Mike Duignan

Trivandi Academy

Experience

Senior academic with 10+ years experience teaching, researching, and writing on managing major events and the economics and social impacts of them on the people and places that host. Held roles as tenured professor, Department Chair, and Director of the UK’s Olympic Studies Centre. Currently Professeur at the Sorbonne, University of Paris 1 and Editor-in-Chief of #1 international peer-reviewed journal for the study of events: Event Management Journal.

Career Highlight

Joining Trivandi, with the aim to transform the way we think about and do major events, and to help professionalise the industry.

Personal Best

Underpoaching an apple and calling baby spinach rocket in front of circa 2.2m viewers on UK Masterchef.

Projects - Others

University of Paris 1 • Cognizant Communication, USA • University of Central Florida • University of Surrey