Listen to the audio introduction below outlining what the podcast will cover, how it will be recorded, and why Dr Mike Duignan is speaking with authors of high quality research papers and projects about the detail and significance of their work.
Email Mike at m.duignan@surrey.ac.uk for further details, if you have any questions, or would like to take part in a podcast.
Dr Adam Talbot on human rights and the Olympics.
Based on Adam’s article: ‘Human rights abuses at the Rio 2016 Olympics: activism and the media’: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2017.1318162.
Adam is a Lecturer at Coventry University, UK.
Dr Ilaria Pappalepore and Dr Mike Duignan on impact and legacy of Olympics on local creative organisations.
Based on Tourism Management article by Dr Ilaria Pappalepore & Dr Mike Duignan: The London 2012 cultural programme: A consideration of Olympic impacts & legacies for small creative organisations in east London: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261517715300492.
Also see Ilaria’s ‘The Conversation’ article: “Going, going, gone: How Olympic legacy is killing London’s creative culture”.
Ilaria is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, UK; Mike is a Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, UK.
Dr Mike Duignan on Utilising Field Theory to Examine Mega-Event Led Development.
Based on Mike’s 2021 paper entitled: ‘Utilising Field Theory to Examine Mega-Event Led Development‘ published in Event Management journal.
Mike is Head of Department and Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, UK.
Prof David McGillivray on events and public space.
Based on previously published work with specific insights into the FestSpace project: http://festspace.net/.
David is a Professor at the University of the West of Scotland, UK).
Dr Ian Brittain on disability legacies & the Paralympic Games.
Based on Ian’s paper with Aaron Beacom: “Leveraging the London 2012 Paralympic Games: What Legacy for Disabled People?” in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues.
Ian is an Assistant Professor at Coventry University.
Dr Rebecca Finkel on gendered violence at international festivals.
Based on Rebecca’s new edited book co-authored with Dr Louise Platt entitled: “Gendered violence at international festivals” published by Routledge.
Further reading: Finkel, R. & Dashper, K. (2020). Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion in Events. In Page, S. & Connell, J. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Events. Abingdon: Routledge (see download link below) | Platt, L. & Finkel, R. (2018). Equality & diversity in professional planned events industry. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events. 10(2), 113-116.
Rebecca is a Reader at Queen Margaret University, UK.
Dr Mike Duignan on entrepreneurial and community leveraging across Olympic event spaces.
Based on Mike’s co-authored paper with Prof Simon Down and Dr Danny O’Brien in Annals of Tourism Research entitled: ‘Entrepreneurial Leveraging across Liminoidal Olympic Transit Zones’. This is not a podcast but a presentation Mike gave to the 60th Session of the International Olympic Academy on the 9th September 2020 along with a 30 minute Q+A. Video (which includes slides) below.
Mike is a Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, UK.
Mark Norman on event tourism, economic value creation, and networks.
Based on Mark’s paper in Event Management journal: “Networked economic value creation in event tourism, an exploratory study of towns and smaller cities in the UK“.
Business Model Canvas discussed in the podcast is available here: https://www.strategyzer.com/canvas/business-model-canvas.
Mark is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Dr Donna Kelly on formalised event hosting rights and leverage.
Based on Donna’s Tourism Management paper co-authored with Dr Sheranne Fairley and Dr Danny O’Brien entitled: ‘It was never ours: Formalised event hosting rights and leverage’.
Donna is a Lecturer at the University of Technology, Jamaica.
David Jarman on networked relationships between fringe festivals.
Based on David’s paper in Event Management journal entitled ‘Festival to festival: networked relationships between fringe festivals’.
David is a Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.
Prof Marie Delaplace on Paris 2024 Olympic Games and urban and tourism development
Based on Marie and colleagues’ work studying the urban development impacts across Paris and Saint-Denis community for the ‘Observatory for Research on Mega-Events‘ (ORME) in Paris, France.
Marie is a Professor at Universite Gustave Eiffel, Parisian School of Urban Planning.
Prof Martin Schnitzer on the link between overtourism and residents’ support to host a mega-event (Innsbruck 2026 Winter Olympics).
Based on Martin’s co-authored Research Note published in Annals of Tourism Research with Hanners Winner and Gottfried Tappeiner entitled: ‘Overtourism and support for sports mega events’: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738320302097.
