Edinburgh Napier University

Tourism & Languages Subject Group 

• Professor Anna Leask (Tourism) 
  
• Professor Paul Barron (Hospitality & Tourism) 
  
• Professor Jane Ali-Knight (Festivals & Events) 
• Professor Lynn Minnaert (Tourism)
• Professor Constantia Anastasiadou (Tourism) 
• Dr Craig Wight (Tourism) 
• Associate Professor Pavlos Arvanitis (Tourism) 
  
• Dr Martin Robertson (Festivals & Events) 
  
• Dr Louise Todd (Festivals & Events/Tourism) 
  
• Dr Phiona Stanley (Intercultural Communications) 
  
• Dr Sarah Snell (Festivals & Events)
  
• Dr Ross Tinsley (Tourism) 
  
• Dr Mabel Victoria (Intercultural Communications) 
  
• Dr Gary Kerr (Festivals & Events) 
  
• Dr Gesthemani Moysidou (Hospitality)
  
• Dr Kelsy Hejjas (Tourism) 
• Dr Angela Chu (Tourism)
• Dr Ellis Urquhart (Tourism) 
• Dr David Jarman (Festivals & Events) 
• Dr Alexandra Witte (Tourism)
• Dr Afiya Holder (Tourism) 
• Dr Sibylle Ratz (Intercultural Communications)

Doctoral Students

• Shemroy Roberts 
• Benedetta Piccio
• Angelo Sciacca
• Christopher Barnes
• Homa Rahimi
• Mahendrran Selvaduray
• Judith Spaargaren
• Jack Pedersen

Wider Business School and University 

• Professor Anne Schwan (SACI*)
• Professor Lis Neubeck (SHSC**) 
• Dr Christof Backhaus (Marketing)
• Dr Jamie Thomson (Marketing) 
  
• Dr Ashleigh Logan-McFarlane (Marketing)
  
• Dr Elaine Mercer-Jones (Marketing) 
  
• Dr Kirstie Jamieson (SACI)
  
• Dr Sam Vettesse (SACI)
  
• Dr Haftor Medboe (SACI)
  
• Dr Tom Flint (Computing)
  
• Professor Geraint Florida-James (SAS***)
  
• Dr Stephen Smith (SHSC)
  
• Dr Paul Hutton (SHSC)

*SACI = School of Arts and Creative Industries  

**SHSC = School of Health and Social Care

***SAS = School of Applied Sciences 

Visiting Academics  

• Professor Alan Fyall, University Central Florida, USA
• Professor Hazel Tucker, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Professor Brian King, Texas A&M University, USA 
• Professor Chris Kemp
• Professor Greg Richards
• Kenneth Wardrop (Visiting Senior Fellow)
• Dr Ivana Rihova (Tourism Research Centre Associate) 
• Edinburgh Festival Directors 

External Collaborators 

• Professor Brian Garrod, Swansea University, Wales
  
• Dr Marcus Hansen, Liverpool John Moores University, England
  
• Professor Alan Gow, Heriot Watt University, Scotland
  
• Professor Kirsten Holmes, Curtin University, Australia
  
• Dr Elspeth Frew, La Trobe University, Australia
  
• Professor Alison McIntosh, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 
• Josh Ryan Sachs, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  
• Ruthanne Baxter, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  
• Marc Crothall, Scottish Tourism Alliance
  
• Lesley Judge, Interface Edinburgh
  
• Aileen Lamb, Scottish Enterprise
• David Cochrane, MBE, Chief Executive, Hospitality Industry Trust Scotland 
• Scottish Tourism Alliance
• TravelTech for Scotland
• Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions (ASVA)
• Tourism For All New Zealand Research Group at AUT