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Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Surname: Kartakoullis Name: Nicos Rank: Professor School: School of Business Department: Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management Academic Domain: Organisational Behavior and Sports Management Educational Qualifications Degree Title Awarding Institution Year Awarded B.Sc. (Hons) Michigan State University 1991 - Health and (Fulbright Scholar) Human Performance MA (Ed.) - University of Southampton, U.K 1993 Educational Studies M.Sc. - University of Leicester, U.K 1995 Sociology of Sport and Sports Management MBA - University of Leicester, U.K 2003 Specializatio: (University Scholarship) Tourism and Hospitality Management Ph.D - Sports University of Southampton, U.K 1999 Management Employment History Period of Employment Employer Location Position (MM/YY- MM/YY) 2016 – 2020 University of Nicosia Nicosia, President of the Cyprus Council 2008- 2011 Cyprus Sport Organization (Minister of Nicosia, Chairman Sport) - Republic of Cyprus Cyprus (Ex-officio Chairman of the Committees: 1. 1 Financial Affairs, Budget and Infrastructure 2. Procurement/Public contracts) 2005- 2008 Federation Internationale de Football Zurich, Chief Instructor in Association (FIFA) Switzerland Football Management and Development – Member of the FIFA Panel of Experts on Football Management and Strategic Development 2004-2016 University of Nicosia Nicosia, - Professor, School of Cyprus Business - Vice President for University Relations and Community Outreach - Head, Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management 2003-Present United States Sports Academy, Daphne International Faculty Alabama Member 2003-2005 Youth Board of the Republic of Cyprus Cyprus National (Οργανισμός Νεολαίας Κύπρου) Correspondent (Representative) of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Council – Directorate for Youth and Sports Research and Development 2001-2003 European University Nicosia Cyprus Faculty Member Part-time Lecturer 1998-2000 Frederick University, Nicosia Cyprus Faculty Member Part-time Lecturer 1998-2008 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Lausanne, International Switzerland Programme Director and Consultant, School of Sports Management (Ten International Directors worldwide) 2 1995-2003 Cyprus National Olympic Committee Cyprus Chief Executive Officer/Secretary General Publications Key refereed journals / conference publications / books (monographs, co-authored, edited, chapters) (list up to 10 most recent and important ones) Vol. No Year Title Authors Pages /ISBN 1 2013 «Το επιχειρηματικό σχέδιο των Kartakoullis N 978-9963- Αθλητικών Οργανισμών και 711-17-8 Επιχειρήσεων» 2 2009 Good Governance for Football Clubs: Kartakoullis N 978-9963- Strategic Management and Marketing 634-65- 3 2017 “Cyprus: A Small Island Country, Full Kartakoullis, N., 978-3-319- pp.57- of History and Passion for Sport” Loizou, C. and 61310-9, 72 Pouliopoulos, T. 4 2013 Comparative Sport Development: Kartakoullis, N., 978-1- Systems, Participation and Public and Loizou, C 4614- Policy – Sports Economics, 8905-4 Management and Policy 5 2007 «Managing Olympic Sport Bayle, E., 13:978-0- Organizations» Duncan, J., 7360- Chappelet, J. L., 6221-3 Kartakoullis, N 6 2015 “Leisure Sport Participation in Kartakoullis, N., Internatio pp 40- Cyprus” Webb, E., Karlis, nal Journal 57 G., Pouloukas, S., of Sport and Loizou, C Manageme nt, Recreation and Tourism, 20/2015 7 2012 “A Contemporary/Marketing Thrassou, A., Journal of pp 278- Communications Framework for Vrontis, D., Promotion 305 Football Clubs” Kartakoullis, N. Manageme Kriemadis, T nt, 18(3) 8 2014 “Strategic Marketing planning for Vrontis, D., Journal for pp. football clubs: A value-based analysis” Thrassou, Global 355-374 Kartakoullis, N., Business A., Kriemadis, T Advancem ent, 3 Volume 7, No. 4, 9 2013 “Strategic Resource planning for Kartakoullis, N., Journal for pp 1-20 football clubs” Vrontis, D., Internatio Thrasou, A. and nal Kriemedis, T Business and Entrepren eurship Developm ent, Volume 7, No. 1 10 2013 “Football facility and equipment Kartakoullis, N., Journal for pp 265- management” Thrassou, A., Global 282 Vrontis, D., Business Kriemadis, T. Advancem ent, 6(4) Funded Projects (list up to 10) Allocated / Project Participation Total Funding Awarded Project Title Duration Status Project Agency (DD/MM/YY- (e.g. Partner, Research Budget to the Budget DD/MM/YY) Associate) Participant “Survey on AEK AEK Larnaca 1 2017 €15,000 €15,000 FC Supporters” FC A European Sector Skills European Alliance for Sport Commission 2 2016-2019 €11,644 and Physical ERASMUS+ Activity – 11,000 ESSA-Sport (for Cyprus) “Cyprus Football: University of 2015 €5,000 €5,000 3 facts and Nicosia perceptions” 4 “Cyprus Football: Laiki Bank 2012 €15,000 €15,000 facts and perceptions” 5 “Leisure Sports Cyprus Sport 2012 Participation in Organisation €10,000 €10,000 Cyprus” 6 United Nations UNDP 2005- US$ Office of Project 2007 64.500 4 Services (UNOPS) 7 “Development Cyprus 2005- Coordinator / €15.000 Prospects for Tourism 2006 Commissioner Sports Tourism in Organization Cyprus” 8 “Vocational Cyprus Sport 2004- €8.000 Education and Organization 2005 Training related to - European Sport in Cyprus: Union Situation, Trends and Perspectives” 9 “Fitness Levels of Cyprus Sport 2004- €5.000 €5.000 Soldiers in the Organization 2005 National Service in Cyprus” 10 “Values, Attitudes Cyprus Sport 2004- €22.000 €2.000 and Paramaters Organization 2005 Motivating High Performance Athletes in Cyprus 11 “The potential for Greek 2001- €12.000 collaboration Ministry of 2002 between Greece Culture and Cyprus and the impact of the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 on the two countries” 12 “The State of European 1999- US$8000 Sport in Cyprus – Centre for 2000 Economic Sport Studies- Implications” European Olympic Committees Awards and Recognitions (list up to 10) Year Description 1 2012 Honoured by the Sports Writers’ Association for Excellent Contribution in Sports and Social Development in Cyprus 2 2009 Honoured by Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Greece 5 3 2002 Honoured by the President of the European Olympic Committees Dr. Jaque Rogge for Excellence in Contribution for the strategic development of the Olympic Movement 4 2000 Chef de Mission (Head of the Cypriot delegation) Olympic Games – Sydney 5 2000 Joon S. Moon Distinguished International Alumni Award Michigan State University 6 2000 Honoured by the House of Commons of Canada (Jim Karygiannis M. P. for Scarborough) Consultancy and Scholarly Work (E.g. Membership in Boards, Editorial Committees, etc. List up to 10) Period (MM/YY- Description MM/YY) 1 2016 - 2020 Board Member, European Observatoire for Sports and Employment Advisor to the Municipality of Eilat/Israel for the development of a 2 2004-Present strategic plan for sports tourism Appointed as a Member of the Register of Distinguished Experts established according to the Greek Law 3374/2005 by the Hellenic Quality Assurance 3 2010-Present Agency (HQAA) for the evaluation of Greek universities; registered member in the APELLA Registry of external members for the ranking committees of faculty for Greek universities Adjunct Professor, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 4 2009-2012 Canada 5 2005-2008 UEFA Club Licensing Committee Member 6 2004-2006 Member of the Board of the European Association for Sport Management Wingate - Israel 7 2014-ongoing Strategic plan development on sports tourism. EOSE (European Observatoir on Sports Education) 8 2013-2015 Board Member (2015-2017) Consulting Role for EOSE funded projects. Youth Board of Cyprus 9 2013-2015 Strategic plan for youth 2020 UEFA (European Football Confederation) – KISS Project on Football 10 2007-2009 Management- On Line educational Program for Football Management and Administration 6 .
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