Sports Management and Consulting staff

On these pages, the staff of the Department of Sport Management/Sport Economics introduce themselves with their tasks and main areas of work.

Prof. Dr.
Christoph
Bühren

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Aufgaben
Leitung Sportmanagement
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.031

Gesundheitscampus-Nord 10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

Wiltrud
Herlitze

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Aufgaben
Sekretariat
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.027

Gesundheitscampus Nord-10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

More about Wiltrud Herlitze

Office hours: mo. - thurs. 10 - 12 h (currently home office)

Short biography

  • Since 2014 Administrative employee at the RUB (e.g. Department 1 - Committee Office, Institute of Geography - Third Party Funding, since 2018 LFB Sports Management/Sports Economics)
  • 2013/14 and 2017/2018 University of Health, Bochum (President's Office and Nursing Science Dean's Office)
    1995-2005 Heimer & Herbstreit Landscape Architects, Bochum (landscape planning)
    1989-1995 SEWA GmbH, Essen (deputy group leader for sample preparation)
    Studied geography at the RUB, graduating in 1988 with a "Diplom-Geographin" degree

Main areas of work

  • Management of the LFB Secretariat Sports Management/Sports Economics
  • Administration of ongoing LFB projects (see also Torsten Schlesinger)
  • Co-administration of the Master's programme Management and Consulting in Sport

Special tasks and certificates

  • 2021 Acquisition of the certificate "Professional Management in the RUB University Secretariat".
  • Board member of the MTV group of the RUB and spokesperson of the MTV group of the faculty
  • Preparation team dvs-Sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag 2023

Andreas
Parensen

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.021

Gesundheitscampus-Nord 10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

More about Andreas Parensen

Office hours: tu 12.30 - 14 h

Short biography

  • Studied business administration and sports science in Cologne.
  • Many years of professional experience in management consultancy, with a service company, a sports marketing company and as a university lecturer
  • Active tennis player

Main areas of work

  • B.Sc.: Seminars Sports Business Administration, Financing & Investment in Sport, Event Management, Sports Facility Management, Project Sports Management
  • M.Sc.: Seminars Modern Organisational Design, Concepts and Methods of Counselling

Current projects

  • Sports association research: Satisfaction of sports clubs with their national associations
  • Pay-performance analyses in professional team sports
  • Prize money structures and distributions in individual sports

Franziska
Vollmann

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.132

Gesundheitscampus-Nord 10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

More about Franziska Vollmann

Office hours: by arrangement

Education

  • B.Sc./SP Sport Management (RUB); M.A. Sport, Media and Communication Research (DSHS)

Work experience

  • Association work: Consultant for "NRWbsK", "Bewegt ÄLTER werden" and "Bewegt GESUND bleiben".
  • Youth education officer
  • Freelance lecturer for training and further education at various district and city sports associations and the Academy for Sport and Health
  • Primary school physical education teacher
  • Research assistant at the RUB

Main areas of work

  • Dual career
  • Sports support system Bundeswehr
  • Educational decisions (Setting Bundeswehr)

Current projects

  • Project staff member "Top-class sport and the Bundeswehr - on the course of dual sport, training and professional careers in the Bundeswehr".

Henning
Jarck

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.021

Gesundheitscampus-Nord 10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

More about Henning Jarck

Office hours: by arrangement

Short biography

  • Currently: Research assistant at LFB Sport Management/Sport Economics
  • Former: Municipal. Officer for Sport & Bäderbetriebe Essen and Grün & Gruga; Sports Manager at the University Sports Centre Bochum

Main areas of work

  • Sports Association Research
  • Sports Promotion
  • Sport policy
  • Integration through Sport

Current projects

  • Integration of Newly Arrived Migrants through Organized Sport - From European Policy to Local Sports Club Practice (INAMOS)
  • Policy implementation of national sports programs in federal sports confederations. Analysis of the impact on organizations and their adaptations

John Alexander
Menge

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.023

Gesundheitscampus-Nord 10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

More about John Alexander Menge

Office hours: th. 10 - 12 h

Short biography

  • Since 2021 Research assistant in the LFB Sport Management/Sport Economics (RUB)
  • 2020 M. Sc. Management and Consulting in Sport (RUB)
  • 2018 B. Sc. Sport Science with focus on Sport Management (RUB)
  • 2012 A-levels at the Rudolf Steiner School (Freie Waldorfschule, Dortmund)

Main areas of work

  • Macroeconomics of sport: Impact of major sporting events; Economic importance of sport.
  • Microeconomics of sport: models and factors of spectator demand

Current projects

  • Acceptance and willingness to pay for a possible Olympic bid of the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region
    Influence of hosting the Olympic Games on traffic congestion

Marvin
Guth

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft
Aufgaben
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Address

Fakultät für Sportwissenschaft

2.023

Gesundheitscampus-Nord 10

44801

Bochum

Phone Number

More about Marvin Guth

Office hours: by arrangement

Short biography

  • Since 11/2021 Research assistant in the LFB Sport Management/Sport Economics (RUB)
  • 2021 M. Sc. in Geography (RUB)
  • 2018 B. Sc. in Geography (RUB)
  • 2013 A-Levels

Main areas of work

  • Methods of empirical social research, esp. quantitative methods
  • Geostatistical methods (Spatial Statistics)
  • Social geography
  • Urban movement spaces / walkability
  • Municipal monitoring

Research assistants and student assistants

Lecturer

Former employees

  • Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schlesinger
  • Matti Bartsch, research assistant
  • Dr. Eric Fass, research assistant
  • Martin Finger, research assistant
  • Florian Ingwersen, research assistant
  • Ann-Katrin Lüdecke, research assistant
  • Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Klein, Management
  • Dr. Hyunwoong Pyun, research assistant
  • Tim Schneider, research assistant
  • Dr. Frank Schröder, research assistant
  • Dr. Timo Zimmermann, research assistant
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