What would it take to really make the World Cup, and other sports mega-events, a genuine part of a low-carbon world?

Sustainable mega event legacies
Rutendo Musikavanhu 2025. Forthcoming. Sustainable mega event legacies. in: Julie Whitfield, Mary Beth Gouthro and Miguel Moital (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Events and Sustainability Routledge.

When the Stage Came Down: A short-term feel-good experience at South Africa’s World Cup
Musikavanhu, R. 2024. When the Stage Came Down: A short-term feel-good experience at South Africa’s World Cup. in: Wolfe, S.D. (ed.) The Hard Edge of Soft Power: Mega-Events, Geopolitics, and Making Nations Great Again. Palgrave Macmillan.

Inside Events Podcast Series
Musikavanhu, R. 2023. Inside Events Podcast Series . YouTube.

What would a green World Cup look like?
Musikavanhu, R. 2022. What would a green World Cup look like? BBC.

The lasting social value of mega events: experiences from green point community in Cape Town, South Africa
Musikavanhu, R., Ladkin, A. and Sadd, D. 2021. The lasting social value of mega events: experiences from green point community in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Sustainable Tourism . 29 (11-12), pp. 1832-1849. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.1874395

Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives Within the Host Community
Musikavanhu, R. 2020. Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives Within the Host Community. in: Baum, T. and Ndiuini, A. (ed.) Sustainable Human Resource Management in Tourism: African Perspectives Springer. pp. 103-119

A Comparison of Event Impacts: Zimbabwe and the UK
Sadd, D. and Musikavanhu, R. 2018. A Comparison of Event Impacts: Zimbabwe and the UK. Event Management. 2 (2), pp. 199-212. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15173355843352