Themistocles Kokolakakis
Associate Professor
Summary
Themis is a recognised expert in the economic modelling of the sport economy. He has modelled the UK, national and regional sport economy using the National Income Accounting methodology, and has constructed the Sport Satellite Account of the UK. He has a wealth of experience in analysing large sport-related databases (such as Active People Survey). He has participated in many European projects, including the evaluation of the Sport Satellite Methodology (together with SPEA). A point of interest is how increases in sport participation affect the economy, and vice versa, how the changes in the economic conditions influence sport participation.
About
Themis is a leading economist in sport-economics and sport/leisure participation in the UK. He is the editor and economist of the publications Sport Market Forecasts and Leisure Markets Forecasts.
Teaching
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Sport and Leisure Economics
Economics
Econometrics
Statistics
香蕉视频
Australia - social impact of sport
Golf Satellite Accounts
EU Sport Satellite Account Methodology
EU - Study on Contribution of Sport to Regional Development through Structural Funds
DCMS: UK Sport Satellite Accounts
Sport England - Olympics: Sport Participation Legacy
DCMS - GVA in sport related construction activity
Sheffield Council - Valuing the contribution of the outdoor economy in Sheffield
Sport Northern Ireland - Assessing the economic impact of outdoor recreation in Northern Ireland
Sport England: The effects of the current economic conditions on sports participation
New Economy - The Value of Football to Greater Manchester
EU - “Study on the Contribution of Sport to Economic Growth and Employment in the EU”
DCMS - 香蕉视频 on child-participation on sport and culture by integrating child and adult datasets into a single entity.
SPEA (Austria)- collaborator
Public University of Navarre, Spain
University of Kent
European Commission
DCMS
Sport England
Sport Northern Ireland
Sport Scotland
Sport Wales
Publications
Journal articles
Chen, S., Quinton, M., Alharbi, A., Bao, H.X.H., Bell, B., Carter, B., ... Veldhuizen van Zanten, J. (2024). . Event Management.
Kokolakakis, T., Schoemaker, J., Lera-Lopez, F., de Boer, W., 膶ingien臈, V., Papi膰, A., & Ahlert, G. (2024). . Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6.
Kokolakakis, T., & 膶ingien臈, V. (2022). . Sustainability, 14 (19).
Manoli, A.E., Anagnostopoulos, C., Ahonen, A., Bolton, N., Bowes, A., Brown, C., ... Winand, M. (2022). . Managing Sport and Leisure, 27 (1-2), 1-6.
Kokolakakis, T., Lera-Lopez, F., & Ramchandani, G. (2021). . Sustainability, 13 (24).
Kokolakakis, T., & Lera-Lopez, F. (2021). . Sport in Society.
Goldsmith, S., & Kokolakakis, T. (2021). . Public Health, 198, 17-21.
Potwarka, L., Ramchandani, G., Castellanos Garc铆a, P., Kokolakakis, T., Teare, G., & Jiang, K. (2021). . European Sport Management Quarterly.
Castellanos-Garc铆a, P., Kokolakakis, T., Shibli, S., Downward, P., & Bingham, J. (2021). . International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13 (1), 105-122.
Kokolakakis, T., & Lera-Lopez, F. (2020). . International Journal of Environmental 香蕉视频 and Public Health, 17 (17), e6193.
Davies, L., & Kokolakakis, T. (2019). Fit as a Fiddle. HCM Handbook 2019.
Kokolakakis, T., Lera Lopez, F., & Ramchandani, G. (2018). Sport Management Review.
Kokolakakis, T., Castellanos-Garc铆a, P., & Lera-L贸pez, F. (2017). . International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 9 (3), 491-504.
Kokolakakis, T., Pappous, A., & Meadows, S. (2015). . International Journal of Environmental 香蕉视频 and Public Health, 12 (4), 4461-4480.
Kokolakakis, T., Ramchandani, G., & Coleman, R. (2015). . World Leisure Journal, 57 (2), 104-117.
Kokolakakis, T., Lera-L贸pez, F., & Castellanos, P. (2014). . International Journal of Sport Finance, 9 (2), 149-171.
