Jenny Flinn

I am an experienced academic having worked in the area of events management education for over 15 years. I have led programmes at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level and have been a member of the Executive Board of the Association for Events Management Education since 2009. My research focuses on the area of events and festivals and I am currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate examining University Industry Collaborations within events management education.

My research interests lie in the area of festivals and events where I have a particular interest in the experiential aspects of events, community impacts of events and safety/security for events. I also have a strong interest in the relationship between the events industry and Higher Education, hence the focus of my Professional Doctorate, which seeks to examine how universities and industry can collaborate to enhance the student experience and increase graduate employability.

in addition to my Professional Doctorate I am currently working on a follow up to my research on the impact of terrorism at major events. This article will examine the impact of terrorism on community events.

I teach across a variery of areas including creativity and experience design, event operations and delivery, risk management and global issues in international events management. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

On completion of my current work I would like to further develop my knowledge as to how industry and academia can work together and further examine the experiential aspects of events as consumer products.

I would be interested in engaging with organisations within the fields of:

Events Management

Experiential Marketing

Creative and Cultural Industries

In addition to my research activities I have experience of designing and delivering CPD courses in the areas of event operations and delivery, event marketing and experience design.