Matthew Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5743346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-4114-8630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Handling Complexity in Leadership for Sustainable Development in Higher Education
The pursuit of sustainable development in higher education institutions (HEIs) demands leadership capable of managing complex, interconnected challenges—from curricular integration to carbon reduction. While HEIs are pivotal in driving sustainability transitions, leaders often struggle to balance stakeholder demands, financial constraints, and the demands of systemic change. Current research lacks clarity on effective strategies for navigating th…
More players can reach national and international levels”
Relative age effects (RAEs) are common across many youth sports that use age group structures to band athletes. This creates a significant overrepresentation of those who are born near the start of the selection cut-off date across talent pathways compared to those born towards the end. In an attempt to identify, select, and develop the most talented squash players based upon their long-term potential, England Squash designed and implemented the …
Feeling ‘like part of the action’
“Everybody criticizes police, but nobody criticizes museums”
Museums are increasingly placed front-and-centre in police headquarters. Based on interviews, field notes, and observations, we examine the significance of placing museums in the foyers of new police headquarters for public culture and police legitimacy. Drawing from critical heritage, cultural and policing studies literature, we argue the trend represents a strategic means of softening the image of police and creating myths central to reinforcin…
Representations of detention and other pains of law enforcement in police museums in Ontario, Canada
Police museums have been described as dark tourism destinations that depict death and suffering, yet rarely have they been conceptualised as a form of penal tourism. Applying Diarmaid Harkin’s notion of 'pains of policing' to police museums in Ontario, Canada we illustrate how these sites engage in punishment memorialisation. Police museums, which are increasingly staged in the front of police headquarters, are one of the ways policing organisati…
Bridging or fostering social distance? An analysis of penal spectator comments on Canadian penal history museums
Penal history museums are among the sites where cultural meanings about prisoners and imprisonment are developed, communicated, and consumed. Little research has explored what visitors take from these encounters. Drawing on literature concerning new media communication and Brown’s (2009) work on penal spectatorship, we analyze visitor comments about their sojourns into Canadian penal history sites found on TripAdvisor, a global travel website. We…
Bridging or fostering social distance? An analysis of penal spectator comments on Canadian penal history museums
Penal history museums are among the sites where cultural meanings about prisoners and imprisonment are developed, communicated, and consumed. Little research has explored what visitors take from these encounters. Drawing on literature concerning new media communication and Brown’s (2009) work on penal spectatorship, we analyze visitor comments about their sojourns into Canadian penal history sites found on TripAdvisor, a global travel website. We…
Representations of detention and other pains of law enforcement in police museums in Ontario, Canada
Police museums have been described as dark tourism destinations that depict death and suffering, yet rarely have they been conceptualised as a form of penal tourism. Applying Diarmaid Harkin’s notion of 'pains of policing' to police museums in Ontario, Canada we illustrate how these sites engage in punishment memorialisation. Police museums, which are increasingly staged in the front of police headquarters, are one of the ways policing organisati…
Bridging or fostering social distance? An analysis of penal spectator comments on Canadian penal history museums
Penal history museums are among the sites where cultural meanings about prisoners and imprisonment are developed, communicated, and consumed. Little research has explored what visitors take from these encounters. Drawing on literature concerning new media communication and Brown’s (2009) work on penal spectatorship, we analyze visitor comments about their sojourns into Canadian penal history sites found on TripAdvisor, a global travel website. We…
Representations of detention and other pains of law enforcement in police museums in Ontario, Canada
Police museums have been described as dark tourism destinations that depict death and suffering, yet rarely have they been conceptualised as a form of penal tourism. Applying Diarmaid Harkin’s notion of 'pains of policing' to police museums in Ontario, Canada we illustrate how these sites engage in punishment memorialisation. Police museums, which are increasingly staged in the front of police headquarters, are one of the ways policing organisati…
“Everybody criticizes police, but nobody criticizes museums”
Museums are increasingly placed front-and-centre in police headquarters. Based on interviews, field notes, and observations, we examine the significance of placing museums in the foyers of new police headquarters for public culture and police legitimacy. Drawing from critical heritage, cultural and policing studies literature, we argue the trend represents a strategic means of softening the image of police and creating myths central to reinforcin…
More players can reach national and international levels”
Relative age effects (RAEs) are common across many youth sports that use age group structures to band athletes. This creates a significant overrepresentation of those who are born near the start of the selection cut-off date across talent pathways compared to those born towards the end. In an attempt to identify, select, and develop the most talented squash players based upon their long-term potential, England Squash designed and implemented the …
Feeling ‘like part of the action’
Handling Complexity in Leadership for Sustainable Development in Higher Education
The pursuit of sustainable development in higher education institutions (HEIs) demands leadership capable of managing complex, interconnected challenges—from curricular integration to carbon reduction. While HEIs are pivotal in driving sustainability transitions, leaders often struggle to balance stakeholder demands, financial constraints, and the demands of systemic change. Current research lacks clarity on effective strategies for navigating th…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Law (2 works)