research - Prof. Dr. Ana ADI

New publication: Olympic humanitarianism – the fundamental principles of Olympism

by anaadiBeijing, human rights, IOC, olympism, Publications, research January 20, 2015December 4, 2018No Comments

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, …

Collaboration at the heart of Thai and British researchers’ development

by anaadinews, research, Workshops December 2, 2014May 27, 2015No Comments

A month ago I was making my way to Thailand excited to finally see happening the Researcher Links workshop. Organised by Bournemouth University and Chulalongkorn University, treatment the workshop was the result of a successful bid to the British Council that Prof Tom Watson and I as part of the BU team andÂ Assoc Prof …

Erasmus teaching exchange to Romania

by anaadiguest lectures April 29, 2014No Comments

During the second week of April I had the pleasure of joining my colleague Dr Darren Lilleker on a staff exchange visit to the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, information pills Romania. Although I have lectured at NUPSPA (SNSPA) in Romania before, this was the first time in 10 …

Olympic volunteering histories

by anaadiconference September 10, 2013July 25, 2025No Comments

I have recently returned from MediAsia 2012, an annual conference dedicated to media studies, held every year in Osaka, Japan. Organized by IAFOR, one of Asia’s think tanks, the conference gathered more than 120 participants from over 20 countries in the world, many of them from North America, Asia and Europe. The keynote, offered this …

Occupy Bournemouth and Social Media

by anaadiresearch January 15, 2013January 15, 2013No Comments

At the beginning of this month I wrote about the EuroBlog Social Media Award I have received for my use of social media for research and more. The University of the West of Scotland (where I pursue my PhD) picked up the news and shared it with the Scottish press. As a result of their …