More on lessons from Beijing…
I was interviewed last week by a correspondent from Business Week - you can read the published article by clicking here.
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2009 Olympic legacy conference
August 26, 2008
The dates for our Olympic legacy conference for 2009 have been announced – have a look at our blog here to keep up to date with the plans and to view the presentations from last year’s event.
London 2012 visit to Beijing
August 11, 2008
I was interview by a journalist from AFP last week about the presence of London 2012 organisers in Beijing, observing and networking in preparation for London’s games in four years time. I was asked about the value of visiting other host cities and what, specifically, London could hope to learn. As has become quite clear… [Read more…]
CFP:”Sport and Peace/Social (In)Justice.”
June 17, 2008
May be of interest to those researching on Olympic themes…. The 29th annual conference of La Sociedad Norteamericana para la Sociologia del Deporte /The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport/La Société nord-américaine de sociologie du sport (NASSS) will be held 5-8 November 2008 at the Curtis Hotel in Denver, Colorado, USA. The theme… [Read more…]
Conference archive
May 24, 2008
I’m uploading all the presentations from our 1st annual conference on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games to the conference blog. The plan is to keep the blog updated throughout the year with links to information about the legacy planning for 2012 as well as links to new research in the area.
A memetic understanding of the Cultural Olympaid for the 2012 games
May 20, 2008
This presentation explains some research that a colleague and I are carrying out into the Cultural Olympiad being planned for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. It contains some brief notes on a memetic framework we are developing as a way of engaging with the Cultural Olympiad as an evolving system with a heritage and a future… [Read more…]
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