About Professor Emma Wood
Emma Wood is Professor in Events Experience and Marketing.
Emma is Research Lead for the UK Centre for Event Management and a member of the International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality. She has published widely in the areas of event impact, event experience and event marketing including a recently co-edited book, The Event and Festival Experience. Emma is joint editor of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events and also chairs the Academy of Marketing special interest group in Events and Experiential Marketing. Her consultancy projects for local government and other bodies focus on the evaluation of festivals and events, social marketing though events and audience development. Her specialist areas relate to locality and event tourism, event marketing and the impact of events and festivals on social change within communities.
Current Teaching
Event Management (BA, MSc, PhD)
Research Interests
Experiential marketing: measuring the effectiveness of events in relation to collective emotion and memory; Social marketing (positive behaviour change) through live events; and Place marketing and festivals
Professor Emma Wood: Pre-Inaugural Message
Watch Emma Woods pre-inaugural video here.This lecture is part of Leeds Beckett University's Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series. Join us at Professor Emma Woods inaugural lecture 'Harnessing the Buzz: Memory as Social Merchandise'
Selected Publications
Journal articles (13)
- Yaning Li N; Wood EH; Thomas R (2017), Innovation implementation: harmony and conflict in Chinese modern music festivals
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.06.009
View Repository Record - Thomas R; Wood E (2015), The absorptive capacity of tourism organisations
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2015.06.004
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Moss J (2015), Capturing emotions: experience sampling at live music events
https://doi.org/10.1108/AM-02-2013-0002
View Repository Record - Thomas RW; Wood E (2014), Innovation in tourism: Re-conceptualising and measuring the absorptive capacity of the hotel sector
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.012
View Repository Record - Li Y; Wood EH (2014), Music festival motivation in China: free the mind
https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.962588
View Repository Record - Wood EH (2009), An impact evaluation framework: Local government community festivals
https://doi.org/10.3727/152599509789659768
View Repository Record - Wood EH (2009), Evaluating Event Marketing: Experience or outcome?
- Wood EH (2009), The Potential Impacts of Community Festivals: An evaluation framework
- Kenvon AJ; Wood EH; Parsons A (2008), Exploring the audience's role: A decoding model for the 21st century
- Kenyon AJ; Wood EH; Parsons A (2008), Exploring the Audience's Role: A decoding model for the 21st century
- Wood EH (2006), The internal predictors of business performance in small firms: A logistic regression analysis
https://doi.org/10.1108/14626000610680299 - Wood EH (2005), Measuring the economic and social impacts of local authority events
https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550510576143 - Wood EH; Pugh C (2004), The Strategic Use of Events within Local Government: A Study of London Borough Councils
Books (3)
- Slater A; Wood EH (2015) The Festival and Event Experience. LSA . Publication 127 Esatbourne: Leisure Studies Association.
- Masterman G; Wood E (2012) Innovative Marketing Communications. . Routledge.
- Hoffman KD; Bateson JEG; Wood EH; Kenyon A (2010) Services Marketing: Concepts, Strategies
& Cases. . London: Cengage Learning.
Chapters (3)
- Wood EH (2017) The value of events and festivals in the age of austerity. In: Andersson TD; Getz D; Lundberg E; Armbrecht J The Value of Events. : Taylor & Francis, pp. .
- Wood EH; Long P (2009) Great Yorkshire Shows: Event Tourism in Yorkshire. In: Thomas R Managing Regional Tourism: A case study of Yorkshire England. Bradford: Great Northern Books, pp. .
- Wood EH; Thomas R (2008) Festivals and tourism in rural economies. In: Ali-McKnight J; Robertson M; Fyall A; Lakin A International Perspectives on Festivals and Events: Paradigms and Analysis. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. .
Conference contributions (2)
- Wood EH (2010) Event Sustainability: The host community perspective . Turku, Finland: .
- Wood EH; Kornilaki M (2010) Then and now: The changing landscape of local authority events . Leeds Metropolitan University: .
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed) (3)
- Wood EH; Kenyon A (2017) Exploring the festival lived experience: A basis for social marketing interventions promoting responsible alcohol consumption. In: Academy of Marketing Annual Conference Hull University 20170703. : , pp. .
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Kenyon A; Moss J (2012) Researching Gen Y in their natural habitat: Experience and emotion, music and drink. In: Marketing: Catching the Technology Wave, Academy of Marketing Annual Conference . UK: , pp. .
