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Visitor Economy Research Group

What Are We Doing?

The Visitor Economy Research Group (VERG) was launched in March 2015. It aims to harness the research energies of a number of colleagues, both early career and well established, who are working in the areas of tourism, events, and leisure.

Large-scale projects associated with the group include: research for the Lincoln City Council on visitor satisfaction at, and the economic impact of, the Lincoln Christmas Market, and participation in the preparations to launch the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln. Our aim is to foster an ethos of research activity by:

  • Producing high-ranking research outputs
  • Increasing external research income
  • Fostering a supportive research environment
  • Maximising the external impact of our research
  • Encouraging interdisciplinary research
  • Developing inter and intra university linkages

Group Researchers

Academic Staff

Mr Farhan Ahmed, Head of Department of Marketing and Tourism

Dr Ilenia Bregoli, Senior Lecturer

Dr Georgiana Els, Senior Lecturer

Dr Martin Elliott-White, College Director of Academic Quality and Standards

Prof Heather Hughes, Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies

Mr Martin Knight, Senior Lecturer

Dr Hanya Pielichaty, Associate Professor

Dr Agnieszka Rydzik, Senior Lecturer

Mrs Marie Lawson, Senior Lecturer

Mr Andrew Suddaby, Senior Lecturer

Dr Jialin Hardwick, Senior Lecturer

Dr Mizan Rahman, Senior Lecturer

Dr Shrabani Saha, Senior Lecturer

Dr Anna Scott, Transported Programme Manager

Academic Staff (Associate)

Anna Catalani, Reader in Architecture

Postgraduate Researchers

Mrs Victoria Ellis-Vowles, Senior Lecturer

Lydia Parry, PhD Student

Anna Scott, Lecturer and PhD Student

External Partners

Helen Durham, County Cultural Services

Ian Reed, Lincolnshire Safety Advisory Group

Vanessa Mawer, VIC (Events) Consulting

John Latham, Lincoln City Council

Research at Lincoln International Business School

Connect with Us

Lincoln International Business School
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool Campus
Lincoln
LN5 7AT

libs@lincoln.ac.uk

01522 835509