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Dr. Yuhei Inoue is a Professor of Sport Management in the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He studies how sport organizations, events, and programs can be managed to optimize their social impact on individual and community well-being. His research generates theoretical insights relevant to both sport management and the broader service and management fields, while providing practical guidance to help organizations and policymakers design strategies that effectively enhance the social impact of sport.
To date, Dr. Inoue has published over 65 articles in leading academic journals in sport management and related disciplines, including Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, European Sport Management Quarterly, Tourism Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, WIREs Climate Change, and Social Science & Medicine. In addition, his research has been funded by a range of national and international organizations and agencies, such as the IOC Olympic Studies Centre, Rugby Football League, GreaterSport (Manchester, UK), National Social Science Fund of China, Development Bank of Japan, and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Dr. Inoue is an Associate Editor for Sport Management Review, a Section Editor for Routledge Resources Online: Sports Studies (Sport, Health and Wellbeing section), and an Editorial Board Member for Journal of Sport Management and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. He also served as a co-guest editor for a special issue of Journal of Sport Management, entitled “Transformative Sport Service Research: Linking Sport Services with Well-being.” Given his contribution to the academic field of sport management, in 2016, he received Research Fellow status from the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), the world's largest professional association for sport management.
Dr. Inoue obtained his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Temple University (USA), his M.A. in Sport and Exercise Management from The Ohio State University (USA), and his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Tsukuba (Japan). Before starting his doctoral study, he worked for NFL Japan, a subsidiary of the National Football League (NFL), and engaged in the promotion of the league and American football in Japan.
Education
Education
May 2011 PhD in Business Administration, Temple University
August 2007 MA in Sport and Exercise Management, The Ohio State University
March 2005 BA in Sociology, University of Tsukuba
Academic Appointments
Academic Appointments
2024 - present Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2023 – 2o24 Professor, Department of People and Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
2019 – 2023 Reader, Department of Economics, Policy and International Business, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
2019 Visiting Professor, College of Business, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan (from June 2019 to July 2019)
2018 – 2019 Director of Graduate Studies, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2018 – 2019 Associate Professor (tenured), School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2014 – 2018 Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2011 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Sport Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2008 – 2011 Graduate Research Assistant, Sport Industry Research Center (SIRC), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2007 – 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sport Management, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
New Career Excellence Award, University of Minnesota College of Education & Human Development, 2017
Research Fellow, North American Society for Sport Management, 2016
Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant Award, North American Society for Sport Management, 2012, 2016
Outstanding Paper Award, The 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2016
Chair’s Award for Outstanding Research Contribution, The University of Memphis Department of Health and Sport Sciences, 2012
Student Research Competition Winner, North American Society for Sport Management, 2011
Student Research Competition Finalist, North American Society for Sport Management, 2010
Research Profiles
Research Profiles
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