Tag: event management

The annual Sport, Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow (SEVT) Conference will take place November 20-22 in Columbia, South Carolina.  The call for papers is here.  SEVT is hosted and organized by the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina in collaboration with Venues Today, the venue industry’s leading trade publication.  For the 2013 conference, IAVM Region...

Major international events such as World Expositions, Olympic Games or Football Championships constitute important opportunities for large investments and revenue growth in the tourism and hospitality industries. But do they provide sufficient cultural, social and economic benefits to the host communities or do mega events do more harm than good? The European Tourism Futures Institute and Stenden University Qatar conference...

Special Issue: Security and Sport Mega-Events: a complex relation Original Articles  Security and sport mega-events: a complex relation Diamantis Mastrogiannakis & Christian Dorville Pages: 133-139 DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2013.776246 National Sport Events  Controlling football-related violence in France: law and order versus the rule of law Anastassia Tsoukala Pages: 140-150 DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2013.776247 Normalization of the exception: issues and controversies of the Italian counter-hooliganism legislation Alberto Testa Pages: 151-166 DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2013.776248 Risk, security and technology: governing football supporters in...

The Department of Geography at the University of Zurich is seeking an outstanding candidate to fill one fully funded Postdoctoral Position on Mega-Events in Brazil (100%) for a period of 4 years. The earliest start date is August 2013. The post is part of a new research group headed by Prof. Dr. Martin Müller. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, conducting and publishing research...