Welcome to the research pages of the UK Centre for Events Management. UKCEM is one of the world’s foremost academic centres focusing on teaching and researching various issues associated with events and festivals. Our goal is to contribute effectively to advancing knowledge and to create sustainable partnerships to strengthen research-informed professional practice.
We collaborate with various partners who are also interested in understanding issues related to events and festivals and making an impact on practice. Our multi-disciplinary scholars engage in events and festivals research related to sport, the arts, popular culture, tourism and various other fields. Please contact us if you are interested in any aspect of our work or would like an informal conversation about collaborative projects.
LATEST NEWS
Events paper presented Political Studies Association conferenceKate Dashper is presenting a paper entitled “The role of sport in policing the boundaries of acceptable sex and gender” at the forthcoming Political Studies Association Sport and Politics Group Annual. Through a consideration of reactions within the sporting community to the questions raised about the sex/gender of South African... |
UKCEM helps shape ISO 20121James Musgrave has been invited to join the national mirror committee that will support the development of ISO 20121. Work developing ISO 20121 (using BS8901 as a starting document) has started. More than eleven countries, including the UK, attended the first meeting. An important part of the ISO development process... |
New course for industry launchedUKCEM launches a new course designed to support local industry by equipping current and potential employees with the skills required to make the most out of festivals and events in the region. Beginning in February, the Certificate in Creating & Managing Events will cover all aspects of events management including... |
Papers flood in for Global Events Congress IV and 8th AEME Educators ForumMore than eighty abstracts from twenty countries have been submitted so far for the Global Events Congress IV and 8th AEME Events Management Educators Forum to be hosted in July. Organised with the University of Queensland, Australia, and Sun Yat-sen University, China, the intention is to take stock of current... |
Knowledge exchange programme in participation and engagement in cultural activitiesThe Arts Council are funding Leila Jancovich from the Centre and Professor Franco Bianchini, from the Cultural Planning and Policy Unit in the School of Cultural Studies, to create opportunities for knowledge exchange between cultural researchers, policy makers, managers and practitioners. The project will also create a network of researchers... |
UKCEM Research SymposiumSome thirty colleagues recently congregated to discuss research relating to events. In addition to discussing matters such as the nature of events management as a field and journal provision, the Centre welcomed two visiting speakers. Appleby Fair – ancient to modern Kevin Douglas Chief Executive, Eden District Council ... |
ESRC Festival of Social ScienceEvents and festivals in a green world: a FREE event for school and college students The Rose Bowl Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds City Centre 17th March 2010 6pm – 8pm In an attempt to reduce carbon emissions, should the council stop subsidising festivals and events?An invited panel will try to... |
Harnessing events for tourismThe Centre recently hosted a half-day conference for local authority tourism officers at The Rose Bowl, part of the University’s prestigious new premises in the centre of Leeds. The event was focussed on learning lessons from experience in various regions and from research undertaken by UKCEM. The event attracted delegates from... |
European Festival Research Project (EFRP)The UK Centre for Events Management in association with the Cultural Policy and Planning Unit (CPPU) at Leeds Met hosted a two day symposium for the European Festival Research Project (EFRP) during late November. The event convenor was Leila Jancovich from UKCEM. Speakers came from the UK, France, Germany, Holland, Italy,... |
Conference presentation in EgyptRazaq Raj made a presentation at the end of October 2009 to the 3rd IRT International Scientific Conference Integrated Relational Tourism - Territories & Development in the Mediterranean Area. His paper explored tourism development and local history. |