- Wood EH (2010) This is how I feel, this is how I felt: Experience sampling at promotional events. In: Academy of Marketing Annual Conference Proceedings . Conventry: , pp. .
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Journal articles (30)
- Ormerod N; Wood E (In press), Regional Event Tourism Funding Policies: A Strategic-Relational Critique of Current Practice
View Repository Record - Wood E; jepson A; Stadler R (In press), Getting out and doing together:
- Wood EH; Kinnunen M (2020), Emotion, memory and re-collective value: shared festival experiences
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-05-2019-0488
View Repository Record - Wood E; Li YN; Senaux B (2020), Liminality and festivals - insights from the East
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2019.102810
View Repository Record - Wood E (2019), I remember how we all felt: Perceived emotional synchrony through tourist memory sharing
https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287519888290
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Jepson A; Stadler R (2018), Understanding the wellbeing potential of participatory arts events for the over 70s: A conceptual framework and research agenda
https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518X15346132863283
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Jepson A; Stadler R (2018), Electrodermal Activity Measurement to Support Qualitative Methodologies: Understanding Emotional Memory Creation in Tourism and Events Experiences
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-11-2017-0781
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Kenyon AJ (2018), Remembering together: the importance of shared emotional memory in event experiences
https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518X15173355843325
View Repository Record - Yaning Li N; Wood EH; Thomas R (2017), Innovation implementation: harmony and conflict in Chinese modern music festivals
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.06.009
View Repository Record - Thomas R; Wood E (2015), The absorptive capacity of tourism organisations
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2015.06.004
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Moss J (2015), Capturing emotions: experience sampling at live music events
https://doi.org/10.1108/AM-02-2013-0002
View Repository Record - Thomas RW; Wood E (2014), Innovation in tourism: Re-conceptualising and measuring the absorptive capacity of the hotel sector
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.012
View Repository Record - Kenyon AJ; wood EH; Hack L (2014), A Critical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Timeline: how should it be understood now?
- Li Y; Wood EH (2014), Music festival motivation in China: free the mind
https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.962588
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Henderson S (2010), Large cohort assessment: Depth, interaction and manageable marking
https://doi.org/10.1108/02634501011086481 - Wood EH (2009), Evaluating event marketing: Experience or outcome?
https://doi.org/10.1080/10496490902892580 - Wood EH (2009), An impact evaluation framework: Local government community festivals
https://doi.org/10.3727/152599509789659768
View Repository Record - Wood EH (2009), An impact evaluation framework: Local government community festivals
- Wood EH (2009), Evaluating Event Marketing: Experience or outcome?
- Wood EH (2009), The Potential Impacts of Community Festivals: An evaluation framework
- Kenvon AJ; Wood EH; Parsons A (2008), Exploring the audience's role: A decoding model for the 21st century
- Kenyon AJ; Wood EH; Parsons A (2008), Exploring the Audience's Role: A decoding model for the 21st century
- Somerville I; Wood E; Gillham M (2007), Public relations and the free organizational publication: Practitioner perspectives on the brave new (media) world
https://doi.org/10.1108/13632540710780193 - Pickford R; D'Sena P; Moore D (2007), Editorial
View Repository Record - Wood EH (2006), The internal predictors of business performance in small firms: A logistic regression analysis
https://doi.org/10.1108/14626000610680299 - Wood E (2006), Editorial
https://doi.org/10.1108/jcom.2006.30710baa.001 - Wood E; Thomas R (2006), Research note: Measuring cultural values - The case of residents' attitudes to the Saltaire Festival
https://doi.org/10.5367/000000006776387187
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Syson F (2006), Local Authority Arts Events and the South Asian Community: Unmet Needs.
- Wood EH (2005), Measuring the economic and social impacts of local authority events
https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550510576143 - Wood EH; Pugh C (2004), The Strategic Use of Events within Local Government: A Study of London Borough Councils
Books (4)
- Slater A; Wood EH (2015) The Festival and Event Experience. LSA . Publication 127 Esatbourne: Leisure Studies Association.
- Masterman G; Wood E (2012) Innovative Marketing Communications. . Routledge.
- Hoffman KD; Bateson JEG; Wood EH; Kenyon A (2010) Services Marketing: Concepts, Strategies
& Cases. . London: Cengage Learning.
- Hoffman J; Hoffman KD; Bateson JEG; Wood EH; Kenyon AJ (2009) Services Marketing. . .
Chapters (5)
- Wood EH (2017) The value of events and festivals in the age of austerity. In: Andersson TD; Getz D; Lundberg E; Armbrecht J The Value of Events. : Taylor & Francis, pp. .
