About
Our activities:
The Research Initiative Sports and Management (RISM) at the Institute of International Business at Vienna University of Economics and Business is dedicated to
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• Conduct, disseminate and encourage academic research with managerial relevance in and on sports
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• Integrate sport management topics into International Business education
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• Bridge academia and practice (sports organizations, associations, teams and firms) in both education and research
Our aim is to facilitate the interaction of people in sports, academia and management practice and the exchange of perspectives and ideas.
OUR TEAM
See who contributes to the amazing content on this website.
Founder and Principal
Founder and Principal
Jonas Puck is a full professor at WU’s Institute for International Business and Vice President of First Vienna FC, Austria’s oldest football club. He is convinced that management and sport can contribute a lot to each other – though his contributions will be off the pitch as his kids are much better players than he ever was.
Jakob Muellner is associate Professor at the Institute of International Business, a mediocre player in multiple sports but dedicated supporter of his football and ice hockey teams. This passion for sports is mixed with equal enthusiasm for data and science.
Tanya K. Ilieva
Program Assistant
Tanya is an active student at Vienna University of Economics and Business. She has participated in many karate competitions during her school years. Furthemore, she has been teaching dance classes in Sofia for about two years. Nowadays, she is spending her time playing football with exchange students coming at her university and learning fascinating tricks from the best players in women's freestyle football online.
Chris Flanagan
Program Assistant
As a current student at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Chris participates in the Master's program „Sozioökonomie“. He worked as a student assistant in the sports centre of the Martin-Luter-University, and also as a boxing trainer in the performance centre for Saxony-Anhalt. He won the student-nationals in 2017 in the middleweight categorie, and multiple times the state-championships of Saxony-Anhalt.