The Journal of Olympic History recently features on the cover of its latest number my article “Olympic humanitarianism: the fundamental principles of Olympism”. While I have published shorter articles on the same topic before in Culture @ the Olympics and Sportanddev.org this is the article that contains the research that informed them. This article, […]

You can now find my PhD thesis in the British Library collection of electronic theses. Below is the abstract of my thesis: The Olympic Games is a mechanism through which numerous advocacy and political groups compete to frame the media coverage that it generates. These processes are restricted by the relatively fixed guidelines imposed upon […]

  Earlier this summer I wrtoe a short piece for Sportanddev.org about the challenges the IOC and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games organizers faced when questions about human rights, approved freedom of speech and freedom of the press were raised by internaitonal media and advocacy groups. The entire article is here. Here’s an excerpt:   […]

This semester saw me developing and teaching a new extensive course. Following the positive evaluations received from the students taking the New Media course at Katho and their calls for more specialized courses, treatment I was asked to prepare and deliver an introductory course on Branding. The course After extensive research of other branding courses […]

an unconference talk covering 3 stories: of access, viagra of media and of cultural exchange New media. New games. Lessons from Beijing View more presentations from Ana ADI. On the 4th of October I was invited to speak about my Beijing Olympics experience and research at the launch of #media2012 blueprint for the London Olympics, during Abandon […]

This summer was full. I was the lucky UK representative at the International Olympic Academy, implant a one month seminar held in Olympia, more about Greece on Olympic topics ranging from the Ancient Olympics, bronchitis to ethics, human rights and marketing. I have particularly enjoyed the marketing and ethics presentations given by Dr Benoit Seguin […]

This weekend I am going to attend the National Olympic Academy down in London, buy recipe an event organized every year by the British Olympic Foundation. It is a great opportunity to meat people that research the Olympics or are involved in one way or another with the Games. It is even a greater opportunity since I […]

The readings for the human rights and the Olympics piece are becoming more interesting every day. It might be because the acumulation of knowlegde lead to the creation of a bigger and understandable picture but might also be because the more I read, cystitis the more questions arise and the more challenges come with them. Nevertheless, hemorrhoids […]

Every emblem of the Olympics tells a story. For example, one health the one of the Beijing Olympics represents Beijing’s hospitality and hopes. It is also said that in its dancing (for the emblem is called “Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing) carries the city’s commitment to the world. Creating an emblem that should satisfy all, and […]