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Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S., & Rihova, I. (2025, July). Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre. Presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference 2024, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, UK

Cities are under growing pressure to address the challenge of supporting more inclusive and sustainable communities. Festivals and events, increasingly used as urban development tools, can assist in the creation of sustainable cities with prosperous,... Read More about Understanding the role of community voices in developing new arts and cultural venues as drivers of social sustainability in festival cities of the future: The case of Edinburgh’s Dunard Centre.

Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.” (2025)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (in press). Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.”. Language and Intercultural Communication, https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2025.2519910

Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis, this narrative explores my personal journey as a Filipina navigating the streets of Edinburgh during a period of heightened anti-Asian sentiment. As I confront the complex social and spatial dynamics o... Read More about Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.”.

Linguistic Imperialism and Socioeconomic Inequality: An EDI Perspective on English in the Philippines' Linguistic Landscape (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2025, May). Linguistic Imperialism and Socioeconomic Inequality: An EDI Perspective on English in the Philippines' Linguistic Landscape. Paper presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU, Edinburgh Napier University

This study interrogates the role of English in the linguistic landscape and lived experiences of working-class individuals in the Philippines, highlighting its implications for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Using an indigenous, culturally... Read More about Linguistic Imperialism and Socioeconomic Inequality: An EDI Perspective on English in the Philippines' Linguistic Landscape.

Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions (2025)
Journal Article
Wight, C., Podoshen, J., Wyatt, B., & Lennon, J. (in press). Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions. Tourism Recreation Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2025.2521277

This study invited dark tourism practitioners to comment on the salient academic discourses concerning dark tourism and propose new ways forward for research. Through a genre analysis of dark tourism literature and semi-structured interviews with an... Read More about Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions.

From the active classroom to active assessment: a student-centred approach enhancing career readiness and creativity (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, E., & Urie, G. (2025, May). From the active classroom to active assessment: a student-centred approach enhancing career readiness and creativity. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Conference (CHME) 2025, University of Essex, UK

This paper reflects on innovative assessment practice on an undergraduate tourism and hospitality module. Following an extensive redesign to adopt an active learning and dialogical pedagogy, we developed the service quality masterclass assessment to... Read More about From the active classroom to active assessment: a student-centred approach enhancing career readiness and creativity.

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.

Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Witte, A. (2025, August). Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland. Presented at Royal Geographical Society International Conference, Birmingham

Although the Scottish Outdoor Access Code promises to empower everyone to enjoy nature, access is influenced by complex socio-cultural and structural factors. Neither access nor benefits of participation in outdoor leisure are consistently realised f... Read More about Hiking on Uneven Ground: Women’s Negotiations of Access and Inclusion in Scotland.

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.

Artademic: Art practice as research (2025)
Digital Artefact
Todd, L. (2025). Artademic: Art practice as research. [Blog post]

‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ (origins unknown) is a much-repeated quote. Although (arguably) simplistic, there is something to this!
I am an artist. I’m also an interdisciplinary and engaged academic who strives to conduct impactful researc... Read More about Artademic: Art practice as research.

Festivals, networks and communities (2025)
Book Chapter
Jarman, D. (2025). Festivals, networks and communities. In N. Crossley, & P. Widdop (Eds.), Handbook of Culture and Social Networks (213-224). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803928784.00023

Festivals are a fascinating and dynamic environment in which to study social networks. They bring people together in geographically and temporally bounded contexts, for a wide range purposes. Underlying social networks help to shape careers, affect r... Read More about Festivals, networks and communities.

An investigation of the rotation patterns of international association meetings and events (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drake, C., Lockstone-Binney, L., Robertson, M., & Thi Phuong Dung, L. (2024, February). An investigation of the rotation patterns of international association meetings and events. Presented at The 34th Annual Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Hobart, Tasmania

International association meetings and events (IAMEs) are a significant segment of the business events sector. Noting the dearth of longitudinal research to confirm how these events rotate globally, regionally and over time, this study conducted an a... Read More about An investigation of the rotation patterns of international association meetings and events.

Constructing Childhood Tourism: The Proxy Gaze and Cultural Imaginaries in Picturebooks (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2024, December). Constructing Childhood Tourism: The Proxy Gaze and Cultural Imaginaries in Picturebooks. Presented at Tourism and IBC Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University

What might happen when Paddington Bear, Beegu, Beato, Hamish McHaggis, Maisie Mackenzie, and Bella and Harry—all cherished figures in children’s picture books—embark on a fictional journey together? This study examines the portrayal of children as to... Read More about Constructing Childhood Tourism: The Proxy Gaze and Cultural Imaginaries in Picturebooks.

Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning (2024)
Journal Article
Kitchen, E., Goh, E., Steriopolous, E., Harkison, T., Drake, C., Robertson, M., Losekoot, E., & Waterston, L. (online). Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2420868

Authentic learning is a critical pedagogy and curriculum requirement in higher education to better prepare students for future workforce requirements. As such, educators adopt a range of authentic learning tasks such as work-integrated learning, indu... Read More about Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning.

Learning for future challenges: tourism futures and deep learning applied to teaching the UN SDGs (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2024, November). Learning for future challenges: tourism futures and deep learning applied to teaching the UN SDGs. Presented at 2nd Tourism Futures Convention 2024 (TFC), Heilbron, Germany

This research presentation discussed the importance of future and foresight thinking (visioning) and the utility of scenario building as part of active design thinking as pedagogy. A real case study research project was used to consider the role of U... Read More about Learning for future challenges: tourism futures and deep learning applied to teaching the UN SDGs.

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.