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Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
I am interested in the impacts of major events on host communities, particularly focussing on the harms perpetrated by events, particularly sport mega-events like the Olympic Games. I am interested in the negative impact on local communities and how these are contested and resisted.
Current research activities
I am currently developing research projects exploring transnational resistance to the Olympic Games and the human rights impacts of mega-events.
Current teaching activities and interests
I teach across postgraduate and undergraduate event courses, covering topics such as event policy, critical event studies and research methods
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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A theoretical framework of communal resistance to mega-events
Duignan, M., Everett, S. & Talbot, A., 30 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Event Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How hosting the Olympics can lead to displacement
Talbot, A. & Duignan, M., 20 Mar 2025, Events and Society: Bridging Theory and Practice. Duignan, M. (ed.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 101-105 5 p. (Routledge How Events Transform Society series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Olympics for whom? Winners and losers of mega-events
Talbot, A., 20 Mar 2025, Events and Society: Bridging Theory and Practice. Duignan, M. (ed.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 87-93 7 p. (Routledge How Events Transform Society series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The spectacle of non-violence: deactivating territorial stigmatization in favela representations in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic opening ceremonies
Clift, B. C., Wilson, C. & Talbot, A., 29 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Urban Geography. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Event coalitions after the event: legacies of mega-event activism
Talbot, A., 30 Jun 2024, In: Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest. 12, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review