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Artademic: Art practice as research (2025)
Digital Artefact
Todd, L. (2025). Artademic: Art practice as research. [Blog post]

‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ (origins unknown) is a much-repeated quote. Although (arguably) simplistic, there is something to this!
I am an artist. I’m also an interdisciplinary and engaged academic who strives to conduct impactful researc... Read More about Artademic: Art practice as research.

The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city (2024)
Journal Article
Piccio, B., Todd, L., & Robertson, M. (2024). The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city. Tourism Management Perspectives, 54, Article 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101317

This paper explores issues women face in achieving leadership positions in the festivals sector, and their experiences of gender inequality. The setting is Edinburgh, the UK's leading festivals' tourism destination. Underpinned by feminist research,... Read More about The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city.

Engaging secondary stakeholders with Edinburgh’s festivals and tourism sectors: Staycations, localisation, community, and placemaking. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L., & Leask, A. (2024, August). Engaging secondary stakeholders with Edinburgh’s festivals and tourism sectors: Staycations, localisation, community, and placemaking. Presented at 35th International Geographical Congress 2024, Dublin, Ireland

Our research considers how Edinburgh’s festivals and tourism sectors can advance through sustainable community engagement, such as facilitating staycations, by responding to contemporary contexts such as calls for localisation and the cost-of-living... Read More about Engaging secondary stakeholders with Edinburgh’s festivals and tourism sectors: Staycations, localisation, community, and placemaking..

‘Social Persistence’, original painting based on visual arts-based tourism research selected for international exhibition, Now and Then: Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) Centenary Show (Part 2): Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. ‘Social Persistence’, original painting based on visual arts-based tourism research selected for international exhibition, Now and Then: Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) Centenary Show (Part 2): Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh. [Oil on linen]. 17 August 2024 - 25 August 2024

Paradigms. Ten original paintings and selected artworks exhibited in Paradigms, Recent artwork by C. Young, H. Brady, J. McIntyre, L. Todd. at Whitespace, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Paradigms. Ten original paintings and selected artworks exhibited in Paradigms, Recent artwork by C. Young, H. Brady, J. McIntyre, L. Todd. at Whitespace, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme. [mixed media]. 10 August 2024 - 14 September 2024

Introducing hospitable destinations (2024)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., Lugosi, P., & Todd, L. (2024). Introducing hospitable destinations. Hospitality and Society, 14(2), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00082_2

This editorial introduces the concept of hospitable destinations and sets the context for the Special Issue articles. It begins by exploring the complex nature of destinations more generally and highlighting their links with place. The discussion the... Read More about Introducing hospitable destinations.

The sustainable festival city and local communities: Engaging secondary stakeholders through placemaking (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L., & Leask, A. (2024, June). The sustainable festival city and local communities: Engaging secondary stakeholders through placemaking. Paper presented at ATLAS Annual Conference 2024 Leisure & Tourism 2030: Navigating the Future, Breda, Netherlands

We will present initial findings from our research which considers how Edinburgh’s (UK) festivals and tourism sectors can deliver sustainable community engagement. Our study applies co-designed participative action research (PAR) (Goebel et al., 2020... Read More about The sustainable festival city and local communities: Engaging secondary stakeholders through placemaking.

Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research (2024)
Journal Article
Todd, L., & Quinn, B. (2025). Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research. Event Management, 29(1), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17114977927355

This curated collection considers the topic of the Festival City and examines how research on this theme published in the Event Management journal has contributed to extant theory in event management and event studies. Our commentary examines the evo... Read More about Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research.

Public engagement in the Business School: What is public engagement and how can TBS researchers engage with their publics? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L. (2023, December). Public engagement in the Business School: What is public engagement and how can TBS researchers engage with their publics?. Presented at Tourism & Languages Research Seminar, Edinburgh

This seminar and workshop will provide an overview of Public Engagement (PE) with research in the Business School. It will introduce the University’s Public Engagement Funding Competition (2023-2024); and provide an overview of the funding criteria a... Read More about Public engagement in the Business School: What is public engagement and how can TBS researchers engage with their publics?.

The origin story: behind the scenes of food festivals (2023)
Journal Article
Orea-Giner, A., Fusté-Forné, F., & Todd, L. (2024). The origin story: behind the scenes of food festivals. Event Management, 28(4), 585-598. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599523X16957834460312

The relationships between food festivals and food storytelling have been scarcely explored by previous research. Nevertheless, these relationships are a source of memorable experiences, based on the authenticity of food places and stories. Drawing on... Read More about The origin story: behind the scenes of food festivals.

Where I want to be now (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Where I want to be now. [Painting]. Exhibited at Society of Scottish Artists Website. 18 November 2023 - 14 January 2024

Original painting titled: Where I want to be now, themed around Visual Culture of Tourism Research, Society of Scottish Artists, 30 x 30 online exhibition, 2023-2024

Two original paintings titled Sunbathing and Other places (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Two original paintings titled Sunbathing and Other places. [Fine Art Painting, Drawing]. Exhibited at Wester Hailes Open Exhibition, WHALE Arts, Edinburgh. 10 November 2023 - 29 November 2023

Two original paintings titled Sunbathing and Other places, and themed around visual culture of tourism research, Exhibited in Wester Hailes Open Exhibition, [Fine Art Painting, Drawing], WHALE Arts, Edinburgh (10th-29th November, 2023).