I have been interested in hitchhiking as a practice since 2008, and have written two book chapters on it. I am writing up some articles at the moment, based on my hitchhiking experiences, including a hitchhiking trip to Ireland in …
I was delighted to visit and be welcomed to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi (Vietnam) on the first days of 2018. VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities was established in 1995, based on …
Event Date: 11th November 2017 Time: 4-7pm As as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2017, organised by Bournemouth University, I ran an event about hitchhiking and micro-adventures. You may wonder, when did the practice of hitchhiking need …
The Future Looks Seamless: Attending to Friction in Travel and Tourism. I spend 4 days in Lancaster at the CeMoRe – T2M – Cosmobilities – Conference between November 2, 2017 – November 5, 2017. It was at the Centre for …
I spent two years in Dalian China. We were able to collect some data, at what then an unusual event – a wine festival. While now, wine festivals have popped up all over China (as well as Hong Kong and …
There has been a noticeable ‘Airbnb effect’ in the tourism industry. This has been especially evident in the accommodation sector as hotels seek to become more ‘Experiential,’ access-oriented, intimate, personalised, and on-demand. For larger hotel groups, this has led both …
Article: Tourist codes of conduct are a bad idea – here’s why. Published: The Conversation, UK – September 5th, 2017. Abstract: A climate of mistrust has created a new wave of tourist codes of conduct. The aim is to assign …
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 …