Having worked for the organising committee for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Parlympic Games from 1998 to 2001, I developed an interest how sport mega-events are planned and managed.

I completed my PhD on this topic and have since published five books including: Managing the Olympics (with Daryl Adair, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013); Managing the Football World Cup (with Daryl Adair, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014); Managing the Paralympics (with Simon Darcy and Daryl Adair, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017); Managing Sport Mega-Events (Routledge, 2017); and, Critical Issues in Global Sport Management (with Nico Schulenkorf, Routledge, 2017).