There has been a massive growth of research relating to festivals and events over recent years. Much of this has been precipitated by, or has at least resonated with, a policy discourse that presents festivals and events as ‘good’ socio-culturally and economically. There has also been an explosion of university courses. Events management programmes (including specialist provision concerned with the arts, culture or sport, for example) now proliferate internationally. Moreover, modules on festivals and events have become a common feature of tourism and related courses. The assortment of recent research has drawn on a variety of disciplines and fields of study, such as sociology, economics, management, education, public policy, tourism, sport and leisure studies, planning, and environmental studies.
This conference will take stock and to add insight by enabling connections to be made between different aspects of the currently rather fragmented festivals and events research landscape. By bringing together the researchers from across the world, the event will encourage the creation of new research partnerships.
- Encompasses theory, policy and practice
- Opportunity for London 2012 site visit
- High quality keynote speakers
- Access to publication in conference book
- Prizes for outstanding policy and practice papers
- PhD track with prize
- Comprehensive social and networking programme
- Responsible and/or or sustainable events
- Events in the context of social, cultural and economic policy
- Tourism and events
- Festivals growth
- Events and festivals education
- Festivals and cultural exchange
- Skills and knowledge transfer
- The cultural industries
- Events management and planning
- Marketing
- Business Events (MICE) and economic development
- Legacies
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BS8901 and sustainable events
Head of Market Development - Sustainability and Risk
BSI – British standards
Professor Paul Gudgin