Ramchandani, G., Kokolakakis, T., & Coleman, R. (2014). . World Leisure Journal, 56 (3), 220-235.
Kokolakakis, T. (2014). Critical thinking for sports students. European Sport Management Quarterly, 14 (3), 320-321.
Kokolakakis, T. (2013). Active Nation Gets a boost. Sports Management Handbook.
Kokolakakis, T., Lera-L贸pez, F., & Panagouleas, T. (2012). . Applied Economics, 44 (21), 2785-2798.
Kokolakakis, T., Nichols, G., Taylor, P., James, M., & Garrett, R. (2004). Voluntary activity in UK Sport. Voluntary Action -London- Institute for Volunteering 香蕉视频, 6 (2).
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2003). A bright future. Leisure Management, 23 (8).
Kokolakakis, T., Shibli, S., Taylor, P., Gratton, C., & Nichols, G. (1999). The characteristics of volunteers in UK sports clubs. European journal of sport management, 6.
Kokolakakis, T., & GRATTON, C. (1997). The leisure revolution. Leisure Management, 17 (6).
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (1997). Show of hands: The contribution made by volunteers to sport. Sport Management, 17 (10).
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (1997). Financial games. Leisure Management, 17 (7).
Conference papers
Kokolakakis, T., & Cingiene, V. (2019). An Estimation Of Consumer Spending on Sport In Lithuania and the Associated Impacts of Sport in terms of GVA and Employment. In 27th EASM European Sport Management Conference, Seville 3-6 September.
Kokolakakis, T., Shibli, S., Garcia, C., Downward, P., Wicker, P., & Bingham, J. (2019). The 'Trickle-Down' Effect On Sports Club Membership in the UK. In 27th EASM European Sport Management Conference, Seville 3-6 September 2020.
Kokolakakis, T., 3. Shoji, , Kawashima, , Nagasawa, , Katsurada, , Fujita, , ... Sakamoto, (2019). Estimate of the Economic Scale of Japan鈥檚 Sports Industry through the Construction of a Sports Satellite Account in Japan. In 27th EASM European Sport Management Conference, Seville 3-6 September.
Kokolakakis, T., & Lera Lopez, F. (2019). The 鈥渢rickle-down鈥 effect in London 2012: Differences by sports. In 11th ESEA Conference, Gijon, Spain.
Kokolakakis, T., Shoji, , Kawashima, , Nagasawa, , Katsurada, , Fujita, , ... Sakamoto, (2019). The economic impact of sport in Japan through the construction of a Sport Satellite Account. In 11th ESEA Conference, Gijon, Spain.
Kokolakakis, T., Garcia, C., Downward, P., Shibli, S., Wicker, P., & Bingham, J. (2019). The 'Trickle-Down' Effect On Sports Club Membership in the UK. In 11th ESEA Conference, Gijon, Spain.
Kokolakakis, T., & Grohall, G. (2018). The economic impact of sport through the construction of a pan-European Sport Satellite Account. In 10th ESEA conference on sport Economics, Liverpool.
Kokolakakis, T., Davies, L., & Jethmalani, S. (2017). Measuring the impact of sports stadia on property prices: A hedonic analysis of the Etihad Stadium, UK. In 9th ESEA conference on sport economics, Paderborn (Germany).
Kokolakakis, T., & Fernando, L.L. (2015). Structural changes in sports participation in England following the 2012 London Olympics. In 7th ESEA Conference on Sport Economics 鈥 Zurich.
Kokolakakis, T., & Lera Lopez, F. (2013). Sports participation in the English regions. In 4th ESEA conference on sport economics, London.
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2011). Sport Satellite Accounts: The European Project. In 19th Conference of European Association for Sport Management.
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2011). A Satellite Account for Sport: A European Project. In 11th Annual International Conference on Sports: Economic, Management, Marketing & Social Aspects, 11-14 July, 2011, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece.
Kokolakakis, T., Gratton, C., & Panagouleas, T. (2008). An econometric model of the determination of sports participation in England. In 16th EASM Conference, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2005). Trends in sports participation in Britain: 1977鈥2002. In 12th EASM European Sport Management Congress, Newcastle, UK.
