positions | affiliations | conferences | travel

Although not exhaustive, here you have a taster of relevant fieldtrips that have informed my research on cities, cultural policy, major events and regeneration over the years.

Aug 08: three weeks in Beijing, CHINA
Universities China Committee in London funded research on the Olympics

Jul 07: two weeks in Tokyo and Kyoto, JAPAN
Theory, Culture and Society Conference : Ubiquitous Media

Jun 07: one week in Istanbul, TURKEY
Mayor of Istanbul: Creative Industries and Policy Conference

Jul 06: one month in Beijing, CHINA
British Academy funded research on the Olympic Games

Feb 06: two weeks in Torino, ITALY
British Academy funded research on the Olympic Games

Aug 04: one month in Athens, GREECE
British Academy funded research on the Olympic Games

Jan 02 - April 06: four years in Glasgow, Scotland -UK
Position at the University of Glasgow and research on the legacy of Glasgow 1990, European Capital of Culture

Mar - Apr 0: two months in Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Research on the Cultural Policy of the Olympic Movement at the Olympic Museum

Aug – Oct 00: two months in Sydney, AUSTRALIA
PhD Research on the Sydney Olympic Games

May – Jun 00: six weeks in Olympia, GREECE
Seminar attendance at the International Olympic Academy

Feb 99 - Feb 00: twelve months in Sydney, AUSTRALIA
PhD research at the University of Technology Sydney

Jul 98 - Jan 99: six months in Reims, FRANCE
Position at Champagne Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

Sep 96 - Jul 97: one year in Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
BA studies at Napier University

Aug 92: one month in Cork, IRELAND
English studies within an Inlingus Course

Sept 91: one month in Waterford, Connecticut, USA
English studies at the Waterford Institute