Conference: RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2017, London, United Kingdom, 29 Aug 2017 – 01 Sep 2017. 01 Sep 2017 Title The miracle of the road: The affective atmospheres of Europe’s roads by Michael O’Regan, PhD Abstract A billion operating …
My piece “Doing Things Differently: Cracks in the Tourism System” published on Tvergastein #9, came out nicely – Thanks to all the editors and volunteers at this lovely journal – The print edition is beautifully put together with pictures, quotes …
Thanks to the Fusion Investment Fund (Santander), I was able to visit Shanghai China during April 2017, to explore the research topic: What demotivates Chinese Students attending Universities Abroad: The role of perceived leisure constraints? I visited both Shanghai Jiao …
Donghua University is a public research university in Shanghai, China. Established in 1951, it is a member of China’s Project 211 group of national key universities, with a heavy focus on high level technological and scientific research. I was there …
Publication: April 2017 Airbnb and cultural capitalism: enclosure and control within the sharing economy Michael O’ Regan & Jaeyeon Choe Abstract: Collectively termed the “Sharing Economy”, collaborative platforms are said to be challenging and redesigning traditional business models and ridding …
I visiting Chiang Mai University under the Erasmus Mundus programme in December 2016 and January 2017, researching and teaching on topics related to leisure and smart tourism destinations.
Dr. Michael O’ Regan visited Pradorn Sureephong, Ph.D.at CAMT (Chiang Mai University – Thailand) (http://www.camt.cmu.ac.th/en/) as a Erasmus Mundus Scholar. They have just helped open “Innovative Village”, which they hope will kick start leisure-tourism technology companies and a smart tourism …
Dr. Michael O’ Regan was one of two keynote speakers talking about Marine Tourism and Outbound Chinese Tourism at Pancasila University (Jakarta, Indonesia) in Thursday, June 2. The event was covered by local press: http://www.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/umum/16/06/02/o84myr365-pengelolaan-pariwisata-bahari-butuh-keseriusan The seminar was also attended …
Dr Tavis Potts and Dr Piotr Niewiadomski from the University of Aberdeen were successful in an application to the British Council Researcher Links Workshop Grants: Peru. The project established collaboration with two Peruvian institutions, the Faculty of Environmental Sciences; Universidad …
That was the challenge set for Bournemouth University (BU) academics and postgraduates earlier this year – and the response was overwhelming. Researchers from across the university used their cameras to capture their research in a single image; the subsequent pictures demonstrated not just …