Kokolakakis, T. (2004). The Economic Impact of Sport in the UK In 2002. Economic Trends And Methodology. In IASE Conference Papers.
Kokolakakis, T. (1999). Leisure volunteering: The economic significance of volunteering in the UK. In 7th Congress of the European Association for Sport Management. EASM.
Kokolakakis, T. (1997). The economic impact of sport in the UK. In 5th Congress of the European Association for Sport Management.
Kokolakakis, T. Kokolakakis T. (2021) Evaluation of the economic impact of COVID-19 on the UK sport economic sector in 2020. 12th ESEA Conference on Sport Economics. In 12th ESEA Conference on Sport Economics.
Kokolakakis, T. The revision of the Vilnius Definition of Sport and the methodology for constructing Sport Satellite Accounts (SSAs)in the EU. In EASM, Paris.
Kokolakakis, T. Title: The economic dimension of sport volunteering in the EU. In XIVth Conference of the European Sport Economics Association (ESEA) August 23-25, 2023, Cork (Ireland).
Book chapters
Kokolakakis, T., & Lera-L贸pez, F. (2023). . In Ludvigsen, J.A.L., Rookwood, J., & Parnell, D. (Eds.) The Sport Mega-Events of the 2020s. (pp. 26-43). Routledge:
Edmondson, L., Kokolakakis, T., Kung, S.P., & Storey, R. (2022). . In Frawley, S., & Schulenkorf, N. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Sport and COVID-19. (pp. 10-22). London: Routledge:
Kokolakakis, T., Gratton, C., & Gunther, G. (2019). The Economic Value of Sport. In The SAGE Handbook of Sport Economics. SAGE
Kokolakakis, T., Gratton, C., & Gunther, G. (2019). The Economic Value of Sport. In The SAGE Handbook of Sport Economics. SAGE
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2018). Sport in the Global Marketplace (Chapter 2). In Managing Sport Business: An Introduction (2nd Edition). (2nd). Routledge
Gratton, C., & Kokolakakis, T. (2018). Sport in the global marketplace. In Managing Sport Business. (pp. 22-40). Routledge:
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2017). UNITED KINGDOM: Dominance of the Commercial Sector in the Sport Market. In The Private Sport Sector in Europe. (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-61310-9_19). Springer, Cham
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2015). Are sports club members big spenders? In Sport Funding and Finance. CRC Press
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2005). Forecasting consumer expenditure on leisure. In Essential Data Skills, Leisure and Tourism. TSO
Books
Taylor, P. (2011). Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management.
Wilson, R., Platts, C., & Plumley, D. (n.d.). Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management. Routledge.
Reports
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). Support to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Summary Report.
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). 鈥淪upport to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Report on the Revision of the Vilnius Definition of Sport and Methodology.
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). Support to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Towards harmonisation of Sport and Physical Activity Measurement in the European Union.
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). Support to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Towards harmonisation of Sport and Physical Activity Measurement in the European Union.
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). Support to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Social value and socio-economic dimension.
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). Support to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Social value and socio-economic dimension.
Kokolakakis, T. (2025). Support to the Development of Harmonised Sport Statistics in the EU鈥 (EACEA/2021/OP/0003): Political Recommendations.
Kokolakakis, T., & Shibli, S. (2025). A Satellite Account for Golf in Ireland.
Kokolakakis, T., Kleissner, A., & Grohall, G. (2024). Sport Satellite Account: 香蕉视频 into a new measure for estimating the value of sport. DCMS.
Kokolakakis, T., Dalziel, P., Davies, L., & Kokolakakis, T. (2023). An assessment of the economic importance of sport and active recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Kokolakakis, T. (2023). A Social Return on Investment Study for Sport in Wales.
Kokolakakis, T., & Shibli, S. (2022). A Satellite Account for Golf in the UK.
Kokolakakis, T., Christy, E., & Davies, L. (2020). The economic importance of sport and physical activity in England. Sport England.
Gregory, M., Kokolakakis, T., & Storey, R. (2020). Sheffield: The Outdoor City: Economic Impact (2020) Update.
