My research concentrates on financial and governance issues in sport, with a particular focus on professional football. I am interested in the intersection between sport organisations as businesses and sport organisations as social institutions, and exploring the implications of this dual identity. I have published three single authored academic books on the business of professional football and authored/co-authored around 50 peer reviewed publications, as well as numerous book chapters. 

My academic background is in the areas of accounting and finance. I am a Chartered Accountant (ICAS), who has held academic positions in academic departments of Accountancy and Finance (Heriot-Watt University), Sport Studies / Schol of Sport (University of Stirling) and now in the Management department of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University. My role involves teaching, primarily on the MSc in International Sport Management and research, where my work focuses on management issues within sport. In addition I work with a number of sport governing bodies on different knowledge exchange and impact projects. Since 2007 I have led management workshops for aspirant football managers as part of the Scottish Football Association's UEFA Pro-licence qualification.

Programme Director, MSc International Sport Management

Co-I, ESRC funded project Alcohol FC - Understanding the role of alcohol consumption in football cultures

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