All Outputs (7)

The hidden patterns behind association events: a new smarter strategy for smarter bidding (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Lockstone-Binney, L., Robertson, M., Drake, C., & Dung Le, J. (2025). The hidden patterns behind association events: a new smarter strategy for smarter bidding

•Despite their global economic and knowledge value, international association meetings and events (IAMEs) have long rotated in patterns that remained unexamined by data.
•New longitudinal analysis reveals that mid-sized events (500–999 delegates) ro... Read More about The hidden patterns behind association events: a new smarter strategy for smarter bidding.

Understanding inclusion in the workplace through the experiences of women working in Edinburgh arts festivals (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Piccio, B., Todd, L., & Robertson, M. (2025, May). Understanding inclusion in the workplace through the experiences of women working in Edinburgh arts festivals. Paper presented at ENclusion Conference 2025, Edinburgh

Futures and deep learning applied to the UN SDGs: beyond dogma to meaningful scenarios (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2025, May). Futures and deep learning applied to the UN SDGs: beyond dogma to meaningful scenarios. Presented at Teaching and researching for a just transition: preparing for a more sustainable future, Hybrid multi-location & online

Exploring Safety at Mass Gathering Events Through the Lens of Three Different Stakeholders (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hutton, A., Robertson, M., & Ranse, J. (2025, May). Exploring Safety at Mass Gathering Events Through the Lens of Three Different Stakeholders. Poster presented at 23rd Congress of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM), Tokyo, Japan

Introduction
The work here reviews the role of those with responsibility for managing people and their safety at Mass Gathering Events (MGE). These are event managers, police, and medical personnel. Though the science underpinning mass gathering hea... Read More about Exploring Safety at Mass Gathering Events Through the Lens of Three Different Stakeholders.

Evaluating the benefits of professional events and venues for academic scholars and institutions & their host cities (2025)
Report
Robertson, M. (2025). Evaluating the benefits of professional events and venues for academic scholars and institutions & their host cities. Edinburgh: Edinburgh International Conference Centre

This study is response to a gap in knowledge regards higher education institutions – and their subject or discipline areas - and the motivations for hosting conferences in professional and purpose-built venues, as well any perceived barriers in doin... Read More about Evaluating the benefits of professional events and venues for academic scholars and institutions & their host cities.

Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders (2025)
Journal Article
Hutton, A., Robertson, M., & Ranse, J. (2025). Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1451891. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1451891

Introduction: The work here reviews the role of those with responsibility in managing people and their safety at Mass Gathering Events (MGE); event managers, police, and medical personnel. This paper comes at a time when there is an acute need for ap... Read More about Exploring safety at mass gathering events through the lens of three different stakeholders.

Business Events and the Efficacy of UN SDGS for the Knowledge City (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2025, February). Business Events and the Efficacy of UN SDGS for the Knowledge City. Paper presented at Tourism Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Models of knowledge cities, the learning city, the incubation city, the smart city, and knowledge region are well established. With the evolution of the innovation paradigm, the understanding of regional innovation is being expanded. Business events... Read More about Business Events and the Efficacy of UN SDGS for the Knowledge City.