Georgia Teare, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Education

  • PhD (University of Ottawa)
  • MA (University of Waterloo)
  • BA Hons (University of Waterloo)

Graduate Program Supervision

  • Management and Leadership MA | PhD

Research In Profile

Georgia Teare’s research explores youth sport and physical activity from a management perspective to help facilitate quality experiences with sport and related activities. Her current focus is on social impacts (e.g., sport participation, wellbeing) of major sport events, particularly among youth populations. She is interested in how youth engage with major sport events and how to leverage such engagement for social impact. Relatedly, she considers the strategic environments necessary for sport organizations to leverage events and initiatives to achieve their organizational goals. Teare also considers youth sport participation from a value and value co-creation lens to further explore youth sport experiences from the unique perspectives of sport providers, youth, and their parents.

Featured Publications and Projects

Chapters and Reports

  • Teare, G., & Taks, M. (2024). A Socioecological framework for leveraging sport events for youth sport participation. In H. A. Solberg, K. Swart-Arries (Eds.), Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events. Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Taks, M., & Teare, G. (2021). Linking sport events with sport participation and development. In R. Baker, C. Esherick, P. Baker (Eds.), Sport for Development and Peace. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Teare, G., Bakhsh, J., Bodin, K., Helsen, K., Taks, M., & Scheerder, J. (2024). Investigating top-down and bottom-up strategic alignment of event leveraging outcomes: The case of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships. European Sport Management Quarterly.
  • Teare, G., & Taks, M. (2024). Families’ Perceptions of Value of Youth Sport and Physical Activity: Post-Pandemic Implications for Recovery, Recruitment, and Retention. International Journal of Sport Management.
  • Horne, E., & Teare, G. (2023). Toward value co-creation in private youth sport for secondary consumers: Parent-coach collaboration. European Sport Management Quarterly.
  • Teare, G., Potwarka, L. R., Wigfield, D., & Chard, C. (2022). Here today, gone tomorrow: Experiences of youth who responded to an event leveraging initiative. Managing Sport and Leisure.
  • Teare, G., Potwarka, L. R., Bakhsh, J. T., Barrick, S. J., & Kaczynski, A. T. (2021). Hosting the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and wellbeing among Canadian youth. European Sport Management Quarterly, 5(1), 636-657.

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Current Grants and Research Projects

  • Horne, E., & Teare, G. (2024-2025).  How to Establish Collaborative Partnerships in Private Youth Sport: The Primary and Secondary Consumers’ Perspective.  Janet B. Parks NASSM Research Grant. USD$1,100.

Graduate Student Opportunities

Professor Teare is accepting MA and PhD students interested in studying one or more of the following areas: sport event leveraging, major sport events and social impact, youth sport development, youth sport consumer behaviour, social impact of community sport.

Please connect with professor Teare, via email to discuss options.

Additional Information

Academic Appointments and Research Affiliations

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Leisure Research
  • Member, PhD/Early Career Researcher Editorial Board, Event Management Journal