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Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management

The degree program in Motor Behavior, established in 2009, was promoted as an independent educational department in 2013. However, the program for Sport Management is not an independent department yet. That is why these two programs have formed one department. This department offers two degree programs at the M.S. and Ph.D levels. The aim of the Motor Behavior program, established in 2009, is to train experts in Motor Behavior capable of teaching, planning, implementing, supervising, and doing innovative research and action in academic and professional environments.

The program for Sport Management aims to train students knowledgeable of the principles and foundations of sport management, gaining deep awareness and practical skills for the strategic management of sport sectors. Graduates are expected to gain knowledge about the processes of sports management and sport industry and be able to analyze the problems in sports organizations and institutions and find solutions for them. Another aim of this program is to train and provide faculty members for universities, professional sport institutions, researchers, leaders and managers for sport organizations in Iran. More

Head of the Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management
MahdiTalebpour Mahdi Talebpour
Professor
Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management
mtalebpour@um.ac.ir
+9838803491

Concentration areas offered by the Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management
Areas Bachelor's Master's Ph.D
Physical Education And Sport Sciences- Motor Behavior
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Motor Control And Learning
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Motor Learning
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Physical Education And Sport Sciences-Sport Management
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Sport Management
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Strategic Management in Sport Organizations & Events
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Strategic Management in Sport Organizations
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Academic staff

Seyed Morteza Azimzadeh
Assistant Professor
Javad Gholamian
Assistant Professor
Mohammad Keshtidar
Associate Professor
Zahra Sadat Mirzazadeh
Assistant Professor
Alireza Saberi Kakhki
Associate Professor
Mehdi Sohrabi
Professor
Hamid Reza Taheri
Professor
Mahdi Talebpour
Professor

Research

Recent books


Recent journal articles 

Mirzazadeh, Z., Ebrahimi, F., Laal Bazri, S. (2025). Customer Repeats Attendance Practices in Sports Clubs: Monitoring Customer Loyalty. Sports Business Journal, 5 (1), -.
Saberi Kakhki, A. (2025). Comparing the effects of fine, gross, and fine-gross motor exercises on the motor competence of 6–12 year-old autistic children: A quasi-experimental study with a follow-up test. Acta Psychologica, 254 (), 104842-9.
Abdoli, N., Saberi Kakhki, A., Taheri, H. (2025). Cognitive, Neurophysiological, and Behavioral Adaptations in Golf Putting Motor Learning: A Holistic Approach. Psychological Research, 89 (2), -.
Abdoli, N., & Saberi Kakhki, A. (2025). Creating a memory-based automated system for skillful performance through cognitive, neurophysiological, and behavioral adaptations in motor learning: A new hypothesis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 80 (102931), 102931-17.
Salmani, Z., Alirezaei Noghondar, F., Taheri, H. (2025). Concurrent effects of working memory components on postural sway during quiet standing in brain stroke survivors. Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 25 (2), 90-93.
Mohammad Rahimi, F., Sohrabi, M., Saberi Kakhki, A. (2025). Six Weeks to Wellness: The Role of Breathing Exercises Based on Motor Development Pattern in Improving Fitness and Quality of Life in Overweight Elderly Women. Biological Research for Nursing, 27 (2), 261-273.
(2025). Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Exercise Training on Risk of Falling, Walking Capacity, and Quality of Life in Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Research. Journal of Applied Gerontology, (), -.
Keshtidar, M., & Mirzazadeh, Z. (2025). Developing a Management Model to Eradicate Corruption in Professional Sports. Research in Sport Management and Marketing, 6 (4), 45-57.
Hooshmand Moghaddam, B., & Keshtidar, M. (2025). Digital and AI-Driven Transformation in Para-Sport Organizations: Inclusive Management, Strategic Innovation, Ethical Implications, and Future Scenarios. Advances in Para-Sport Science, 5 (2), 181-206.
Keshtidar, M., & Mirzazadeh, Z. (2025). Developing a Management Model to Eradicate Corruption in Professional Sports. Research in Sport Management and Marketing, 6 (4), 123-135.

Recent theses and dissertations


Recent research projects


Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management

Phone: +985138803491

Fax: +985138807191