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Dr Julia Calver

Course Director

Dr Julia Calver is Course Director in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management. Prior to joining the academic team, Julia worked across the UK in a range of roles within the arts and creative industries.

Julia’s experience includes both operational and strategic development in arts and festival sector. Most recently she managed the Creative Industries Sector Group for the West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network following ten years at Arts Council England developing strategic partnerships between the cultural, creative and education sectors. Her earlier career involved establishing an annual arts education programme at Bradford Festival; developing a marketing and education programme for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company (London) and Business Development Manager at Audiences Yorkshire.

Julia also has experience as a Director and Trustee, organising festivals and currently Chair of 'Saltaire Inspired', an arts organisation developing contemporary visual art exhibitions and community-led projects in the world heritage site of Saltaire, Bradford. This involves creative collaborations with similar organisations in Sweden, Pakistan and Brazil. Currently Julia is engaged in an EU project with 22 other localities across Europe developing innovative human-centred sustainable circular cultural tourism experiences.

Julia’s research is focused on organisational behaviour of creative industries and most recently creativity and innovation in circus. Her consultancy work has taken her to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with the Local Authority’s Arts Development Department to establish a regional festival network. She has been an Arts Quality Assessor for Arts Council England and External Examiner for the University of Lincoln and Arts University Bournemouth.

Current Teaching

Julia teaches across the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management specialising in creative event design, audience engagement, creative entrepreneurship, business management and future development and innovation in the events sector. She is currently University Mentor for the HE Academy programme and PhD supervisor and participates in a number of EU peer learning groups on circular economy in cultural tourism.

Research Interests

Julia’s research interest involves exploring partnerships, networks, creativity and leadership within the creative events sector. In 2016 Julia was awarded an Early Career Fellowship to investigate the creative business of circus resulting in a number of conference presentations and a published paper in Leisure Studies. She is currently leading a research project involving 'circus memories' to identify what memories of the experience remains, and how this may inform future event design for the sector. She is also working in partnership with research colleagues in the School to investigate the future of events in 2050, applying scenario planning methodologies and involving industry partners across the UK and beyond. Research plans include investigation into international partnerships and collaborations between small community arts events in sites of industrial heritage based on her volunteering role in Saltaire.