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Tijana Rakic is a Lecturer in Tourism and Events at the Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, where she serves as Course Leader for the MSc International Tourism Management and MSc International Event Management programs. She leads the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Research and Enterprise Group and is Chair of the Geographies of Tourism and Leisure Research Group at the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. She also co-edits the Routledge book series Current Developments in the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism.
Her research focuses on visual research methods, heritage tourism, national identity, and the representation of cultures in tourism media. She completed her PhD at Edinburgh Napier University in 2009, exploring the Acropolis in Athens as a World Heritage site intertwined with national identity and tourism. Her interdisciplinary approach emphasizes creative and visual methodologies in tourism studies.
Tijana has co-edited several influential publications, including An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism (2012), Travel, Tourism and Art (2013), and special journal issues on gender and visual methods in event studies. Her recent publications explore visitor taxonomies at film-induced heritage sites, future research agendas in urban tourism, and visual methodologies in event research. These works reflect a strong trend toward interdisciplinary, visual, and critical approaches in tourism scholarship.
- Shortlisted for Brighton Students' Union Awards – Course Leader of the Year (2022)
Tijana is an experienced PhD supervisor, currently guiding five doctoral candidates on topics related to national identity, heritage, and visual methods in tourism. She is a regular reviewer and serves on the editorial boards of Tourist Studies, Tourism Geographies, International Journal of Tourism Cities, and others. She also leads research groups and collaborates internationally, contributing to the advancement of tourism and leisure geographies.
She has produced two academic documentaries—Visiting the Athenian Acropolis (2008) and Of Holidays and Olives (2006)—which have been used in teaching and shown at film festivals, demonstrating her commitment to innovative and accessible research outputs.
