Author: Derek Van Rheenen

Ricardo Melo is a Professor at the Coimbra Education School, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal. His current academic interests are nature sports, sustainable local development, and the impacts of sport tourism events. He is a Vice President of the International Research Network In Sport Tourism (IRNIST). Claude Sobry is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lille 2, France. He has published widely in the areas of macroeconomics, sport economics, sport governance and sport tourism. He is the founder and President of the International Research Network In Sport Tourism (IRNIST).  Derek Van Rheenen is the Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Athletic Study Center. He earned his Ph.D (1997) in Cultural Studies, his Master’s degree (1993) in Education, and his undergraduate degree in Political Economy/German (1986), all from U.C. Berkeley (US). He coordinates the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education (CSSE) M.A. Program inthe Graduate School of Education. He is a Vice President of the International Research Network In Sport Tourism (IRNIST).