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Officially cancelled but eternally remembered: The queering paradox of Chinese comedic influencers through multi-platform mediation (2025)
Journal Article
Chen, Z. T., & Cameron, J. (in press). Officially cancelled but eternally remembered: The queering paradox of Chinese comedic influencers through multi-platform mediation. Celebrity Studies,

This article explores an alternative, comedic, lowbrow and queer(ed) group of Internet celebrities and influencers who developed a significant following amongst Chinese Internet vernacular cultures. These personalities sit at the intersection of stat... Read More about Officially cancelled but eternally remembered: The queering paradox of Chinese comedic influencers through multi-platform mediation.

LGBTQ+ Rights in the UK: past, present and future (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clucas, R. (2025, March). LGBTQ+ Rights in the UK: past, present and future. Presented at LGBT+ History Month Presentation - Brown and Brown LGBTQ+ Teammate Resource Group, Online

Invited LGBT+ History Month Presentation to Brown and Brown LGBTQ+ Teammate Resource Group (US and UK)

The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city (2024)
Journal Article
Piccio, B., Todd, L., & Robertson, M. (2024). The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city. Tourism Management Perspectives, 54, Article 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101317

This paper explores issues women face in achieving leadership positions in the festivals sector, and their experiences of gender inequality. The setting is Edinburgh, the UK's leading festivals' tourism destination. Underpinned by feminist research,... Read More about The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city.

Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures (2024)
Report
Gerli, P. (2024). Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures. British Academy

Over the past two decades, community broadband networks, platform cooperatives, and data cooperatives have emerged as promising models to counterbalance market distortions and power asymmetries in the governance of digital infrastructures, services a... Read More about Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures.

Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2024, June). Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management. Presented at Marketing Professional Advisory Group Meeting, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

This talk aims to excavate marketing practitioner insights on whether meeting deadlines and time management are important graduate attributes that should be carefully considered in an employability-focused curriculum. The presentation sets out debat... Read More about Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management.

Digital transformation and the DIY artist: Balancing artistic integrity and economic sustainability in the digital domain (2024)
Journal Article
Oliver, P. G. (2024). Digital transformation and the DIY artist: Balancing artistic integrity and economic sustainability in the digital domain. DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society, 2(2), 207 - 223. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538702241251886

This study investigates the evolving role of do-it-yourself (DIY) artists in the context of digital transformation , analyzing the delicate balance between maintaining artistic integrity and achieving economic sustainability in the contemporary music... Read More about Digital transformation and the DIY artist: Balancing artistic integrity and economic sustainability in the digital domain.

Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide) (2024)
Other
Robertson, M. (2024). Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide). [PDF]

This guide is for Business Event client (UK or International) hosting conference, convention or other large business-related event in Edinburgh. It is a guide for application of the measurement matrix created by Dr Martin Robertson in 2022 as part of... Read More about Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide).

A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M., Pyke, J., & Drake, C. (2023, February). A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne. Presented at 33rd Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian Universities Tourism and Hospitality Education, Fremantle, Western Australia

Business events can support the needs of access, equality, and learning for work and social inclusion, and determine a greater range of benefits than had been previously considered (Edwards, Foley, & Schlenker, 2011; Foley, Edwards, & Schlenker, 2014... Read More about A critical review of the efficacy of the UN SDGs as conduits for collaboration in business tourism provision. Case Study Edinburgh & Melbourne.

Guest editorial: Special issue introduction repurposing and repositioning events: real, responsible and revolutionary futures (2023)
Journal Article
Abreu Novais, M., Ali-Knight, J., Holmes, K., Lockstone-Binney, L., Robertson, M., & Stewart, H. (2023). Guest editorial: Special issue introduction repurposing and repositioning events: real, responsible and revolutionary futures. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 14(2), 137-140. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-05-2023-100

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Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note) (2018)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Hutton, A., & Brown, S. (2018). Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note). Event Management, 22(6), 1073-1081. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15346132863157

This work, a conceptual forward-looking paper, examines the management of audiences at music festivals now and indicates a critical manoeuvre of focus for the future. The theoretical objectives and conclusions of a body of work by Robertson – discuss... Read More about Event Design in outdoor music festival audience behaviour (a critical transformative research note).

Sustainable festivals and events – an inquiry of leadership and futures (2016)
Thesis
Robertson, M. J. Sustainable festivals and events – an inquiry of leadership and futures. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979708

As a societal phenomenon, festivals and planned events are discussed in a wide policy context. They have entered a broader discussion with regard to sustainability in which the factors that contribute to being sustainable are part of a new paradigm o... Read More about Sustainable festivals and events – an inquiry of leadership and futures.

Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M., & Rogers, P. (2008, June). Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations. Presented at International Conference for Sustainable Tourism and Spirit of Hospitality in the Alpine Environment., Sappada, Italy

The economic and social composition of rural society has changed irrevocably. The role of the market town as economic epicentre of rural wealth has all but completely evaporated (Courtney & Errington, 2003). Rural areas, inclusive of mountainous ones... Read More about Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations.

Grand Challenges and OR: Bangor, Dragons and Predicting Riots
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2024, September). Grand Challenges and OR: Bangor, Dragons and Predicting Riots. Presented at OR66 The Operational Research Society Annual Conference, Bangor, UK

Miles Weaver, Chair of Grand Challenges and OR, Associate Professor, Centre for Business Innovations and Sustainable Solutions, Edinburgh Napier University

Chris Roberts, Co-Founder of North Wales Dragons Community Football Teams and member of the... Read More about Grand Challenges and OR: Bangor, Dragons and Predicting Riots.

Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes) March 2025
Other
Robertson, M. Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes) March 2025

Measurement of conference contribution towards SDG themes for the City of Edinburgh for the Edinburgh International Conference Centre

•ScotSoft Conference 2024, 26th September 2024
•20th ISDE World Congress for Esophageal Diseases, 22nd-24th Sept... Read More about Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes) March 2025.

Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes)
Other
Robertson, M. Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes)

Evaluation Summary of Best Contributions completed and awareded in June 2024 for

British Hip Society 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting & Instructional Course, 8th-10th March, 2023

European Society of Cardiology ACNAP 2023 Congress, 23-24th June,... Read More about Evalulation Summary: Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (Measurement of contribution towards SDG themes).