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Dr. Louise Platt is an interdisciplinary researcher and Associate Professor in Place Experiences at Manchester Metropolitan University. She holds a leadership role as Co-Editor of the International Journal of Event and Festival Management and serves on editorial boards for Leisure Studies Journal and World Leisure Journal. Her affiliations include being a Fellow of the Institute of Place Management and the Royal Society of the Arts.
Her research examines placemaking through festivals, walking practices, and leisure spaces using interdisciplinary approaches from cultural geography, performance theory, and poststructural philosophy. She teaches festival studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises PhD candidates working on festival-related topics.
Recent publications demonstrate strong thematic coherence around embodied practices in urban spaces, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work consistently engages with feminist methodologies, community-based research, and critical analyses of everyday experiences through creative qualitative methods.
Awards and fellowships:
- Fellow of the Institute of Place Management
- Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts
She supervises doctoral students researching festival studies and cultural tourism, contributing to knowledge development in event management and community practices. Her projects explore walking as a methodological tool and festivity as a lens for understanding community formation.