Shibli, S., Coleman, R., Kokolakakis, T., & Edmondson, L. (2020). COVID-19 AND EVIDENCE OF ITS IMPACT ON GOLF - Response to the DCMS Select Committee on Sport. The R&A.
Kokolakakis, T. (2020). Assessing the Economic Impact of Outdoor Recreation in Northern Ireland, 2017.Distribution of the Impact per Council.
Kokolakakis, T., & Grohall, G. (2019). The Sport Satellite Account of Belgium 2019.
Kokolakakis, T. (2019). Sport Satellite Account for the UK -2016.
Kokolakakis, T., & Goldsmith, S. (2019). Dance to Health: An economic evaluation of a dance intervention in the number of falls among the elderly.
Kokolakakis, T. (2019). Assessing the Economic Impact of Outdoor Recreation in Northern Ireland, 2019.
Rowe, N. (2019). Sports participation in Scotland: trends and future prospects A report commissioned by the Observatoryfor Sport in Scotland.
Kokolakakis, T., Shibli, S., Downward, P., Wicker, P., & Garcia, P.C. (2019). Replicating the Weimar et al 2015 Study.
Kokolakakis, T., & Development Bank of Japan, (2018). Construction of a Sport Satellite Account for Japan.
Kokolakakis, T., & Grohall, G. (2018). Technical support in the EU Members States for the development of SSAs.
Kokolakakis, T., & VVA, (2018). Improve Economic and Policy Knowledge in the Field of Sport Related Industries with particular focus on Sporting Goods Sector.
SIRC, (2018). Economic Impact of the Open-Carnoustie.
Kokolakakis, T. (2018). 11. Street Games: examination of sport related leisure spending.
Coleman, R., & Ramchandani, G. (2018). Economic Impact of The 2018 Open, Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. The R&A, Visit Scotland.
Davies, L., & Kokolakakis, T. (2018). Measuring the social and economic importance of sport in Wales. Report 2: The Economic Importance of Sport in Wales 2016/17. Sport Wales.
Kokolakakis, T., & Grohall, G. (2018). Study on the economic impact of sport through sport satellite accounts. European Commission.
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2017). Economic value of community club-based sport in Australia.A joint project by the Australian Sports Commission and the Griffith Business School at Griffith University.
Davies, L., Shibli, S., Kokolakakis, T., & Ramchandani, G. (2017). Active Lives Adult Survey: Understanding mental wellbeing, individual development and social and community development in the context of participation and volunteering in sport and physical activity. Sport England.
Kokolakakis, T., Davis, L., Shibli, S., & Ramchandani, G. (2017). Mental wellbeing, individual and community development analysis.Presentation.
Kokolakakis, T., & Shibli, S. (2017). The Economic Importance of Olympic and Paralympic Sport.
Davies, L., Shibli, S., Kokolakakis, T., Griffiths, K., & Ramchandani, G. (2017). Active Lives Adult Survey: Understanding mental wellbeing, individual development and social and community development in the context of participation and volunteering in sport and physical activity (May 16-17). Technical report. Sport England.
Kokolakakis, T., & CSES, (2016). Study on the contribution of sport to regional development through the structural funds.
Ramchandani, G., & Kokolakakis, T. (2016). Longitudinal Analysis of Sport Volunteering Using the Taking Part Survey. Sport England.
Kokolakakis, T. (2016). Economic importance of Sport in Scotland 1998-2014.
Kokolakakis, T., SpEA, , & Hogeschool, (2016). Study on National Sport Satellite Accounts in the EU. Report prepared for the European Commission. European Commission.
Kokolakakis, T., & Shibli, S. (2016). A Satellite Account for Golf in the Republic of Ireland.
Kokolakakis, T., & Shibli, S. (2016). A Satellite Account for Golf in the UK.
Gregory, M., Davies, L., Kokolakakis, T., & Barrett, D. (2016). Economic impact of the Porter Valley. National Trust / Sheffield City Council.
Gregory, M., Kokolakakis, T., & Davies, L. (2016). Assessing the value of Sheffield's Porter Valley.
