Arnaud Waquet is a senior lecturer at the University of Lille, where he is a member of the "Sport, Health, Society" research laboratory and serves as director of the Master's program in Sports Management and Strategy. His teaching and research expertise is in the social sciences of sport. His research focuses on cultural transfers in sport. He has studied the sporting acculturation of the French during the First World War and, more recently, has examined the glocalization of sports practices on an international scale, with a particular focus on China. In addition to his academic roles, Arnaud Waquet serves on the board of directors for the French National Olympic Academy and is a member of the French Center for Olympic Studies.