Giambattista joined UEL in September 2012 as a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management. Previously, he completed a BSc in Economics at Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan in 2002 and an MSc in Sport Studies at University of Stirling in 2004. In September 2006, he enrolled as PhD at Birkbeck, University of London. In January 2011, he was funded with the Joao Havelange Research Scholarship awarded by the CIES (International Centre of Sport Studies) to research the activity of football player agents within the top five European football leagues. In January 2012 he was awarded his PhD at Birkbeck College, University of London. Giambattista's main research interest is labour markets in professional sports.  

 Labour and transfer markets in sport, sport finance, sport agents and sport corporate governance.

Master in Sport Management

Sport policy and strategy, Economics and finance of sport

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