is the director of the international Master’s degree Programme entitled “Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organisation and Management of Olympic Events” that is organised by the University of Peloponnese and the International Olympic Academy, and a member of the Board of the Master of Arts in Sports Ethics and Integrity (MAiSI).
He served as a Vice Rector of the University of Peloponnese and Dean of the Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences.
He was a member of the 17-member Executive Board of the “Athens 2004” Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
He has been honored with the Vikelas Plaque (2007) by the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) for his contribution to Olympic research, while and he was also nominated Emeritus Professor of the Capital Institute of Physical Education in Beijing (2006).
Dr Vrondou Ourania, Professor
Dr Gdonteli Krinanthi, Associate Professor
Dr Douvis Ioannis, Professor
Dr Kipreos Georgios, Professor
The Assembly of the Department of Sports Organisation and Management is the highest decision-making body of the MSc.
Professors and modules
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Professor, Democritus University of Thrace
Course: The history and philosophy of sport in Antiquity: the birth of sport and its evolution
Associate Professor, Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
Course: Olympic Games and major sports events: organization and management
Professor, Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
Course: Strategic and operational planning of major sports events
Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace
Course: Strategic and operational planning of major sports events
Professor , Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
Course: The modern Olympic Games (revival, historic development of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games – social, political and cultural aspects of the Olympic Games – Olympic Institutions – Olympic Law)
Professor , Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
Course: Sports marketing and Olympic sponsorship
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Course: Olympic Pedagogy
Professor, University of Florida, USA
Course: Strategic and operational planning of major sports events
PhD Candidate, Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
Course: Research methods in Social and Olympic Studies
External collaborator
Course: Olympic Pedagogy
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Course: Olympic Pedagogy
Associate Professor, HMU (ELMEPA)
Course: Research methods in Social and Olympic Studies
Professor , Department of Sport Management, University of Peloponnese
Course: Research methods in Social and Olympic Studies
Asst. Professor, ESCE International Business School, Paris
Course: Research methods in Social and Olympic Studies
Associate Professor, University of Thessaly
Course: Olympic Pedagogy
Professor, University of Lausanne
Course: Sports policies
Professor, University of Lyon 1, France
Course: Sports marketing and Olympic sponsorship
Full Professor, Poznan University, Poland
Course: Olympic Pedagogy
Associate Professor, University of Rouen, France
Course: Modern Olympic Games
Professor Emeritus, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Course: Olympic Pedagogy
Emeritus Professor, University of Lausanne
Course: Olympic Games
Professor, University of Lausanne
Course: Sports policies
Professor, Shanghai University of Sport, China
Course: Sports policies
Professor Emeritus, Loughborough University, UK
Course: Sports policies
Assistant Professor, University of Graz, Austria
Course: Ancient sport history
Professor, Charles University, Czech Republic
Course: Sport and Ethics – Olympic Philosophy
Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Course: Olympic Games
Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
Course: Sports marketing and Olympic sponsorship
Emeritus Professor, Griffith University, Australia
Course: Strategic and operational planning
Professor, State University of New York
Course: Sport and Ethics – Olympic Philosophy
Master’s Degree Programme
Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events
Master’s Degree Programme
Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events
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