- Wood EH (2015) How we think we felt: The importance of recollected experience and how to capture it.. In: Slater A; Wood EH The Festival and Event Experience. : Leisure Studies Association, pp. 127-151.
View Repository Record - Wood E (2012) Marketing information for the events industry. In: Festival and Events Management: An International Arts and Culture Perspective. : , pp. 130-157.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080477701-19 - Wood EH; Long P (2009) Great Yorkshire Shows: Event Tourism in Yorkshire. In: Thomas R Managing Regional Tourism: A case study of Yorkshire England. Bradford: Great Northern Books, pp. .
- Wood EH; Thomas R (2008) Festivals and tourism in rural economies. In: Ali-McKnight J; Robertson M; Fyall A; Lakin A International Perspectives on Festivals and Events: Paradigms and Analysis. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. .
Conference contributions (5)
- Mulligan J; Wood EH; Musgrave J (2012) The future is now Hungary . : .
- Wood EH (2010) Event Sustainability: The host community perspective . Turku, Finland: .
- Wood EH; Kornilaki M (2010) Then and now: The changing landscape of local authority events . Leeds Metropolitan University: .
- Bowdin GAJ; Thomas R; Wood EH; Robinson L (2007) The Contribution of Community Festivals and Events to the Local Area and the Welsh Economy Bournemouth University, Bournemouth 20070110. : .
- Thomas R; Wood EH; Bowdin GAJ; Robinson L (2006) The Contribution of Community Festivals and Events to the Local Areas and the Welsh Economy Wales . : .
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed) (8)
- Wood EH; Kenyon A (2017) Exploring the festival lived experience: A basis for social marketing interventions promoting responsible alcohol consumption. In: Academy of Marketing Annual Conference Hull University 20170703. : , pp. .
View Repository Record - Wood E; Dixon SJ (2013) Not so social media: Twitter use in the conference sector. In: Academy of Marketing Conference Cardiff, Wales, UK 20130708. : , pp. .
View Repository Record - Wood EH; Kenyon A; Moss J (2012) Researching Gen Y in their natural habitat: Experience and emotion, music and drink. In: Marketing: Catching the Technology Wave, Academy of Marketing Annual Conference . UK: , pp. .
- Wood EH (2010) This is how I feel, this is how I felt: Experience sampling at promotional events. In: Academy of Marketing Annual Conference Proceedings . Conventry: , pp. .
- Wood EH; Smith B; Thomas R (2009) Linking community festivals to social change: Trial and tribulation. In: The Australian Centre for Event Management 5th International Event Management Research Conference . Gold Coast, Australia: , pp. .
- Wood EH; Henderson S (2009) The needle and thread: Assessing large marketing cohorts online. In: Academy of Marketing Annual Conference, Leeds . : , pp. .
- Wood EH; Thomas R; Robinson L; Bowdin GAJ (2005) The Contribution of Community Festivals to Tourism: An assessment of the impacts of rural events in Wales. In: Assessing The Impact Of Tourist Events Universite Nice, TMP Research Group, Juan Les Pins, France 20051208. : , pp. .
- Wood EH (2002) Events, civic pride and attitude change in a post-industrial town: Evaluating the effect of local authority events on residents' attitudes to the Blackburn region. In: Events & Place Making Conference University of Technology, Sydney 20020701. : , pp. .
Newspaper or magazine articles (1)
- Wood EH; Long J (2014), Counting the real costs of cutbacks on culture
Reports (4)
- Mulligan J; Kitchen E; Ormerod N; Dashper K; Fletcher T; Wood E (2015) Evaluation of the social and economic value of participation in meetings and conferences. Research Report, Meetings Professional International (MPI). . Meetings Professional International (MPI).
- Mulligan JA; Wood E; Moss J (2012) The Future of Meetings A Top-Line Analysis of the Industry's Opportunities and Perspectives. . Meetings Professionals International (MPI).
- Bassett D; Mulligan J; Dewhurst D; Thomas R; Wood E; Bowdin G; O'Brien D; Tum J (2010) Engaging Students Engaging Industry Engaging Enterprise. . Institute for Enterprise (CETL).
View Repository Record - Wood E; Blackwell R; Bowdin GAJ; Church I; Pearson C; Raj R; Tum J (2003) The National Survey of Small Tourism and Hospitality Firms. . Leeds, UK: Centre for the Study of Small Tourism and Hospitality Firms and UK Centre for Events Management.
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