Popi Sotiriadou

Dr Popi Sotiriadou is an Associate Professor and the Program Director for Business Innovation, Griffith Business School, Grifith University, Australia. The areas of her research expertise include Sport development, High performance management, Club management and Sport policy. Dr Sotiriadou started her career as a professional athlete in sailing and built on that experience with her PhD on sport development processes and practice in Australia. She has published her work in refereed journals, and has contributed to understanding sport development through her involvement with keynotes, conference presentations and workshops that allowed both academics and practitioners to consider current sport development practices. Her research has gained such acceptance that she has been invited to consult the Australian Sports Commission, Sarawak (Malaysia), Cycling Australia, Basketball Queensland, and the Queensland Academy of Sport on sport development and high performance management. Popi was the Guest Editor for a special issue of Sport Management Review on sport development published in 2008, the author of books including “The sport development processes and practices in Australia: The attraction, retention, transition and nurturing of participants and athletes”, and “Managing high performance sport” Routledge