Sport Policy Unit - Manchester Metropolitan University

the sport policy unit (spu) brings together the largest concentration of scholars working on the social science of sport in the uk and is situated within the wider department of economics, policy and international business. eleven full-time staff – led by prof jonathan grix, head of spu – and five associate staff from law and psychology make up the team. spu constitutes a significant part of the recent ambitious, university-wide investment in the academic study of sport. key staff in spu include prof mark james, an expert in sports law, prof marc jones, an expert in sport psychology, dr yuhei inoue, a reader in sport management, dr katarina pijetlovic, a reader in sports law, dr paul michael brannagan, catherine elliott, dr qi peng, seth perkin, dr nicolas scelles, anne thompson and maurizio valenti. our staff are truly international with colleagues from france, italy, japan, china and estonia. our research within the sport policy unit explores contemporary issues within the world o