NEW ADDITIONS:
Topics: Football aerodynamics, different football designs and construction (Adidas Cafusa, Nike Maxim, Umbro Neo, and Mitre Ultimax footballs)
Dr Harun Chowdhury, Research Fellow in the School of Engineering
Dr Chowdhury is an engineering researcher who is currently undertaking a study on the aerodynamics of FIFA-approved footballs.
Topics: Sports betting, gambling, advertising, marketing sports to women
Dr Lauren Gurrieri, Associate Professor, Marketing
Dr Gurrieri's focus includes gender, consumption and the marketplace, inequalities in consumer culture, consumer activism and resistance, and consumer wellbeing and social change.
SENT ON 14 JULY:
Topics: Gender and sports, women athlete contracts and employment, volunteers in sport, major sport event hosting, intersectionality issues in sport, gendered nature of sport organisations
Professor Tracy Taylor, Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation in the College of Business and Law
Professor Taylor is an internationally recognised sport management scholar and has broad experience in the sport and voluntary sectors.
Topics: sport marketing, business, advertising, promotion, communication, branding, sponsorship, public relations, fan engagement
Professor Con Stavros, Professor of Marketing and Deputy Dean (Learning & Teaching), Course Coordinator Sport Marketing
Professor Stavros is a leading expert in the marketing of, and through, sport and is a regular media commentator in this space.
Topics: Biometrics, facial recognition in stadiums
Dr Arathi Arkala, RMIT Centre for Cyber Security, Research and Innovation
Dr Arakala is an expert in developing mathematical algorithms to protect biometric data and user privacy.
Topics: Fan engagement with women’s sport, promotion and marketing of women's sport
Dr Kevin Argus, Senior Lecturer, Design Thinking and Marketing
Dr Argus’ research interests include sustainability of social, environment and economy. He has been involved in creative sport marketing projects, including with AFLW and Essendon Football Club.
Contact details:
Interviews:
Dr Harun Chowdhury, 0413 063 847 or harun.chowdhury@rmit.edu.au Dr Lauren Gurrieri, 0411 205 396 or lauren.gurrieri@rmit.edu.au
Professor Tracy Taylor, 0409 407 728 or tracy.taylor@rmit.edu.au Professor Con Stavros, 0411 231 371 or con.stavros@rmit.edu.au
Dr Arathi Arkala, 0423 245 51 or arathi.arkala@rmit.edu.au
Dr Kevin Argus, 0419 889 465 or kevin.argus@rmit.edu.au
General media enquiries: RMIT External Affairs and Media, 0439 704 077 or news@rmit.edu.au