Markus Kurscheidt is a full professor of Sport Economics and chairs the Department of Sport Governance and Event Management at the University of Bayreuth. He is the head of the renowned BSc and MSc programs in Sport, Business and Law and is the vice-president of the International Association of Sports Economists (IASE). His former positions include an associate professorship at German Sport University, Cologne, and a senior lecturer post at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.