Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Dr Kyriaki Glyptou
Senior Lecturer
Dr Kyriaki Glyptou joined the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality as Senior Lecturer in October of 2016. She holds the qualification of Environmental Engineer (EUR ING) from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and a PhD on Tourism Destination Management and Regional Development from the Business School of the University of the Aegean in Greece.
Kyriaki has gained international exposure as Senior Research Associate of sustainable development projects (UNWTO, UNEP-MAP, EU, SEE and national) as well as through her research, consulting and teaching experience in Italy, Greece, Germany, the Netherlands and UK.
She is a reviewer for a number of academic journals, member of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE) and Fellow of the Institute of Place Management (IPM).
Current Teaching
- Complexities of Tourism (L4)
- Destination Management (L5)
- Critical Issues in Tourism (L5)
- International Tourism and Tourists (L7)
- Natural Resources Environmental Management (L7)
Research Interests
Kyriaki’s current research explores strategic destinations’ development and branding in light of sustainability, resilience and uncertainty. She is also interested in the topics of crisis management and the management of environmental resources.
Selected Outputs
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Glyptou K; Paravantis JA; Papatheodorou A; Spilanis I (2014) Tourism sustainability methodologies: A critical assessment.
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Glyptou K (In press) On the Verge Between Co-Creation and Co-Destruction: The Interesting Case of a Greek Traditional Cultural Event. Event Management
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Pappas N; Glyptou K; Karadimitriou C (2024) Chaordic event co‐creation and tourism destination image: Strategic carnival shifts in the post‐pandemic era. Strategic Change, pp. 1-13.
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Glyptou K (2022) Exploring the Attributes of Event Resilience: a Content Case of Academic Events. Event Management: an international journal, 27 (4), pp. 519-536.
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Parsons D; Choi M; Thomas R; Glyptou K; Walsh K (2022) The policy responses of tourism agencies to emerging digital skills constraints: A critical assessment of six countries. International Journal of Tourism Research
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Glyptou K (2022) Operationalising Tourism Sustainability at the Destination Level: A Systems Thinking Approach Along the SDGs. Tourism Planning & Development, pp. 1-27.
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Glyptou K; Kalogeras N; Skuras D; Spilanis I (2022) Clustering Sustainable Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Selected Mediterranean Countries. Sustainability, 14 (9),
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Pappas N; Glyptou K (2021) Risk-induced competitive productivity in times of recession: a chaordic tourism decision-making perspective. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
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Pappas N; Glyptou K (2021) Accommodation decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic: Complexity insights from Greece. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 93
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Glyptou K (2020) Destination Image Co-creation in Times of Sustained Crisis. Tourism Planning & Development
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Fragoudaki A; Giokas D; Glyptou K (2016) Efficiency and productivity changes in Greek airports during the crisis years 2010–2014. Journal of Air Transport Management, 57 pp. 306-315.
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Spilanis Ι; Vayanni H; Glyptou K (2013) Evaluating the tourism activity in a destination: the case of Samos Island. Études caribéennes, (23),
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Glyptou K (2022) Tourism Sustainability Indicators. In: Buhalis D ed. Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 73-75.
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Glyptou K (2022) From Aspirations to Applications: The SDGs and the Role of Indicators in the Measurement of Sustainable Tourism. In: Farmaki A; Altinay L; Font X ed. Planning and Managing Sustainability in Tourism: Empirical Studies, Best-practice Cases and Theoretical Insights. Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp. 13-25.
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Glyptou K; Choi M (2021) Conceptualising system resilience in smart tourism destinations. In: Farmaki A; Pappas N ed. Emerging Transformations in Tourism and Hospitality. Routledge,
