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Dr. Kamilla Swart-Arries
Associate Professor and Director - MS Sport and Entertainment Management Program
Dr. Kamilla Swart-Arries
Associate Professor and Director - MS Sport and Entertainment Management Program
Educational Qualifications
EdD in Sport Tourism
MA in Human Movement Studies
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
Divison
Engineering Management & Decision Sciences
Biography
Kamilla Swart-Arries is an Associate Professor and Director of the Masters in Sport and Entertainment Management program, a joint degree with the University of South Carolina. She has 30 years of experience in sport, tourism, and event management that spans academia and the private sector and has consulted broadly in both public and private sectors.
Swart-Arries has worked in industry as a Sport and Facilities Manager at the Cape Town 2004 Olympic bid and as a Sponsorship Consultant for Octagon SA delivering strategic sponsorship services to major corporates in South Africa. She also headed the Durban Events Corporation – a public-private sector partnership with the City of Durban to use events to attract tourism where she was instrumental in driving the 2010 FIFA World Cup research agenda. Kamilla has headed major research projects managing field research at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games, and the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups.
She worked closely with Qatar Foundation's 2022 FIFA World Cup master program and the supreme committee for delivery and legacy in driving the research agenda. Kamilla served as Co-Chair of the World Association of Sport Management Conference Qatar 2023. She has been appointed to the Scientific Committee (research pillar) of the UNESCO Chair on Governance & Social Responsibility in Sports.
EdD in Sport Tourism
Illinois State University, United States
2001
MA in Human Movement Studies
Rhodes University, South Africa
1995
BA in Human Movement Studies
Rhodes University, South Africa
1993
BA in Human Movement and Psychology
Rhodes University, South Africa
1992
- Sports tourism and event management
- Mega-event impacts and legacies
- Sustainability in sport
- Inclusion in sport
Program Director
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2022 - Present
Associate Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2019 - 2022
Professor and Program Director
College of Business Administration, American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
2017 - 2019
Professor and Head of the Centre for Tourism Research in Africa
Department of Tourism and Events Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa
2016 - 2017
Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Tourism Research in Africa
Department of Tourism and Events Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa
2009 - 2016
Al-Harahsheh, S.T., Swart, K., Neves, J., et al. (2022). Inclusion of persons with disability in sport: part 1 – rights and challenges in Qatar. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published Online First: 16 September 2022. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106224
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar
- 2009; Researcher of the Year, Black Business Quarterly Youth Awards South Africa
- 2006; Best academic paper, Crine, and sport tourism events in South Africa: Implications for the 2010 World Cup, Valencia Summit – Major sports events as an opportunity for development: The international promotion of the city – Spain (co-authors Turco & Bob)
- 2001; Raptor Award, Association of Marketers South Africa – for the Beach Africa Event Sponsorship
- 2000; Raptor Award, Association of Marketers South Africa – for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon Sponsorship
- 1990; One of the 10 Outstanding Persons in Sports Tourism in the 1990s by the Sport Tourism International Council, Canada