Researching Literary Tourism: A Handbook for Students and Supervisors

Jasna Potočnik Topler is an associate professor and English language lector at the University of Maribor. Her field of research spans across multiple disciplines, encompassing tourism, cultural tourism and its subtypes, tourism communication, and education. She is the author of several monographs, scientific articles, conference lectures, and an editorial board member of many journals, in addition to delivering guest lectures at foreign universities (such as Plymouth, Udine, Perugia, and Zagreb). She has been engaged in several international projects (as coordinator or partner), projects with the local community and students. At the moment she is actively engaged in a bilateral project with Croatia and in Erasmus+ Edu fit project.

Brežice, Slovenia. E-mail: jasna.potocnik1@um.si

Rita Baleiro is a coordinating professor at the University of the Algarve (School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism) and an active member of CITUR (Centre for Research, Development and Innovation in Tourism) and TULE (Centre for Research in Literary Tourism). She has been co-chief editor of Dos Algarves: Tourism, Hospitality and Management Journal since 2007. Her research interests include literature studies, academic writing, and the intersections between literature and tourism. She has authored, co-authored, and edited various national and international scientific publications.

Alagrve, Portugal. E-mail: rbaleiro@ualg.pt

Giovanni Capecchi is Professor of Italian Literature at the University for Foreigners in Perugia (Italy). He mainly deals with literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of his fields of research concerns literary tourism. He is the author of a literary guide dedicated to the Pistoia mountains (2008) and since 2014 he has been the director of the territorial promotion magazine ‘Naturart’. In 2021, he founded the Research Centre for Literary Tourism (TULE), which he directs.

Perugia, Italy. E-mail: giovanni.capecchi@unistrapg.it

Charles Mansfield is the Principal of UKMC, a Higher Education provider in Manchester and Derby, UK. In 2024 he was commissioned by the British Council as part of their Cities of Literature initiative as a place-making writer. Charles specialises in implementing methodologies for researchers to achieve direct public impact using narrative techniques. For DMOs, he equips professionals with narrative journaling and knowledge management methods to create place value in city branding. He has previously completed a CNRS-funded project on heritage management and big data. His current research, using literary travel narratives, is in experience co-creation.

Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. E-mail: cmeserveorg@gmail.com