Economics and Sport & Exercise Science

Economics and sport and exercise science is an unusual combination that addresses two significant fields of contemporary life: the study of how societies allocate resources and make decisions under constraint, and the scientific investigation of human physical performance and health. Their connection is not merely pragmatic; sports economics is a real and growing subfield examining the economics of professional sport, stadium development, athlete labour markets, and the business of the sports and fitness industry. The sport and exercise science component gives you the scientific grounding in physiology, biomechanics, and psychology of performance that contextualises those economic questions.

At Liverpool Hope this four-year programme begins with a foundation year and includes a sandwich year, a year abroad, and a work placement. Economics at Hope engages with the major global challenges of our time, from globalisation and trade to inequality, climate change, and financial crises, alongside the economic theory and quantitative methods that form the analytical core of the discipline. Your sport and exercise science will develop your understanding of how the body responds to exercise, how performance can be enhanced, and how sport and physical activity relate to broader public health.

The combination develops analytical, scientific, and quantitative skills alongside applied knowledge in both fields.

Graduates of this combination enter careers in sports administration, sports consultancy, sports marketing, public health, research in sport economics, and the professional sports industry, where analytical and financial thinking combined with sport-specific knowledge is valued. The economics component also opens paths in financial services, policy, and the civil service. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in sports management, economics, public health, or exercise science, building on the interdisciplinary foundation the degree provides.