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Overview

Simon Darcy is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia and specializes in social sciences with a significant emphasis on sociology, political science, and social psychology.

Their research encompasses several interconnected topics including:

  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Sports, Gender, and Society
  • Disability Rights and Representation
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Simon Darcy has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Event Management
  • Tourism Review
  • Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Sustainability
  • Tourism Recreation Research

Their recent papers reflect a focus on aspects of tourism with an emphasis on accessibility and the social dimensions of hospitality and events. Notable recent publications are:

  • From tourism and disability to accessible tourism: a perspective article, 2020, published in Tourism Review
  • Editorial: Tourism 2030 and the contribution to the sustainable development goals: the tourism review viewpoint, 2023, Tourism Review (authored by a co-author Dimitrios Buhalis, showing relevance to their research community)
  • Experiences of tourists with intellectual disabilities: A phenomenological approach, 2021, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • 'Climate crisis' and 'bushfire disaster': Implications for tourism from the involvement of social media in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires, 2020, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • A Case of Leveraging a Mega-Sport Event for a Sport Participation and Sport Tourism Legacy: A Prospective Longitudinal Case Study of Whistler Adaptive Sports, 2020, Sustainability

Simon Darcy collaborates frequently with a range of co-authors, most notably:

  • Barbara Almond
  • Stephen Schweinsberg
  • Tracey J. Dickson
  • Alison McIntosh
  • Mónica Cerdán Chiscano

Best Publications

  • A Whole-of-Life Approach to Tourism: The Case for Accessible Tourism Experiences

    Simon Darcy;Tracey J. Dickson

  • PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL ATTITUDES TO DISABILITY

    Pheroza Daruwalla;Simon Darcy

  • Inherent complexity: Disability, accessible tourism and accommodation information preferences

    Simon Darcy

  • Volunteer Management Practices and Volunteer Retention: A Human Resource Management Approach

    Graham Cuskelly;Tracy Taylor;Russell Hoye;Simon Darcy

  • Accessible tourism and sustainability: a discussion and case study

    Simon Darcy;Bruce Cameron;Shane Pegg

  • The embodied tourist experiences of people with vision impairment: management implications beyond the visual gaze.

    Jennie Small;Simon Darcy;Tanya Packer

  • Accessible tourism futures: the world we dream to live in and the opportunities we hope to have

    Eleni Michopoulou;Simon Darcy;Ivor Ambrose;Dimitros Buhalis

  • Competing for the disability tourism market – A comparative exploration of the factors of accessible tourism competitiveness in Spain and Australia

    Trinidad Domínguez Vila;Simon Darcy;Elisa Alén González

  • A Tri-Method Approach to a Review of Adventure Tourism Literature Bibliometric Analysis, Content Analysis, and a Quantitative Systematic Literature Review

    Mingming Cheng;Deborah Edwards;Simon Darcy;Kylie Redfern

  • Towards strategic intent: Perceptions of disability service provision amongst hotel accommodation managers

    Simon Darcy;Shane Pegg

  • Using Psychological Contract Theory to Explore Issues in Effective Volunteer Management

    Tracy Taylor;Simon Darcy;Russell Hoye;Graham Cuskelly

  • Exploring the Development of Team Identification

    Daniel John Lock;Tracy Taylor;Daniel Carl Funk;Simon Darcy

  • From tourism and disability to accessible tourism: a perspective article

    Simon Darcy;Bob McKercher;Stephen Schweinsberg

  • Re-conceptualizing barriers to travel by people with disabilities

    Bob McKercher;Simon Darcy

  • Marginalised participation: physical disability, high support needs and tourism

    Simon Darcy

  • Research Methods in Sport Studies and Sport Management: A Practical Guide

    Anthony James Veal;Simon Darcy

  • Managing disability sport: From athletes with disabilities to inclusive organisational perspectives

    Laura Misener;Simon Darcy

  • In search of a level playing field – the constraints and benefits of sport participation for people with intellectual disability

    Simon Darcy;Leanne Dowse

  • Beyond Olympic Legacy: Understanding Paralympic Legacy Through a Thematic Analysis

    Laura Misener;Simon Darcy;David Legg;Keith Gilbert

  • Editorial: Tourism 2030 and the contribution to the sustainable development goals: the tourism review viewpoint

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  • Enabling Inclusive Sport Participation: Effects of Disability and Support Needs on Constraints to Sport Participation

    Simon Darcy;Daniel Lock;Tracy Taylor

  • Accessible tourism: concepts and issues.

    Dimitrios Buhalis;Simon Darcy

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios Buhalis
Dimitrios Buhalis Bournemouth University
Stephen Wearing
Stephen Wearing University of Technology Sydney
Susan A. Moore
Susan A. Moore Murdoch University
Larry Dwyer
Larry Dwyer University of Technology Sydney
Daniel Carl Funk
Daniel Carl Funk Temple University
Bob McKercher
Bob McKercher University of Queensland
Gareth Shaw
Gareth Shaw University of Exeter

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