Welcome to the research pages of the UK Centre for Events Management within the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality, Carnegie Faculty at Leeds Metropolitan University.  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 businesses are invited to a networking showcase hosted by Leeds Metropolitan University and the Yorkshire Events Network (YEN) Held from 11am to 2.30pm on Thursday May 10 at Headingley Stadium, the free event, entitled ‘Shaping the Future of Events’, will include guest speakers Richard Murphy of Ilkley-based company, First Event and Sue Reay from Benchmark Communications. The Meeting Professionals International (MPI) research team will give insights into the...

A pioneering new programme at Leeds Metropolitan University has been launched to create graduate employment and promote collaboration between Leeds universities and local business The Business Enhancement Scheme was set up in response to increasing strains faced by businesses in today’s economic climate and allows recent graduates to work on specific projects, such as the introduction of marketing or the development of IT systems, supported by an academic expert, where extra resource and creative...

Interim results of global research projects for MPI revealed Jackie Mulligan, James Musgrave and Dr Emma Wood will present the latest findings of their research on the future of the meetings industry and global trends in CSR at the European Meetings and Events Conference in Budapest during late January, 2012. Both projects are being undertaken on behalf of Meeting...

New research centre Leeds Metropolitan University has taken the decision to combine its its research efforts in the fields events, tourism and hospitality. This means that the although the UK Centre for Events Management will continue, its research will be located with the new International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality...

Visiting Scholar in the USA Professor Rhodri Thomas will spend all of January at two leading north American universities in the fields of events, tourism and hospitality. His time will be divided between the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida. The aim is to conduct his own research, strengthen research links and...

Focusing on new economies, emerging industries as well as consumer and business values will be key to success in the longer term for the meetings and hospitality industry, according to researchers from Leeds Met The recommendations made by Dr Emma Wood, James Musgrave and Jackie Mulligan from the International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality will be made based on the latest results from the Future of Meetings and Corporate Social Responsibility research commissioned by MPI and will be announced at the...

MPI CSR Research Report Cuts Clutter, Delivers Direction: Initial Findings by Leeds Metropolitan University Focus on Trends, Business Value Las Vegas, NV – During Smart Monday at IMEX America, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) delivered initial findings of Phase 1 of a three-year study on industry corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices that will provide guidance to meeting professionals on benchmarks and effective practices to consider in their event design. The...

Visiting Scholar from Poland UKCEM is pleased to welcome Dr Dariusz Kuczy?ski from the Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk, Poland, who will be working at the Centre for approximately one month.  His primary aim is to learn how teaching, learning and assessment is undertaken on events programmes. He will also be...

Leeds Met and MPI announce early findings of global CSR study Researchers at Leeds Metropolitan University have announced the early findings of a global research study into the value of corporate social responsibility to the events industry     “Over-complicated, under regulated, but on the money” are three characteristics of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the events and hospitality sector according...

Centre welcomes Chinese Visiting Scholar Zhou Chunlin from the School of Tourism and MICE Management at Henan University of Economics of Laws, China, has recently joined the Centre as a Visiting Scholar. During the year he will be spending at the Centre, he will be undertaking comparative research on events education in China and the...