Dr. Oğuzhan Gül is a Turkish sport sciences scholar whose work blends traditional understandings of sport with contemporary perspectives shaped by digital culture and athlete behavior. Born in Sivas from Türkiye, he completed his bachelor’s degrees in Sport Management and Physical Education at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, followed by an M.Sc. at Erciyes University and a Ph.D. in Physical Education and Sports at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. His doctoral dissertation examined the economic and social dimensions of e-sports through a mixed-methods design, including the development of a validated scale for analyzing e-sports consumption patterns.
He currently serves as a Sports Specialist at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, contributing to athlete services, recreation programming, and institutional sport activities. In addition to his academic and administrative roles, Dr. Gül actively engages in scholarly publishing. He works as an editor or editorial board member for several international journals, including the Journal of ROL Sport Sciences and International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences.
Dr. Gül’s research interests include sport consumer behavior, competition and performance analysis, recreational sport environments, and digital transformations in modern sport. He has authored SSCI, SCI-E, and SCOPUS-indexed publications and is a recipient of the TÜBİTAK 2211-A Doctoral Scholarship, reflecting his academic excellence and growing influence in sport sciences.
Dr. Oğuzhan Gül is a Turkish sport sciences scholar whose work blends traditional understandings of sport with contemporary perspectives shaped by digital culture and athlete behavior. Born in Sivas from Türkiye, he completed his bachelor’s degrees in Sport Management and Physical Education at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, followed by an M.Sc. at Erciyes University and a Ph.D. in Physical Education and Sports at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. His doctoral dissertation examined the economic and social dimensions of e-sports through a mixed-methods design, including the development of a validated scale for analyzing e-sports consumption patterns.
He currently serves as a Sports Specialist at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, contributing to athlete services, recreation programming, and institutional sport activities. In addition to his academic and administrative roles, Dr. Gül actively engages in scholarly publishing. He works as an editor or editorial board member for several international journals, including the Journal of ROL Sport Sciences and International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences.
Dr. Gül’s research interests include sport consumer behavior, competition and performance analysis, recreational sport environments, and digital transformations in modern sport. He has authored SSCI, SCI-E, and SCOPUS-indexed publications and is a recipient of the TÜBİTAK 2211-A Doctoral Scholarship, reflecting his academic excellence and growing influence in sport sciences.