Dr Søren Bennike

Søren Bennike is holding a position as Project Lead for Research and Knowledge at the Danish Football Association. He is leading applied football science in collaboration with several domestic and international academic institutions. He received a PhD degree in 2016 in Humanities and Social Sport Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, and continued his academic work for a two-year period as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the 'Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports' and 'Copenhagen Centre for Team Sport and Health' at the University of Copenhagen. His main research areas were rooted in policy and politics, institutions and organisations, implementation and innovation – all related to sport and especially football.