Academic Profile - Eminent Professor Jane Ali-Knight
Professor Jane Ali-Knight
Biography
Jane Ali-Knight is a Professor in Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier University and leads the Festival and Events discipline. She is a Visiting Professor at Curtin University, Australia, lectures at Universities internationally, and facilitates training and development in the field. A recognised academic, she has presented at major international and national conferences, and has published widely in the areas of festival and event management, accessible events and wellness tourism. She has also edited seminal texts in Festival and Event Management. Jane has extensive experience in planning, designing, and delivering undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional courses and delivering consultancy in tourism, festival and event management both in the UK and overseas.
Qualifications
- PhD in Event Management, Edinburgh Napier University
- Masters of Science (Distinction) in Tourism Management, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature, University of Liverpool
Areas of expertise
- Festival and Event Management
- Destination Development and Leadership
- Accessible Tourism
List of research publications
Books
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Rossetti, G., Wyatt, B., Ali-Knight, J. (2023) Fesitvals and Edutainment. Critical Event Studies Research Series. Routledge.
Book chapters
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Stewart, H., Todd, L, & Ali-Knight, J. (2022) Witch City’s ‘Haunted Happenings’: Managing authenticity, edutainment and the Disney effect in Salem, Massachusetts, submitted to: B. Wyatt, Rosetti, G, & Ali-Knight, J. (Eds) Festivals and Edutainment.
Journal articles
- Ali-Knight, J., Kerr, G., Stewart, H., Holmes, K. (2023, in press). Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh Festivals. International Journal of Event and Festival Management.
- Ali-Knight, J. (2023) Events innovation and resilience during uncertainty: reflections from the festival city! Event Management, 27. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599522x16419948695314
- Stewart, H., Ali-Knight, J., Smith, S., & Kerr, G. (2022). The ‘Senses Framework’: A relationship-centred approach to co-producing dementia events in order to allow people to live well after a dementia diagnosis. Event Management, 26(1), 157-175, https://doi.org/10.3727/152599521X16192004803683.
- Stewart, H., Smith, S., Baxter, R., Ali-Knight, J. & Kerr, G. (2022). Unlock & Revive: The ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that bring positive benefits to people living with dementia and their caregivers. Edinburgh Napier University. ISBN: 9781908225078.
Reports
- Stewart, H., Smith, S., Baxter, R., Ali-Knight, J., & Kerr, G. (2022). Unlock & Revive: The ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that bring positive benefits to people living with dementia. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University. ISBN: 9781908225078
- Stewart, H., Ali-Knight, J., Kerr, G., & Holmes, K. (2022). Covid & Innovation within Edinburgh’s Festivals: Post-Covid-19 Recover, Innovation and Technology. Edinburgh Napier University. ISBN: 781908225085.
- Barnes, C., Moore, T., Kerr, G. & Ali-Knight, J. (2022). Sustainability Toolkit for Festival Managers. British Council Mexico.
- Modelling, Mobility and Infection: Suggestions for Reopening Edinburgh’s Festivals. (2021) Josh Ryan Sacha & Dr Rik Sarkar, The University of Edinburgh: DDI & Professor Jane Ali-Knight, Edinburgh Napier University
Blogs
- Stewart, H., Smith, S., Baxter, R., Ali-Knight, J. & Kerr, G. (2022). Unlock & Revive: The ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that bring positive benefits to people living with dementia and their caregivers. Edinburgh Napier University. ISBN: 9781908225078.
Academic/professional awards
- Leadership in the Visitor Economy: Most Innovative Project’ by the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE). (2016 & 2018)
- THE Leadership & Management Award Outstanding Employee Engagement Initiative (2017)
- University Enterprise Award 2023
