Anil is the managing director of the Center for Research in Sports Administration and a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair for Services & Operations Management at the University of Zurich. His research focuses on sports economics and sports management. He holds a Master's degree from the University of St. Gallen in Strategy & International Management and received his Ph.D. at the University of Zurich.Previously, he worked as management consultant in financial services, banking, retail, and e-commerce industries.

Anil is the initiator of jazzhane, an association and music label focusing on music from the east, that is, music that was created, rediscovered, and reinterpreted along the silk road. He is a founding board member of Oecogreen.

Özdemir, A., Dietl, H. M., Rossi, G., Simmons, R. (forthcoming) Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance? Industrial Relations https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12292

Dietl, H. M., Özdemir, A., Rendall, A. The role of facial attractiveness in tennis TV-viewership. forthcoming in Sport Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.04.004, SSRN or RePEc

Dietl, H. M., Özdemir, A., Schweizer, N. (2017). Outsourcing sports sponsorship activities: a multi-theoretical approach. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 7(1).  http://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-09-2014-0041

UZH Talk, Digital Day Switzerland 2017 - “Does digitalization endanger competitive balance in sports?”

Birkbeck College, University of London, Sports Labor Markets 2018 - “Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance?”

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Labor/Political Economy/Development Workshop 2017 -  "The Role of Physical Attractiveness in Tennis TV-Viewership"