Kokolakakis, T. (2016). UK Sport Satellite Account, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Kokolakakis, T. (2015). UK sport satellite account, 2011 and 2012: The sport industry research report.
Kokolakakis, T. (2015). 2009 Sport Satellite Accounts for the UK.
Coleman, R., & Ramchandani, G. (2015). The Economic and Media Impacts of The 2015 Open Golf at St Andrews in Scotland. The R&A.
Kokolakakis, T. (2015). UK Sport Satellite Account, 2011 and 2012.
Gregory, M., Davies, L., Kokolakakis, T., & Barrett, D. (2015). Sheffield: The Outdoor City: economic impact study. Everything grows outside.
Kokolakakis, T. (2015). Economic Importance of Sport in Northern Ireland.
Gratton, C., Skinner, J., Ramchandani, G., & Kokolakakis, T. (2015). Sports participation changes in London following London 2012 with national and international comparisons. London Sport.
Kokolakakis, T. (2015). 2004-2008 Sport Satellite Accounts for the UK.
Gregory, M., Davies, L., Kokolakakis, T., & Barrett, D. (2014). Everything grows outside鈥搃ncluding jobs and the economy. Valuing the contribution of the outdoor economy in Sheffield. Summary report. Sheffield CIty Council.
Gregory, M., Davies, L., Kokolakakis, T., & Barrett, D. (2014). Everything grows outside - including jobs and the economy. Valuing the contribution of the outdoor economy in Sheffield. Sheffield City Council.
Kokolakakis, T. (2014). Assessing the economic impact of outdoor recreation in Northern Ireland.
Shibli, S., Kokolakakis, T., & Davies, L. (2014). Child taking part survey: multivariate analysis of the determinants of child participation in arts, sport, heritage, museums and libraries. DCMS.
Kokolakakis, T. (2014). GVA in sport related construction activity in 2010.
Kokolakakis, T., & Cambridge Econometrics, (2013). Analysing the value of football to Greater Manchester; A final report submitted to New Economy.
Kokolakakis, T., Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland, , SPEA, , Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, , Meerwaarde Sport en Economie, , & FESI, (2012). Study on the contribution of sport to economic growth and employment in the EU.
Coleman, R., Kokolakakis, T., & Ramchandani, G. (2012). Walking for Health Attendance study: An analysis of attendance patterns of Walking for Health participants. (NECR098). Natural England.
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (2012). The effects of the current economic conditions on sport participation.
Kokolakakis, T., & Panagouleas, T. (2012). A Manual for the Construction of a Sport Satellite Account (SSA).
Kokolakakis, T. (2011). 2004-2006 Sport Satellite Account for the UK.
Kokolakakis, T. (2010). Assessment of Economic Impact of Sport in Ireland.
Kokolakakis, T., Taylor, P., Gratton, C., Nichols, G., & Holmes, K. (2004). Sports volunteering in England 2002: A report for Sport England.
Kokolakakis, T., Gratton, C., & Taylor, P. (2003). Sports volunteering in England 2002: A report for Sport England.
Kokolakakis, T. (2001). Sport Market Forecasts 2001-2005.
Kokolakakis, T. (2000). Leisure Forecasts 2000-2004.
Kokolakakis, T. (1999). Leisure Forecasts 1999-2003.
Kokolakakis, T., Gratton, C., Taylor, P., & Bovaird, A. (1997). A Review of the Economic Importance of Sport Studies.
Kokolakakis, T., & Gratton, C. (1997). Economic impact of sport in England 1995.
Internet Publications
Ramchandani, G., & Kokolakakis, T. (2021). 香蕉视频ing the Value of Sport in Ireland.
Other publications
Kokolakakis, T. (2020). The economic impact of outdoor recreation in Northern Ireland. SPARC SEMINAR, SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY:
Kokolakakis, T., & Ramchandani, G. (2008). Looking ahead. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Postgraduate supervision
Saba Massoud
Dr Paul Donnelly
Media
Several appearances on BBC on the topic of Sport participation, Gambling and the Sport Economy. The Financial Times have highlighted the report on the Economic value of Football to Greater Manchester. Regular contributions to Leisure Media about the economic value of Leisure.