Andre Andrijiw

Dr. Andre Andrijiw is a lecturer / assistant professor of sport management in University College Dublin's School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science.

Dr. Andrijiw completed his undergraduate and master's degrees in sport management at Brock University (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada); and garnered his doctoral degree, in kinesiology, sport, and recreation, from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). As an undergraduate student, and under the tutelage of Dr. Craig Hyatt, Dr. Andrijiw conducted a study of non-local fandom and published the results thereof in the Journal of Sport Management. From there, Dr. Andrijiw's attention turned to athletic career retirements and transitions, and his doctoral thesis, on the how organizations and managers enable and constrain individual development, informed the publication of a work in Sport Management Review. Concerned then by the narrow demographics that typified ice hockey, Dr. Andrijiw collaborated with Dr. F. Michelle Richardson of Coppin State University (Baltimore, Maryland, United States) to explore the lived experiences of Black women who identified themselves as fans of the sport. This work, in turn, has inspired him to pursue related others, on such matters as accessibility; and how professional teams, governing bodies, and grassroots programs do and do not work together to make the sport of ice hockey more diverse and inclusive.

Keen to draw upon insights from varying fields, including management, sociology, psychology, and, most recently, geography, Dr. Andrijiw is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research interests, although varied, reflect an unwavering desire to explore how sport may act as a vehicle for positive individual and social development.