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Stefan Szymanski is a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology, specializing in Sport Management. He joined U-M in 2011, previously holding faculty positions at London Business School, Imperial College Business School, and Cass Business School. Szymanski completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford and earned his PhD in Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a leading expert in sports economics, particularly in soccer, and is widely quoted in media and op-eds, including appearances in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Financial Times. He authored the New York Times bestseller "Soccernomics" (with Simon Kuper), which has been translated into fifteen languages. Szymanski has served as an expert witness on issues such as the collective sale of broadcast rights and the valuation of soccer clubs. He has recently directed the documentary "Detroit's Olympic Uprising," available on Vimeo. His research interests include sports management economics, sport history and culture, and the governance of international sports federations.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science