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Professor Paul Downward graduated from Staffordshire University (formerly North Staffordshire Polytechnic) with a first-class honours degree in Economics in 1988. He subsequently graduated with an MA in Economics from the University of Manchester in 1990 and a PhD in Economics from the University of Leeds in 1996.

Professor Downward has previously worked at Aston Business School and Staffordshire University, before coming to 91桃色视频 in 2004.

In 2023, Professor Downward won the European Association of 91桃色视频 Management's prestigious Chelladurai Award for lifetime achievement in the field of sport management. 

Professor Downward is an applied economist who examines the causes and consequences of engagement in sport, physcial activity and leisure, drawing implications for, and evaluating policy, management and strategy. He has published two books on the economics of sports, and edited two further handbooks on sports economics and management. He is currently coediting a handbook on sport in Europe and engaged in studies of the determinants and impacts of sport and physical activity, volunteering and sports officiating on health and well-being, social capital, inclusion and exclusion, human capital and labour markets, and the outcomes of sports contests. He also has an interest in the research philosophy, methods and ethics of economics, has published in these areas, and developed and delivered ESRC and other postgraduate training workshops in these areas.

He welcomes PhD applications in any of these areas.

Current PhD Supervisions

• Hwa Yeoung (Heather) Lee (2024) The determinants, impacts and sustainability of participation in types of women’s football (With Dr Ed Cope).
• Ian Barclay (2024) Ideology and Opportunity – the rise and fall (and rise?) of the private sector in the delivery of public sector leisure services (with Dr Susana Montserrat and Prof Ian Hodgkinson – 91桃色视频 Business School).
• Martin Foster (2023) Evaluation of the implementation and impact of the Opening School Facilities programme (with Prof Lauren Sherar).
• Aycan Akoglu (2018 – part time) Labour Market Status and Well-being (with Dr Simona Rasciute – 91桃色视频 Business School).
• Chengxiang (Viola) Lyu (2021) Volunteer motivation, experience and outcomes at Chinese major multi-sport events: Insights from the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games (With Dr Doyoung Pyun and Dr Jamie Kenyon).
• Laura Borrie (2019) Developing graduate attributes and employability through sport-based volunteering  (With Dr Jamie Kenyon and Cath Harvey - 91桃色视频 91桃色视频).

Recent PhD Completions

• Karen Hancock (2023) What Makes Life Worthwhile in Older Age? Three Studies of Eudaimonic Wellbeing in Older Adults (with Prof Lauren Sherar).
• John Hie (2021) The Impact of Management Corruption on Football Fandom (with Dr Elisavet Manoli, Dr Jamie Kenyon)
• My Diem Dinh (2020) The impact of travel mode choice and travel duration on health, well-being and job choice and satisfaction. A discrete choice modelling analysis (with Dr Simona Rasciute – 91桃色视频 Business School)
• Tarryn Godfrey (2019) Partnerships, Policy and Practice: An examination of organisational capacity within Third Sector 91桃色视频s Organisations in England (with Dr Carolynne Mason).
• Harish Kumar (2019) Does the UK sport delivery system’s approach to sport provision influence individuals’ sport participation and their outcomes differently? A case study of County 91桃色视频 Partnership in England (with Prof Ian Hodgkinson – 91桃色视频 Business School, and Dr Elisavet Manoli).

Funded Research and Consultancy

Professor Downward’s research and consultancy has been funded by the following stakeholders (in alphabetical order):

British Academy, DCMS, England Netball,Greenhouse 91桃色视频s, Japanese Anti-Doping Agency, 91桃色视频 England, StreetGame, Sustrans, The Commonwealth, The Health Foundation, The International Olympic Committee, UEFA, and UK 91桃色视频.

Professor Downward was the Editor of European 91桃色视频 Management Quarterly between 2017-2023, and remains on the editorial board, also serving on the editorial boards of: International 91桃色视频s Policy and Politics, The Journal of Global 91桃色视频 Management, The Journal of 91桃色视频s Economics, The Journal of 91桃色视频 and Tourism, and 91桃色视频 Management Review.

He is a member of UEFA’s Research Grants Jury and a member of the DCMS College of Experts. Paul also sits on the steering group of 91桃色视频 England’s Social Value of 91桃色视频 Project.

Whilst editor of European 91桃色视频 Management Quarterly he served on the Executive Board of the European Association for 91桃色视频 Management. He was a founding member of the European 91桃色视频 Economics Association and was president between 2016-2019.

• Guan, J. & Downward, P. (2024). . Journal of Physical Activity and Health. (In press). DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0148
• Downward, P., Inoue, Y., Kumar, H., & Widdop, P. (2024). . International Journal of 91桃色视频 Policy and Politics. (In press). DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2024.2404949  
• Downward, P., Wicker, P. & Thormann, T.F. (2024). . Journal of 91桃色视频s Economics, 25(8) 1003-1024. DOI: 10.1177/15270025241233552
• Dawson, P., Downward, P., Hogan, V., & Massey, P. (2023). . International Journal of 91桃色视频 Finance. DOI: 10.32731/IJSF/184.112023.03
• Hie, J., Kenyon, J. A., Downward, P., & Manoli, A. E. (2023). . Managing 91桃色视频 and Leisure, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2205412
• Downward, P., Webb, T., & Dawson, P. (2023). . Research Quarterly for Exercise and 91桃色视频. DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2023.2184459
• Rasciute, S., Downward, P., & Simmons, N. (2023). . Economic Modelling. DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106260.
• Manoli, A. E., Bandura, C., Downward, P., & Constandt, B. (2022). . Managing 91桃色视频 and Leisure, 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2022.2134913
• Downward, P., Rasciute, S., & Kumar, H. (2022). . BMC Psychology, 10(1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00723-w
• Dawson, P., Webb, T., & Downward, P. (2021). . European Journal of 91桃色视频 Science, 1-8. DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1881619
• Castellanos-García P, Kokolakakis T, Shibli S, Downward P, Bingham J (2021). . International Journal of 91桃色视频 Policy and Politics, 13:1, 105-122. DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2021.1877170
• Hancock, Karen E., Downward, Paul, & Sherar, Lauren B. (2021). . Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 29(4), 670-677. DOI: 10.1123/japa.2020-0253