Laura James

Laura James is Associate Professor of Tourism Development and Regional Change at Aalborg University, Denmark. She received her DPhil from the University of Oxford and began her research career at the Institute of Employment Studies in Brighton, working on applied research projects in the area of unemployment and labour market disadvantage. She subsequently worked at the Centre for Regional and Urban Studies, at Birmingham University, and the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in the Knowledge Economy (LLAKES) at the Institute of Education, London. Laura’s previous research has included projects in the areas of organisational learning and innovation, destination governance, regional policy and economic development. Her research focuses on public policy, stakeholder engagement and regional development. She is currently working on projects about the development of food tourism in Denmark, Sweden and the UK, innovation in Danish coastal tourism destinations, and tourism governance.