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David McGillivray

(He/him)
Professor in Event and Digital Cultures, University of the West of Scotland

Professor David McGillivray holds a Chair in Event and Digital Cultures in the Centre for Culture, Sport & Events (CCSE), School of Business & Creative Industries at University of the West of Scotland (UWS). His research focuses on two main areas of activity. The first area of interest is the contemporary significance of events and festivals (sporting and cultural) as markers of identity and mechanisms for the achievements of wider economic, social and cultural externalities. The second area relates to the affordances of digital culture, especially related to understandings of digital citizenship, participation and the role of everyday digital media platforms and practices in enabling (or restricting) voices within an increasingly saturated media landscape. He has published extensively on these themes and been involved in many funded research and knowledge exchange projects including EventRights (sport events and human rights) and Festspace (festivals, events and inclusive public space in Europe). He is Deputy Editor of the Event Management journal and co-author of three monogrpahs (Event Policy, Event bidding and Leveragign Disability Sport Events and co-editor of two others.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor in Event and Digital Cultures, University of the West of Scotland
  • 2010–2012
    Reader, University of the West of Scotland

Education

  • 2003 
    Glasgow Caledonian University, PhD