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Andres Coca-Stefaniak
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Andres Coca-Stefaniak is Head of Research and International Partnerships at the Association of Town and City Management, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Innovation Management and Enterprise (University of East London), advisor to the UK Government on town and city centre competitiveness (DCLG Future High Streets Forum) and former founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Town and City Management. Following seven years in industry, including international management appointments with Shell International and Anglo American plc, he has worked ten years in academia as Transnational Manager, Senior Lecturer, Project Director and Programme Director of various postgraduate place management qualifications with teaching and research outputs linked to various aspects of the learning cities framework, including the creation and sustainability of public-private urban revitalisation partnerships, international models of town centre (downtown) management, city marketing and branding, place management, high street (downtown) competitiveness and retail management. During the last ten years, Andres has secured over 6 million euros of European Union funding and delivered international projects with national/regional town centre management associations, city councils, chambers of commerce, universities and regional development agencies in 14 European countries. Andres is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Place Management, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, International Advisor to the International Downtown Association, Member of the Global Development Group and editorial board member of the Journal of Place Management and Development as well as the Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal.
Andres holds a doctorate (Middlesex University, UK) in town centre management and urban revitalisation, an MSc in Management (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), an MSc in Engineering Rock Mechanics (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK), a BEng (Hons) degree in Mining Engineering (University of Nottingham, UK), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (University of York, UK).
He has published internationally on various topics related to learning cities and advised municipalities and businesses in Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom on the development of private-public partnerships for the sustainable socio-economic development of town and city centres, social innovation, strategic place branding and change management. He speaks Polish, Spanish and English fluently and is currently learning Italian and Russian.
Interests/Expertise:
Public-private urban revitalisation and town centre management partnerships, international models of town centre (downtown) management, city marketing and branding, place management, high street (downtown) competitiveness, sustainable events, social innovation and retail management
Recent research/consultancy:
- Destination management (Leonardo da Vinci funding - 2013-2015)
- Sustainable events (INTERREG IVC funding - 2012-2014)
- High street competitiveness (funded by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2013)
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
Fellow of Institute of Place Management
Fellow of Royal Geographical Society
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Member of Global Development Group
International advisor to International Downtown Association (USA)
Selected publications:
For full set of publications, please visit http://uel.academia.edu/AndresCocaStefaniak
- Coca-Stefaniak J A (forthcoming 2013), “Place branding and city centre management – exploring international parallels in research and practice", in: K. Dinnie (Ed.), Destination branding perspectives, Breda (The Netherlands): NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
- Coca-Stefaniak J A (2013), Successful town centres - developing effective strategies, Gloucester: GFirst-ATCM, ISBN: 978-1-901799-10-1, http://www.atcm.org/tools/successful-town-centres---developing-effective-strategies-.php
- Coca-Stefaniak J A and Bathgate I K (2013), "Managing the sustainability of events and festivals - Towards an European classification model", Adventure Conference, Skye, 21-23 May 2013, http://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/research/adventure-conference-2013
- Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir R, Krimnianioti M, Coca-Stefaniak J.A. and McDonald O (2012), “SolidarCity policy group – policies affecting employment and entrepreneurship in towns and cities”, Mathematical Methods for Information Science and Economics, Proceedings of the 17th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Montreux (Switzerland), 29-31 December, 2012, pp. 286-291, http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2012/Montreux/MMISE/MMISE-00.pdf
- Coca-Stefaniak, J A (2012), “The future may be urban … but how sustainable is it?”, Journal of Town and City Management, 2 (4), pp. 5-8.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Blackwell M., Codato G. and Estevan F. (2010), "European approaches to creative urban revitalisation - a critical study of the applicability of key performance indicators to the socio-economic evaluation of culture-led community engagement programmes and festivals", 5th World Congress: Downtowns and Town Centres, 16-19 June 2010
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A.(2010), “Gestión de centros urbanos y ciudades: historia, desafíos presentes y futuros” [“Town and city centre management: a review of challenges past, present and future”], Abaco, Vol. 2, No. 64, pp. 121-124.
- Coca-Stefaniak, J A (2011), “Uncomfortable strategic truths: A time to pause, reflect and ponder on the need for meaningful change in our towns and cities”, Journal of Town and City Management, 2 (1), pp. 5-8.
- Chin-Tay P. and Coca-Stefaniak J.A. (2010), “Cultural urban regeneration – practice and policy in the UK and Singapore”, Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 512-527.
- Coca-Stefaniak, J A (2010), “City management partnerships as shapers of urban strategy and providers of cost-effective solutions to local problems”, Journal of Town and City Management 1 (2), pp. 125-127.
- Jiwa S., Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Blackwell M. and Rahman T. (2009), “Light night: an ‘enlightening’ place marketing experience”, Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 154-166.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Rinaldi R., Parker C. and Quin S. (2009), “Evolution of town centre and place management models: a European perspective”, Cities, Vol. 26, Issue 2, pp. 74-80.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Radominski S.M. and Ryczek K. (2009), “Urban revitalisation and town centre management in Poland: opportunities and challenges for the 21st century”, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 207-215.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Stasi F., Codato G., Franco E. and Roberts G. (2008), “Reclaiming customers through retailer-led TCM scheme in Italy”, Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 115-124.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A. and Radominski S. (2008), “Urban revitalisation of former 19th century mill towns – the cases of Lodz (Poland) and Manchester (UK)”, Institute of Place Management Annual International Conference, London, February 2008.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A. and Oldfield B.M. (eds.) (2005), The Persefones Project a twinning experience, Manchester: The Retail Enterprise Network, 120 p.
- Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Parker C., Barbany A., Garrell X. and Segovia E. (2005), “Gran Centre Granollers – city, culture and commerce”, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 33 (9), pp. 685-696.
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