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Relationships between travel habits and European identity formation. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C., & Panyik, E. (2014, October). Relationships between travel habits and European identity formation. Presented at 24th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research

For the first time in the history of the EU, the Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force in 2009, established direct legal base for Community measures with supporting competence in the area of tourism (European Commission, 2007a). This new political... Read More about Relationships between travel habits and European identity formation..

Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, I., Firth, R., Foster, M., & Zhou, V. (2014, October). Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?. Presented at International Journal of Art & Design Education 'Collaborative Practice in Arts Education

This paper explores the reception and analysis of different methodologies in an inter-disciplinary pedagogical collaboration involving Design and Business academics and their students. The authors examined the learning experiences of students (origin... Read More about Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?.

Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2014). Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom. Journal of Research in International Education, 13(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240914541024

Cross-border education provides evidence about international student destination choice including the push and pull model of international student choice. The research upon which this article is based, into Brazilian students’ decisions to study at u... Read More about Student destination choices in higher education: Exploring attitudes of Brazilian students to study in the United Kingdom.

Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures (2014)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., & Wheatley, C. (2014). Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. M. .-. Beattie, E. Backer, & K. A. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals (271-314). Routledge

The future cannot be forecasted with a high degree of certainty and precision (Eden and Ackermann 1998); however, understanding the environment and context as explanation is a purposeful way to examine the future. In the future studies literature (Ye... Read More about Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures.

Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Brown, S. (2014). Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events & Festivals (219-235). Routledge

Introduction David Bowie’s 1974 album Diamond Dogs offered a dystopian vision of the world in which ‘. . . fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats and ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes coveting the highest of the sterile s... Read More about Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals..

Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe (2014)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., McMahon-Beattie, U., & Musarurwa, N. (2014). Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals (36-50). (1). Routledge

Introduction: a tipping point The power of festivals and events is multifarious. As both historic artefacts and barometers of current beliefs, opinions and the state of society, events and festivals can be inordinately useful tools. Festivals have al... Read More about Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe.

eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Lees, G. (2014). eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals (251-267). (1). Routledge

From a mercantile past, of the travelling merchant and adventures and travels around the world, to proliferation of market towns, to the growth of individual – specialist – shops and then to the emergence of retail giants (supermarkets to superstores... Read More about eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures..

Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M., Macdonald, I., Firth, R., & Zhou, V. (2014, July). Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK. Presented at HEA Annual Conference ‘Preparing for learning futures: the next ten years’

Following previous Teaching Fellows funding to undertake a joint research project between Business School and the School of Arts & Creative Industries we would like to present our findings at the HEA Annual Conference this year. Using the results fro... Read More about Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK..

Dissemination of Solar Energy Technologies for Rural Electrification in Kenya – Challenges & Opportunities (2014)
Report
Kerr, G., & Amakobe, W. (2014). Dissemination of Solar Energy Technologies for Rural Electrification in Kenya – Challenges & Opportunities. Nairobi, Kenya: African Centre for Technology Studies

Understanding the challenges and opportunities in the solar energy technology value chain is essential for key actors in order to disseminate these technologies for rural electrification in
Kenya. Once the challenges and opportunities have been iden... Read More about Dissemination of Solar Energy Technologies for Rural Electrification in Kenya – Challenges & Opportunities.

An Exploration of a Niche Sport Event’s Role in Visitors’ Perception of a Rural Destination: The Case of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (2014)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Newland, B. L., & Darby, P. (2014). An Exploration of a Niche Sport Event’s Role in Visitors’ Perception of a Rural Destination: The Case of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. International journal of sport management, 15(2), 193-218

This article investigates whether a niche sport event in a rural location influences visitor perceptions of a destination. The work explores how rural sport events can affect tourism. To better understand rural sport tourism, a case study of the UCI... Read More about An Exploration of a Niche Sport Event’s Role in Visitors’ Perception of a Rural Destination: The Case of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.

The Motives of Ambassadors in Bidding for International Association Meetings and Events (2014)
Journal Article
Lockstone-Binney, L., Whitelaw, P., Robertson, M., Junek, O., & Michael, I. (2014). The Motives of Ambassadors in Bidding for International Association Meetings and Events. Event Management, 18(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599514x13883555341931

As destinations contest the rights to host international association-based meetings and events, competitive points of difference in the bidding process can mean the success or loss of a bid. One of these points of difference has been the growth of am... Read More about The Motives of Ambassadors in Bidding for International Association Meetings and Events.

Signals and Signposts of the Future: Literary Festival Consumption in 2050 (2014)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., & Yeoman, I. (2014). Signals and Signposts of the Future: Literary Festival Consumption in 2050. Tourism Recreation Research, 39(3), 321-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2014.11087004

This conceptual paper uses a scenario planning process to facilitate possible futures for literary festivals, a form of festival tourism that has grown rapidly in the developed and developing countries of the world in the early decades of the 21st Ce... Read More about Signals and Signposts of the Future: Literary Festival Consumption in 2050.

The Future of Events and Festivals (2014)
Book
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., McMahon-Beattie, U., Backer, E., & Smith, K. A. (Eds.). (2014). The Future of Events and Festivals. Routledge

The growth of events and festivals has been significant over the last decade and a wide range of skills are essential to ensure those events are successful. This requirement has been instrumental in stimulating the creation of more tertiary education... Read More about The Future of Events and Festivals.

Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad (2013)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2013). Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad. Practice and evidence of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education, 8, 176-202

Increasing cross-border education and student mobility calls for a better understanding of international student destination choice and the benefits of study abroad to the students. The study reported in this paper examined Brazilian students’ attitu... Read More about Student destination choices in international education: exploring Brazilian students’ attitudes to study abroad.

Event studies: finding fool's gold at the rainbow's end? (2013)
Journal Article
Baum, T., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Robertson, M. (2013). Event studies: finding fool's gold at the rainbow's end?. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 4(3), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-06-2013-0014

Purpose
The aim of this opinion piece is to seek to cast a critical eye over the event studies field to chart its progress as an emerging area of study, relative to its close relations tourism, hospitality and leisure.
Design/methodology/approach... Read More about Event studies: finding fool's gold at the rainbow's end?.