Centre for Sport Business and Technology Research (CSBTR)

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Centre Activities

The CSBTR’s operational capacity supports the following inter-related research components:

  • Research promotion: engagement of postgraduate and academic staff in research projects; hosting research conferences/ workshops/ seminars;
  • Student practical experience with sport performance technology;
  • Sport industry and community engagement: sport performance services (e.g. athlete testing and rehabilitation); research projects; non-formal education; equipment and venue usage; and technology development or testing;
  • Internationalisation: postgraduate student and research exchange programmes; and hosting visiting academics.

We offer the sport and leisure industry the following opportunities:

  • contract research projects related to the core aims of the centre;
  • facility hiring for related projects, seminars and training related to these core activities;
  • athlete testing and rehabilitation;
  • research conferences/ workshops/ seminars.

Highlighted Activities and Projects

The activities of the Centre include research projects, such as the “Rooibos Exercise Study”. This continues to be a flagship project, led by Prof Davies of the CSBTR, in collaboration with the Applied Microbial & Health Biotechnology Institute (AMHBI) at CPUT. A large-scale project in the planning phase is the sport mega-event impact study that will focus on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027, in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

We host academic conferences, and will co-host the World Association of Sport Management (WASM) global conference in March 2026.

We work with industry partners on projects, such as the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS).

We have a number of international research collaborations with other institutions globally. We participate in the F’SATI agreement at CPUT that supports scientific partnership with selected universities in France.

A summary of our research projects and activities are summarised in the table below:

Research Projects & Proposals
  • HEI Seed Funding: Rooibos Study
  • Sport Mega-Event Legacy: Cricket World Cup 2027

Academic Conferences
  • World Association for Sport Management (WASM) Conference: co-host, March 2026
  • International Conference on Events (ICE): co-host, biannually (Beijing, 2025; Poland, 2023; Cape Town, 2021 )
  • The International Conference on Scientific Method in Sports Science, online, May 2024.
  • Women in Sport Conference, Cape Town, October 2023

Community & Industry Projects
  • Western Cape Provincial Government, DCAS: Events Masterclass
  • Boland Cricket: workshop series facilitation
  • Firefighters Association: performance and technology testing

International Collaboration & Projects
  • Erasmus+ project partners: KDG, EPHEC (Belgium); JAMK (Finland); AVANS, HAN, Rotterdam, THUAS (Netherlands); Bilgi Istanbul (Turkey).
  • Social Justice in Sports: Malmo University, Sweden.
  • ENVEST: Football coaches exchange, North Carolina State University, USA.
  • Sport Mega-Event Research: Gustave Eiffel University, Paris, France.

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