Prof Martin Schnitzer is a Professor in Sports Science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Dr Mike Duignan on Mega sport events and spatial management: Zoning space across Rio’s 2016 Olympic city.
Based on Mike’s 2019 published paper with Prof David McGillivray (UWS) and Dr Eduardo Mielke (King Abdulaziz University) entitled: Mega sport events and spatial management: Zoning space across Rio’s 2016 Olympic city in Annals of Leisure Research. I have provided three videos below in three separate parts below I used for teaching.
Video 1, Part 1 (Learning Objectives and Introduction – 16 minutes) | Video 2, Part 2 (Theory – 37 minutes) | Video 3, Part 3 (Case Study and Conclusions – 33 minutes).
Mike is Head of Department and Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, UK.
Dr Nick Wise and Dr Lucia Aquilino on wackiness, small rural events in Wales, and building local community and sense of identity.
Based on Lucia, Nick (and John Harris’s) paper published in Event Management journal entitled: ‘Wackiness and Event Management: The Case of the World Alternative Games’: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cog/em/2020/00000024/00000005/art00002.
Here is a link to the event case study and context in question: http://www.worldalternativegames.com/. You’ll immediately see why wackiness is an apt characterization 😉
Dr Nick Wise is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University, USA; and Dr Lucia Aquilino is a Lecturer at Birmingham City University, UK.
Dr Mike Duignan on Leveraging Tokyo 2020 to Re-Image Japan and the Olympic City, Post-Fukushima.
Based on Mike’s 2021 published paper entitled: Leveraging Tokyo 2020 to Re-Image Japan and the Olympic City, Post-Fukushima in the Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. I have provided three videos below in three separate parts below I used for teaching.
Video 1, Part 1 (Learning Objectives and Introduction – 28 minutes) | Video 2, Part 2 (Theory – 45 minutes) | Video 3, Part 3 (Case Study and Conclusions – 41 minutes)
Mike is Head of Department and Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, UK.
Dr Mike Duignan on Strategic New Urban Tourism Planning and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Based on Mike’s 2021 published paper with Dr Ilaria Pappalepore entitled: Strategic New Urban Tourism Planning and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tourism Geographies. I have provided three videos below in three separate parts below I used for teaching.
Video 1, Part 1 (Learning Objectives and Introduction – 27 minutes) | Video 2, Part 2 (Theory – 32 minutes) | Video 3, Part 3 (Case Study and Conclusions – 20 minutes).
Mike is Head of Department and Reader in Events at the University of Surrey, UK.
Dr Danny O’Brien on event business leveraging at the Olympic Games.
Based on Danny’s article (and personally one of my favourite papers) in Annals of Tourism Research entitled: ‘Event business leveraging: The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games’.
Danny is an Associate Professor at Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Dr Marcus Hansen on developing dementia friendly destinations and what this means for organising events/festivals.
Based on Marcus’s recent work looking at creating dementia friendly destinations co-authored with Prof Alan Fyall, Prof Anna Leask and Kenneth Wardrop.
Marcus is the Hospitality, Tourism & Events Programme Leader at Glyndŵr University, UK.
Dr Claire Haven-Tang on social and economic local impact of hosting the 2017 Champions League Final in Cardiff and wider impact on Wales event and tourism industry.
Based on the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research analysis of both events to look at the contribution of large scale events for destination development and marketing.
Dr Claire Haven-Tang is the Associate Dean (Research) at the Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.
Dr Ilaria Pappalepore and Dr Adam Eldridge on inclusivity, families, Christmas markets & festive spaces.
This podcast will explore if and how Christmas festive spaces and events, such as Christmas markets and Christmas illumination switch-on events, may provide the kind of family-friendly entertainment that can contribute to extending the urban leisure experience spatially (e.g. public parks during the coldest months), temporarily (at night) and for a wider range of audiences.
This is based on Ilaria and Adam’s 2019 chapter entitled: Festive Space and Dream Worlds: Christmas in London. Free download here: https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/e/10.16997/book35.i/.
Ilaria is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events, and Adam is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Westminster, UK.
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DR MICHAEL B. DUIGNAN - TENURED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND EXPERT IN THE ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF MAJOR EVENTS 