David McGillivray
@dgmcgillivray
Professor, interested in events, culture, digital participation & sport.
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http://www.davidmcgillivray.net 12-02-2010 12:56:27
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My response to the Commonwealth Games crisis - jointly we can do this. #commonwealthgames2026 Commonwealth Sport Centre for Culture, Sport and Events The Association of Commonwealth Universities APPGCommonwealthGames EventScotland News BBC Sport Scotland sportscotland UK Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport The Herald
After the Leisure Studies Assn AGM at the LSAConference_2023, I’m delighted to announce that we will be hosting the 2024 Conference LSA Conference 2024 in Paisley UWS - looking forward to welcome many delegates from all over 🌍 . Centre for Culture, Sport and Events Prof Gayle McPherson David McGillivray Chloe Maclean
Focus here on global events - but similar themes important at events of all different scales. Community event organisations can find out more about measuring their impact via great resources created by @gaylemcpherson Andrew Smith ⏬️⏬️ spiritof2012.org.uk/insights/socia…
Come & join us for a research symposium gender equity, football & change #WWC2023 28th July, Brisbane Meanjin. Sport & Gender Equity research hub (SAGE) Griffith Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management TASA Sport & Leisure Griffith Sports College Griffith Business School Griffith University Register here app4.vision6.com.au/em/forms/subsc…
Just a month to go now to the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow and across Scotland. The tournament is one of the big events included in the #FestivalsConnect research to find if and how big and small events can improve community connection, part of Spirit's #MomentsToConnect programme
Great example of using the festival fence as a medium for communication (and justification) here.
An issue covered in this recent piece for Urban Studies Journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Whether you joined us on Sunday, or have attended previously, we’d love to know what Mela means to you!
TAKE THE SURVEY ⤵️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Versions also available in Urdu and Punjabi. Please email [email protected] for copies.
Today Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at UWS is welcoming Dr Alberto Amore from the University of Oulu - great talk exploring concepts of regeneration and regenerative tourism in urban and rural areas #Tourism
UWS researchers been involved in a major summit looking at #humanrights abuses in sport.
The event - which took place in Canada - looked at issues such as human trafficking, labour violations and environmental damage.
Read more: uws.ac.uk/news/human-rig…
#UWSResearchMatters
The second panel discussion talk about how #placebasedapproaches work in practice- meeting people where they are at, cross pollination and the importance of safe spaces are all highlighted
Had great fun Glasgow Mela with FestivalsConnect yesterday, asking people what Mela means to them via the medium of pens and Paisley’s! Centre for Culture, Sport and Events & Urban Studies teamwork.. next step analysis & coding!
Feel free to stop by the workshop area or say hi to our team in purple #festivalsconnect t-shirts who will be keen to hear your thoughts on what Mela means to you #EDI #uwsresearchmatters #events Spirit of 2012 David McGillivray Dr Alison McCandlish Amy Finch
Our FestivalsConnect team will be in the workshop zone all day today. Pop along and share your insights about Mela or complete our online survey here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…. Available in Urdu & Punjabi too #FestivalsConnect
