Sports Practicum

About this course

Denmark is home to innovative sports technology startups and continues to produce top athletes at international level, while also offering a unique embeddedness of sports in everyday life thanks to a long-standing culture of volunteering, associations, education, and an active lifestyle.

This course offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sports management or sports science through experiential academic learning. Working directly with companies and organizations within Denmark’s dynamic sports sector, the course supports career development by providing practical skills, a professional network, and cross-cultural competencies relevant to careers in sports science or sports management. Placements may include innovative startups specializing in sports analytics and performance enhancement as well as marketing and business departments of elite teams and sports associations.

Faculty

Michael Perlt

Holds a B.A. and M.A. in Theology from the University of Copenhagen and a Pre-doctoral fellowship in Cultural Sociology from Yale University. His main academic focus is religion and secularism, religious violence, and collective memory, while his current research concerns death, cultural trauma, and religious meaning making in the context of armed conflict. In addition to his background in Religion and Sociology, he brings 10 years of coaching experience in soccer, and he holds a UEFA B license and a Talent ID license. He currently works as a performance coach specializing in cognitive training and brings 50 years of experience as a player.