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Biography
Dr Mike Duignan is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Programme Director of the MSc Sport Management and MSc International Events Management at Coventry Business School and a Research Associate at the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University (UK). He was previously a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of the BSc Tourism Management and BSc Events Management at Anglia Ruskin (Cambridge, UK) and has held Visiting scholar/lectureships at Pace University (New York, US), Berlin School of Economics and Law (Berlin, Germany) and Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan).
Mike's research looks at event and festival led place and tourism management, marketing and sustainable development (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 11, 12 and 18). His case study work spans a range of cultural and sporting events, from the mega-events like the Olympics (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), major and hallmark events like the Cambridge Half Marathon, EAT Cambridge Food and Drink Festival and e-Luminate Light Festival. Mike has published over fifteen research papers in leading, international journals like Annals of Tourism Research and Tourism Management and presented his work at conferences across the US, Australia, UK and Europe. Full details on Mike's research, projects and publications can be found across this profile and via his website: www.michaelduignan.uk.
Mindful of real-world impact, Mike frequently works closely work policy makers, industry, event and festivals practitioners and leaders to generate insights, underpin his research and apply results. He has worked with well-renowned organisations like the International Olympic Committee (IOC), UK Government Trading Standards, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) through to inspiring local leaders at a regional level. Sponsored by VisitEngland, Mike recently won the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) award for ‘Leadership in the Visitor Economy’ for his work and contribution to the field of ‘slow tourism’. He regularly speaks to international, national and regional media, including The Guardian, ABC News (Australia), BBC, ITV and LBC (UK) and the Times of India (India) and is frequently invited to speak at various prestigious conference like the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), University of Cambridge ‘Festival of Ideas’ through to International Events Expos.
Before commencing his Ph.D in 2012, Mike led the Research Council’s UK (RCUK) funded national portfolio of Vitae’s Researcher Development training: programmes, workshops, conferences, events and resources. He had the privilege to work with, learn from and mentor hundreds of Ph.D, early career and senior researchers across the UK and Europe. He holds a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) with a strong track record of publishing in leading international journals; managing complex industry and research projects and grants; learning and teaching excellence.
Education/Academic qualification
Management, Doctorate, Anglia Ruskin University
Master of Arts International Business, MA, Anglia Ruskin University
2008 → 2009
Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA, Hanze University of Applied Sciences
2008 → 2009
Management, Degree, Anglia Ruskin University
2005 → 2008
External positions
Owner, Director (https://www.tiptoetravel.co.uk), Tiptoe Travel
1 Mar 2018 → …Visiting Lectureship, Pace University
Feb 2018 → May 2018External Examiner, University of Greenwich
1 Sep 2017 → …Visiting Lectureship, Berlin School of Economics and Law
2013 → 2017Shareholder, Consultant (https://www.yoyoletsgo.co.uk), YoYo Let's Go
Consultant (http://www.e-luminatestudio.com/), e-Luminate Studio
Keywords
- GV Recreation Leisure
- Sport, Tourism and Event Management
- Event Impact
- Event Tourism
- G Geography (General)
- Economic Geography
- Regional Development
- Spatial Theory
- Destination Development
- H Social Sciences (General)
- Stakeholder Theory
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Research Output 2015 2020
Disorganised host community touristic-event spaces: Revealing Rio’s fault lines at the 2016 Olympic Games
Duignan, M. & McGillivray, D., 2019, In : Leisure Studies. 38, 5, p. 692-711 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Entrepreneurial Leveraging in Liminoidal Olympic Transit Zones
Duignan, M., Down, S. & O'Brien, D., 21 Oct 2019, In : Annals of Tourism Research. 80, 19 p., 102774.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Leveraging digital and physical spaces to ‘de-risk’ and access Rio's favela communities
Cade, N., Everett, S. & Duignan, M., 7 Feb 2019, In : Tourism Geographies. (In-Press), p. (In-Press) 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Mega sport events and spatial management: Zoning space across Rio’s 2016 Olympic city
McGillivray, D., Duignan, M. & Mielke, E., 21 Apr 2019, In : Annals of Leisure Research. (In-press), p. (In-press)Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The 'Summer of Discontent': Exclusion and Communal Resistance at the London 2012 Olympics
Duignan, M., Pappalepore, I. & Everett, S., Feb 2019, In : Tourism Management. 70, p. 355-367 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities 2015 2018
Secured rights to host the prestigious Tourism Management Institute (TMI), national ‘Hot Topic’ conference, 2018 (industry funded)
Mike Duignan (Consultant)Activity: Consultancy
Cambridge Half Marathon 2018 (Economic Impact Study) (industry funded)
Mike Duignan (Consultant)Activity: Consultancy
International Olympic Committee (IOC) "Advanced Research Programme" project entitled: "Fostering social entrepreneurship in deprived host city communities: Introducing the 'Youth Social Entrepreneurship (YSE) Legacy Framework'" ($16.2k)
Mike Duignan (Consultant)Activity: Consultancy
Innovation plan to develop new app and bolt on light installations for events and festivals for ‘e-Luminate Studio’ (Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF))
Mike Duignan (Consultant)Activity: Consultancy
From “clone towns” to “slow towns”: examining festival legacies (Festival industry keynote)
Mike Duignan (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Prizes
2015 winner,of the Anglia ‘Lecturer of the Year award’ - one of five lectures in the university
Mike Duignan (Recipient), Jun 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2016 finalist of the Anglia ‘Outstanding Supervisor of the Year’ - one of eight academics across the university
Mike Duignan (Recipient), Jun 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2017 finalist for the Anglia ‘Innovative Lecturer of the Year’ award - one of eight lecturers in the university
Mike Duignan (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2017 winner of the prestigious Anglia ‘Special Recognition’ award - one of two academics across the university to secure for excellence in teaching
Mike Duignan (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2018 finalist for the prestigious Anglia ‘Special Recognition’ award for learning and teaching excellence- one of right lecturers across the university
Mike Duignan (Recipient), Jun 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
Regenerating Cambridge’s market square: Enhancing the night time economy (BBC radio Cambridgeshire, live interview)
22/03/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
How festivals and Facebook are helping Cambridge’s small businesses survive (Cambridge News)
28/12/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Future of the UK high streets and small business survival (Leading Britain's Conversation (LBC))
19/10/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Major tourism trends and innovations, and review of the national newspaper headlines (BBC radio Cambridgeshire, live interview)
22/08/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Over tourism threat to Cambridge city centre and the importance of slow tourism (BBC Radio Cambridgeshire live interview)
10/08/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment