Sara Linden
Staff details
Sara is a Lecturer at Goldsmiths, teaching cultural tourism and regeneration. She also lectures at London Metropolitan University at the Department for Tourism, Transport, Sport and Creative Industries, focusing mainly on tourism and cultural policy. Previous roles within culture and media include project manager at The Writers’ Agency Stockholm, coordinator and editor in television, and consultant on new media for museums and libraries. In addition, Sara has vast experience of organising events, including concerts, poetry nights and various types of cultural events.
Teaching and Supervision
Research interests
Research interests include city branding, gender and urban spaces, and representation of cities on the screen and in the media.
Publications
Book
Linden, Sara and Linden, Henrik. 2016. Fans and Fan Cultures: Tourism, Consumerism and Social Media. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137501295 1137501294
Book Section
Linden, Sara and Linden, Henrik. 2018. "There were only friendly people and love in the air"; fans, tourism and the Eurovision Song Contest. In: Christine Lundberg and Vassilios Ziakas, eds. Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and Tourism. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138678354
Article
Linden, Sara. 2015. Film and gastro tourism: An overview of recent trends. Proceedings of the international conference on tourism (ICOT 2015) From Tourism Policy into Practice: Issues and Challenges in Engaging Policy Makers and End Users, pp. 221-232. ISSN 2241-9314
