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Building International Cooperation, Networking and Community
An International Research Think-Tank
and
Virtual Laboratory For Leisure, Tourism & Sport
(and related areas of inquiry)at the University of Connecticut, USA |
Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., Director
Research Analysts
Joon Young Han, Greg Kane, Alex Lyras
University of Connecticut
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Goals of Think-Tank
To build an international research group through networking and collaboration and to conduct research, share information,
and develop educational programs that promote international understanding, cooperation and community.
Description
A collaborative research think-tank group involving a community of scholars from around the world with shared interests in the social science aspects of leisure, tourism and sport (and related areas of inquiry). The group conducts original research, provides consulting services, serves as a think-tank for generating and implementing new ideas and functions as a learning resource and repository of information. The think-tank group also:
- Provides learning support services for selected master's and doctoral students
- Generates Free Reference Lists (informational databases of current research)
- Provides consulting services in management, marketing and research
- Conducts social science research in Leisure, Tourism and Sport
- Maintains World-Wide Ph.D. Program Locator Service
- Conducts market research and provides "status reports"
- Facilitates contact and interaction among international scholars and students
- Encourages and supports international programs of study in England, Greece and Cyprus, among others
- Encourages and supports cross-cultural projects/research and collaboration
- Facilitates interaction and exchange among scholars through a communal bulletin board (under construction)
- Helps facilitate interaction with the media and the public and private sectors through an Experts List (under construction)
Some Areas of Special Interest
- Ancient and Modern Olympic Games
- Tourist roles and psychological needs
- Tourism in the Mediterranean
- Effects of Physical Activity on Socio-Psychological Growth and Development (especially in the martial arts)
- Local and Global Impacts of Tourism and Sport
- Marketing Tourist Destinations
- History and Sociocultural Historiography
- Sport Tourism
- Graduate Education and Program Development
- Forecasting in Sport
- International Sport
- Issues in Sport Management (e.g., doping, commercialization, social inequality)
International Research Associates
- Simon Attle, Ph.D., Ashlands Univ. (Ohio), USA
- Doug Blais, Ph.D., Sport Management, New Hampshire College, USA
- Robert Cromley, Ph.D., Dept. of Geography, UCONN, USA
- Steve Cunningham, Ph.D., Dept. of Economics, UCONN, USA
- Larry DeGaris, Ph.D., Sport Management and Sociology, James Madison Univ., USA
- Kostas Dervenis, Research Manager, Intracom Corp., Athens, Greece
- John Douvis, Ph.D., Sport Management, Univ. of Athens and 2004 Olympic Org Committee, Greece
- Stavros Douvis, Ph.D., Sport Psychology, University of Athens and 2004 Olympic Organizing Committee, Greece
- Heather Gibson, Ph.D., Sociology of Tourism, Univ. of Florida, USA
- Kartakoullis, Nicos, Ph.D., Sport Management/Tourism, Intercollege, Cyprus
- Alan Klein, Ph.D., Dept. of Sociol/Anthropology, Northeastern University, USA
- Maria Koutsouba, Ph.D., Sport Anthropology, Univ. of Athens, Greece
- Stella Leivadi, Ph.D., Sport Psychology, 2004 Olympic Org. Committee, Athens, Greece
- Joe Maguire, Sport Sociology, Loughborough University, UK
- Gary Michael, Dir. of Research, United Healthcare (USA)
- James Murdy, Ph.D., Tourism, Univ. of New Haven (CT), USA
- Ian Morris, Ph.D., History, University of Manchester, UK
- Dennison Nash, Ph.D., (Emeritus), Dept. of Anthropology/Tourism, Univ. of Connecticut, USA
- Gregory Papanikos, Ph.D., President, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece
- Allen Sack, Ph.D., Dept. of Management/Tourism and Sociology, Univ. of New Haven, USA
- James Santomier, Ph.D., Sport Management, Sacred Heart Univ., USA
- William Servedio, Ph.D., Sport Management, UCONN, USA
- Jay Shivers, Ph.D., Recreation, UCONN, USA
- Han Srinivasan, Ph.D., Dept. of Marketing, UCONN, USA
- Barry Strauss, Ph.D., Dept. of History, Cornell Univ., USA
- John Sugden, Ph.D., Sport Sociology, University of Brighton, UK
- Alan Tomlinson, Ph.D., Sport Sociology, University of Brighton, UK
- Phil Tomporowski, Ph.D., Sport Psychology, Univ. of Georgia, USA
- Charalambos Tsorbatzouthis, Ph.D., Sport Psychology, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Karin Volkwein, Ph.D., Sport Philosophy/Sociology, Westchester Univ., PA (USA)
- Scott Wherley, Ph.D., Research Mgr., Reed Exhibitions, USA
Collaborating Institutions
Athens Institute for Education and Research (GR)
University of Brighton (UK)
Intercollege, Cyprus (CY)
University of Athens (GR)
Of Interest To Connecticut
* How TOP Connecticut Corporations
felt about Patriots' Move to Hartford
Important Links
CNN Sports News
CNN USA News
CNN World News
FREE REFERENCE LISTS
Social Science Information Gateway
WORLD-WIDE PH.D. PROGRAM LOCATOR
SPORT FILMS
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Journals
100 Best Tourism & Hospitality Books
Best Places to Live, 2000
Leisure: A Definition
RESERVE READINGS for Prof. Yiannakis
You can reach the Think-Tank Director by email at: Andrew.Yiannakis@uconn.edu
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