Research focus

Deviant behaviour in sport

Prevalence of doping in popular and elite sports ⇒

Corruption in sport

Economic and sociological explanatory approaches

Sports organisations

Long-term change in sports clubs

Membership, staff and service structure of sports clubs

Self-presentation of sports clubs

Economics of voluntary work

Social figures in sport

Coaches, referees, volunteers and full-time officials, spectators, etc.

Crises and crisis management in sport and sports science

Health behaviour of schoolchildren in Saarland ⇒

Economic impacts of major sporting events

Sports science as a source of crisis

Non-scientific influences on sports science

Development of social science methods

Randomized-Response-Techniques (RRT)

Randomized Count Technique (RCT)

Web-based surveys

Delphi method