Dr. Per G. Svensson is an Associate Professor in Sport Management at Louisiana State University. His research is primarily focused on organizational capacity and social innovation in the field of sport for development and peace. He is also the founder of Starting Block, which operates a nonprofit accelerator focused on the use of Sport for Good.
Olga Khokhryakova is a Ph.D. candidate at Louisiana State University with a concentration in Sport Management and a minor in Public Administration. Building on her own experiences as a nonprofit founder, she studies the startup process and the early stages of organizational development through an entrepreneurship-as-practice lens. She is also interested in the influence of contextual factors on social entrepreneurship and innovation.
Dr. Fredrik O. Andersson is an Associate Professor at Indiana University’s Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Indianapolis, and an affiliated faculty member with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. His primary research focus is on nonprofit sector entrepreneurship and the emergence of new social ventures, as well as nonprofit organizational governance. Dr. Andersson is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of VOLUNTAS.