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Dr Michael B. Duignan's research, teaching, & consultancy

Studying human & community rights issues in the planning & staging of large scale sporting events & related visitor economy & tourism development.

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Biography: Research and Teaching

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‘Observatory for Human Rights and Major Events’ (HaRM)

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#TokyoZones – A European Union funded project (2019 – 2021)

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Entrepreneurial Leveraging in Liminoidal Olympic Transit Zones (Annals of Tourism Research – Duignan, Down and O’Brien, 2020)

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‘INSIDE EVENTS’ podcast (2020 – 2021)

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Writing retreats: London & Cambridge, 2021

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“Walking Methods in Olympic Cities” – 3 part video series (ESRC NCRM Funded)

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Research Informed Teaching: Resources

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CFP: ‘Human rights & the Olympics, Mega- & Major-Events’ (Duignan & Chalip, 2021)

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Leveraging Tokyo 2020 to re-image Japan and the Olympic city, post-Fukushima (Duignan, 2021)

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The PhD journey: Tips & resources

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Entrepreneurship Legacy for Deprived Host Communities (IOC Funded Project)

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The ‘Summer of Discontent’ – Exclusion and Communal Resistance at the London 2012 Olympics (Duignan, Pappalepore and Everett, 2019 – Tourism Management)

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Writing a journal article

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CfP for Special Issue of Annals of Leisure Research on ‘Events, Urban Spaces and Mobility’ (Duignan and McGillivray, 2020)

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United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO): ‘Overtourism’? Cambridge Case Study by Duignan (2019)

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Walking methodologies, digital platforms and the interrogation of Olympic spaces: the ‘#RioZones-Approach’ (Tourism Geographies – Duignan and McGillivray, 2019)

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London 2012 Cultural Programme and Olympic Legacy (Tourism Management – Pappalepore and Duignan, 2016)

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Leveraging digital and physical spaces to ‘de-risk’ and access Rio’s favela communities (Tourism Geographies – Cade, Everett and Duignan, 2019)

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Visitor (Im)Mobility, Leisure Consumption and Mega-Event Impact: The Territorialisation of Greenwich and Small Business Exclusion at the London 2012 Olympics (Duignan and Pappalepore, 2019)

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London’s local Olympic legacy: Small business displacement, ‘clone town’ effect and the production of ‘urban blandscapes’ (Duignan, 2019 – Journal of Place Management and Development)

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Enforcement balance at sporting events (Duignan, 2018 – Journal of Trading Standards)

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“Power of Discretion” and Regulatory Informality at London 2012 Olympics (Walsh and Duignan, 2017 – Journal of Trading Standards)

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Disorganised Host Event Spaces: Revealing Rio’s Fault Lines at the 2016 Olympics (Leisure Studies – Duignan and McGillivray, 2019)

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‘Gamifying the visitor economy and New Urban Tourism’ (talk at Tourism Management Institute ‘Hot Topic’ conference)

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“Clone Towns to Slow Towns: Examining Festival Legacies”(#EATCambridge Keynote Talk)

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VisitEngland/ATHE Award for “Leadership in the Visitor Economy” at University of Oxford

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CABI KEY TEXT: ‘Managing the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Cases and Collaborations’ (Duignan, forthcoming 2020).

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Social/Economic Impact of Food Festivals (Keynote @EatCambridge Food Festival)

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Slow tourism and Cambridge, UK: opportunity and methodology (University of Bergamo, Italy)

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Rio’s Olympic legacy: six months on, how has the city fared?

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Mega-Sport Events, Micro and Small Business Leveraging – Introducing the ‘MSE-MSB Leverage Model’ (Kirby, Duignan and McGillivray, 2018 – Event Management)

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Leveraging physical and digital liminoidal spaces – the case of the EatCambridge festival (Tourism Geographies – Duignan, Everett, Walsh and Cade, 2018)

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From ‘clone towns’ to ‘slow towns’ – Examining festival legacies (Duignan, Kirby, O’Brien and Everett, 2018 – Journal of Place Management and Development)

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The Impact of Mega-Events and Local Festivals of Local Businesses (University of Cambridge ‘Festival of Ideas’ talk)

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@BBCCambs 2019 on #visitordispersal strategies to combat #overtourism + reduce #terrorism threat to #tourists

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Strategic alignment between policy makers and university programmes (CABS Talk 2016)

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@michaelbduignan @conversationUK article: Why Rio 2016 may not bring the tourism boost Brazil hopes (22.08.2016)

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@michaelbduignan @davidmcgillivray @conversationuk article: How Rio 2016 satisfied its sponsors whilst leaving room for the people (19.08.2016)

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@michaelbduignan @TheConversation article: Glastonbury’s festival economics signals hope for entrepreneurial spirit (June, 2016)

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Tour de France impact on the local visitor economy (ITV interview)

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@BBCCambs 2015 interview- developing slow, sustainable tourism in Cambridge, UK by @michaelbduignan @ARU_BusinessSch

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@UniversityofCambridge – Cambridge Festival of Ideas talk – ‘Impact of mega-events and local festivals on local businesses’ (7-9pm, October, 2013)

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