Sarthak Mondal

(He/Him)

Sarthak Mondal is a Doctoral Researcher in Sport Economics and Governance in Sheffield Hallam University. His research explores governance challenges in Asian professional football. He recently took up the position of lecturer in Sport Management in University of Portsmouth. Sarthak's research interests are the economic impact of sport on society, strategic management in sport and the economic theory of professional team sports.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
  • 2025–present
    Senior lecturer, University of Portsmouth

Education

  • 2024 
    Sheffield Hallam University, Doctorate of Philosophy
  • 2020 
    Sheffield Hallam University, BSc (Hon) Sport Business Management

Publications

  • 2024
    Spending money is like water soaking into the sand: anticipating financial distress in Japanese professional football clubs, Journal of Applied Accounting Research
  • 2023
    ‘You can look, but don’t touch’: competitive balance and dominance in the UEFA Champions League, Soccer & Society
  • 2022
    The other ISL: analysing the finances of the Indian Super League (football) and its franchisees, Managing Sport and Leisure
  • 2022
    Looking forward, glancing back; competitive balance and the EPL, Soccer & Society
  • 2022
    Sport policy in India, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
  • 2022
    The future of women's football in Asia: a look at competitive balance in top 5 domestic football leagues from 2010 to 2019, Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal
  • 2022
    Challenging parachute payments and unmasking English football’s finances, Managing Sport and Leisure
  • 2021
    She kicks: the state of competitive balance in the top five women’s football leagues in Europe, Journal of Global Sport Management
  • 2021
    The evolution of competitive balance in men’s international cricket, Managing Sport and Leisure
  • 2020
    Rising stars: competitive balance in five Asian football leagues, Journal of Global Sport Management
  • 2020
    Cricket, Routledge Handbook of Global Sport

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