Mike Duignan

Dr Mike Duignan

Reader in Events and Director of the Observatory for Human Rights and Major Events (HaRM)
Ph.D, MBA, SFHEA
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Academic and research departments

Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management.

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Mike is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Events, former Head of Department (Department Chair) at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 麻豆视频, and Director of the 'Observatory for Human Rights and Major Events' (HaRM) - the UK's official Olympic Studies Centre endorsed by the International Olympic Committee. As of November 2021, Mike became the Editor-in-Chief of the leading international journal in the study of events and festivals: . 

Visit  for a full overview of Mike's i) academic research and publications, ii) learning and teaching materials, including INSIDEEVENTS podcast, iii) consultancy offer and work, iv) talks and keynotes, and v) media analysis and public engagement over the past decade. 

You can also follow Mike on Twitter .

Publications

Peer reviewed publications

Duignan, M.B., Everett, S., and McCabe, S (2022). Events as Catalysts for Communal Resistance to Overtourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 

Duignan, M.B. (2022). Managing Events, Festivals, and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases. CABI. Edited book. Available here: .

Brazao, A., Duignan, M.B., Li, Y., and Jarrett, D (2022). Remotely Researching Leisurely Settings. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights. .

Duignan, M.B., and McGillivray. (2022). Introduction on Events, Public Spaces, and Mobility. Annals of Leisure Research.  .

Duignan, M.B. (2022). Utilizing Field Theory to Examine Mega-Event Led Development. Event Management, 25(6), 705-720. .

Robertson, M., Mair, J., Lockstone-Binney, L., and Duignan, M.B. (2022). Studying the Complexities of Events and Festivals and Relationships to the Visitor Economy. In: Duignan, M.B. 2022. Eds. Managing Events, Festivals, and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases. CABI. Available here: .

Duignan, M.B. (2021). Leveraging Tokyo 2020 to Re-Image Japan and the Olympic City, Post-Fukushima. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 19, 1-14. .

Walsh, L., Down, S., and Duignan, M.B. (2021). Regulatory Informality Across Olympic Event Zones. Event Management.  .

Duignan, M.B., Pappalepore, I., Smith, A., and Ivanescu, Y. (2021). Tourists鈥 Experience of Mega-Event Cities: Rio鈥檚 Olympic Double Bubbles. Annals of Leisure Research. .

Duignan, M.B., and Pappalepore, I. (2021). How do Olympic cities strategically leverage New Urban Tourism? Evidence from Tokyo. Tourism Geographies. .

Duignan, M.B., Down, S., and O鈥橞rien, D. (2020). Entrepreneurial Leveraging in Liminoidal Olympic Transit Zones. Annals of Tourism Research, 80, 1-19. .

Duignan, M.B., Pappalepore, I., and Everett, S. (2019). The 鈥楽ummer of Discontent鈥: Exclusion and Communal Resistance at the London 2012 Games. Tourism Management, 70, 355-367. .

Duignan, M.B., and McGillivray, D. (2019). Disorganised host community touristic-event spaces: Revealing Rio鈥檚 fault lines at the 2016 Olympic Games. Leisure Studies, 38(5), 692-711. .

Duignan, M.B., and McGillivray, D. (2019). Walking Methodologies, Digital Platforms and the Interrogation of Olympic Spaces: The 鈥#RioZones-Approach鈥. Tourism Geographies, 1-2(23),

275-295. .

Duignan, M.B., and Pappalepore, I. (2019). Visitor (Im)Mobility, Leisure Consumption and Mega-Event Impact: The Territorialisation of Greenwich and Small Business Exclusion at the London 2012 Olympics. Leisure Studies, 38(2), 160-174. .

McGillivray, D., Duignan, M.B., and Mielke, E. (2019). Mega sport events and spatial management: Zoning space across Rio鈥檚 2016 Olympic city. Annals of Leisure Research, 23(3), 280-303. .

Cade, N., Everett, S., and Duignan, M.B. (2019). Leveraging Digital and Physical Spaces to 鈥楧e-Risk鈥 and Access Rio鈥檚 Favela Communities. Tourism Geographies, 1-2(23), 249-274.

Duignan, M.B. (2019). London鈥檚 Olympic-Urban Legacy: Small Business Displacement, 鈥楥lone Town鈥 Effect and the Production of 鈥楿rban Blandscapes鈥. Journal of Place Management and Development, 12(2), 142-163.

Kirby, S., and Duignan, M.B. (2019). Searching for Sites of Liminality in 鈥淕iga鈥 Events: Developing a Conceptual Framework. Routledge, book chapter. Available here: .

Kirby, S., Duignan, M.B., and McGillivray, D (2018). Mega-Sport Events, Micro and Small Business Leveraging: Introducing the 鈥淢SE-MSB Leverage Model鈥. Event Management, 22(6), 917-931.  .

Duignan, M.B., Kirby, S., O鈥橞rien, D., and Everett, S. (2018). From 鈥楥lone Towns鈥 to 鈥楽low Towns鈥: Examining Festival Legacies. Journal of Place Management and Development, 11(3), 350-366.

Duignan, M.B., Everett, S., Walsh, L., and Cade, N (2017). Leveraging Physical and Digital Liminoidal Spaces: The Case of #EATCambridge festival. Tourism Geographies, 20(5), 858-879.

Duignan, M.B., and Wilbert, C (2017). Embedding Slow Tourism and the 鈥楽low Phases鈥 Framework: The Case of Cambridge, UK. In: Clancy, M. 2017. Eds. Slow Tourism, Food and Cities: Pace and the Search for the 鈥楪ood Life鈥. London: Routledge. Available here: .

Pappalepore, I., and Duignan, M.B. (2016). The London 2012 Cultural Programme: A Consideration of Olympic Impacts and Legacies for Small Creative Organisations in East London. Tourism Management, 54, 344-355. .

Duignan, M.B. (2013). Events and urban regeneration: the strategic use of events to revitalise cities. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 3(5), 307-309. .

 

Public and industry engagement articles

Duignan, M.B. (2022). . The Conversation.

Davis, L., and Duignan, M.B. (2022). . The Conversation.

Duignan, M.B., and Mair, J. (2021). The Conversation.

Duignan, M.B., and Talbot, A. (2021). . The Conversation.

Duignan, M.B. (2021). . The Conversation.

Duignan, M.B. (2020).  (3-part video series and research resource). Funded by Economic and Social Research Council, National Centre for Research Methods.

Martin, L., and Duignan, M.B. (2020). . Report to the International Olympic Committee.

Duignan, M.B (2019). Examining and Tackling Over-Tourism 鈥 Challenges and Strategies: Cambridge, UK. United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

Duignan, M.B (2018). . Journal of Trading Standards (UK Government publication).

Walsh, L., and Duignan, M.B (2017). Regulatory Informality and the Power of Discretion at Mega-Sporting Events. Journal of Trading Standards (UK Government publication).

Duignan, M.B., and Ivanescu, Y (2017).  The Conversation, UK.

Duignan, M.B. (2016). . The Conversation.

Duignan, M.B., and McGillivray, D (2016). . The Conversation, UK.

Duignan, M.B (2016). . The Conversation, UK.