Dr Dewi Jaimangal-Jones

I teach across a range of modules within the area of Events Management. I am involved in research degree supervision and have one PhD completion in the area of cultural events and one MPhil completion in the area of event evaluation. I also supervise postgraduate Event Project Management and undergraduate Events management dissertations.

Other modules I contribute to are as follows:

• Event Design and Conceptualisation (module team)
• Event Planning and Evaluation (module leader)
• Industry Project (module team)
• Festivals and Cultural Events (module team)
• Event Project Management (module leader)
• Event Design and Production (module team)

I am a member of the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research (WCTR) and the Event Studies research group.

Research interests include event impacts and event evaluation particularly the environmental impacts of events and how to make them more sustainable.

I am also interested in event design, symbolic interactionism and the social construction of events in terms of the media discourse surrounding events and events as spaces of alternative identify performance.

My methodological expertise is in ethnography, participant observation, discourse analysis and qualitative approaches.

Research conference papers

Jaimangal-Jones, D., Jackson, C., Robertson, M. (2021) Building resilience and future proofing events education. Presented at the Association For Events Management Education Annual Forum, University of Brighton (online), 1st-2nd of July 2021.

Jaimangal-Jones, D., Haven-Tang., C., Clifton, N., Rowe, S. (2019) Leveraging major events: Exploring the economic impacts of the Volvo Ocean Race Cardiff Stopover 2018. Presented at the Association For Events Management Education Annual Forum, Hatfield, UK. 3rd - 4th of July 2019.

Jaimangal-Jones, D., Haven-Tang, C., Clifton, N., Rowe, S. (2018) 'Challenges of event economic impact evaluation - the case of the UEFA Champions League Finals Cardiff 2017'. Presented at Association for Events Management Education Annual Forum, Leeds, UK. 4th-5th July 2018.

Jaimangal-Jones, D., Haven-Tang, C., Clifton, N., Rowe, S. (2018) 'Leveraging major events: reflections and insights from hosting the UEFA Champions League 2017 Finals in Cardiff - a spectator perspective'. Presented at Advances in Management Informatics Conference, Cardiff, UK. 4th May 2018.

Haven-Tang, C., Jaimangal-Jones, D., Clifton, N., Rowe, S. (2017) 'Event Evaluation: meeting the needs of the public sector? A journey from Monmouthshire to the UEFA Champions League Finals'. Presented at Association of Events Management Education Annual Forum, Cardiff, UK, 5th-7th July 2017.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2016) 'Applying Goffman's Dramaturgical perspective to the analysis of leisure experiences', presented at The Annual Conference of the Leisure Studies Association, Liverpool, UK. 5th – 7th of July 2016.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2011) 'Festi-Mental – Exploring the media reporting of dance music events', presented at Critical Tourism Studies IV (CTS 2011) Tourism Futures: Enhancing Creative & Critical Action, Cardiff, UK. 2nd - 5th July 2011.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2010) 'More than words – analyzing the media discourses surrounding dance music events.' Presented at Global Events Congress IV: Events and Festivals Research: State of the Art, Leeds, UK. 14th-16th of July 2010.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2009) 'Exploring the construction and consumption of dance music experiences through the liminal lens.' Presented at Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference, Canterbury, UK 7th-9th July 2009.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2007) 'Consuming Dance Music Experiences: Visual spectacle and the role of crowds', Presented at The Critical Turn in Tourism Studies: Promoting an Academy of Hope, Split, Croatia. June 2007.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2005) 'Studying Dance Culture through Ethnography', Bridging the Gap: Alternative Audiences for Tourism Research, Cardiff, UK. October 2005.

Peer reviewed academic journals

Davies, K. and Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2020) The case for constructionist, longitudinal and ethnographic approaches to understanding event experiences, Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events.

Jaimangal-Jones, D., Jackson, C., Robertson, M. (2018) Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration, International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 122-125.

Jaimangal-Jones, D., Fry, J., Haven-Tang, C. (2018) Exploring industry priorities regarding customer satisfaction and implications for event evaluation. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 9: 1, 51-66.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2018) Analysing the media discourses surrounding DJs as authentic performers and artists within electronic dance music culture magazines. Leisure Studies. 37: 2, 223-235.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. Morgan, M. and Pritchard, A. (2015) Exploring Dress, Identity and Performance in Contemporary Dance Music Culture. Leisure Studies, 34: 5, 603-620.

Davies, K., Ritchie, C., Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2015) A Multi-stakeholder Approach Using Visual Methodologies for the Investigation of Intercultural Exchange at Cultural Events. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and Events, 7: 2, 150-172.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2014) Utilising Ethnography and Participant Observation in Festival and Event Research. International Journal of Festival and Event Management, 5: 1, 39-55.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2012) More Than Words - Analyzing the Media

Discourses Surrounding Dance Music Events, Event Management, 16: 4, 305-318.

Jaimangal-Jones, D. Pritchard A. and Morgan N. (2010) "Going the distance: Exploring concepts of journey, liminality and rites of passage in dance music experiences", Leisure Studies, 29:3, 253-268.

Book chapters

Jaimangal-Jones, D. (2010) Exploring the construction and consumption of dance music spaces through the liminal lens" in Leisure Experiences: Space, Place and Performance by Lovell, J. and Stuart-Hoyle, M. (eds) Brighton: Leisure Studies Association.

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal Leisure Studies.

Member of the Association for Events Management Education.

Member of the Institute of Hospitality.