Manuel Garcia Ruiz
Research Fields
Light Festivals
Volunteering, Invisible Labour and Event Work
Night Studies
Nightlife and Night-Time Economies
Sociology of Leisure and Tourism
Touristification and Urban Transformations
Urban Sociology
Sociology of Culture
Urban Governance and Regulation
Social Research Methods
CV
Manuel
Garcia-Ruiz
is
a
sociologist
and
Integrated
Researcher
at
CIES-Iscte
–
Centre
for
Research
and
Studies
in
Sociology,
Iscte
–
University
Institute
of
Lisbon,
Portugal.He
holds
a
PhD
in
Sociology
from
Iscte
–
University
Institute
of
Lisbon,
a
postgraduate
degree
in
Data
Analysis
from
ISCTE,
a
double
MA
in
Communication
Sciences
and
Cultural
Studies
from
the
University
of
Lisbon,
and
a
BA
in
Advertising
and
Public
Relations
from
the
University
of
Alicante.
His
undergraduate
training
included
an
academic
stay
at
Paris
Dauphine
University
–
PSL,
France.His
research
develops
across
four
interconnected
fields:
(i)
nightlife,
festivals,
leisure
and
tourism,
including
proximity
tourism
and
the
transformation
of
nocturnal
and
urban
life;
(ii)
city
branding,
culture-led
urban
regeneration,
artwashing,
and
the
commodification
of
arts
and
culture;
(iii)
art
worlds,
artistification,
cultural
production,
and
the
artistic
careers
of
emerging
professionals;
and
(iv)
research
methods
and
methodologies,
with
particular
attention
to
ethnography,
mixed
methods,
and
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Educational Qualifications
Recent Publications
Comunications
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