New publication: Olympic humanitarianism – the fundamental principles of Olympism

  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, …

My PhD Thesis in the British Library

British Council Researcher Links – Early Career Researcher workshops to be organized in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, medications Thailand (upcoming – 2014 – deputy coordinator) Fusion travel grant from Bournemouth University to organize workshops for journalists and journalism lecturers in Nepal (upcoming – 2014) The European Public Relations Education and Research Association (Euprera) …

Beijing: when humanitarian issues and Olympic values collide

  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:   …

Open Source Protest

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 …

New Media. New Games. Lessons from the Beijing Olympics for #media2012

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 …