Stephen J. Page is Associate Dean (Research) Hertfordshire Business School and Professor of Business and Management, University of Hertfordshire; author and editor of 41 books on tourism, leisure and events; and Editor of the journal　Tourism Management.Joanne Connell is Lecturer in Tourism Management at Exeter University Business School.

• Foreword. Preface 1. Introduction Section 1: Defining Events Studies 2. Event Studies 3. Event Typologies 4. Towards an Interdisciplinary Events Research Agenda across Sport, Tourism, Leisure and Health Section 2: Disciplinary Studies and Events: Theory, Concepts And Methods Of Analysis 5. Event Tourism 6. Public Events, Personal Leisure 7. Sports Events: Typologies, People and Place 8. The History of Events: Ideology and Historiography 9. The Economic Contribution of Special Events 10. The Geography of Events 11. The Psychology of Events 12. The Political Analysis and Political Economy of Events 13. Managing Uncertainty: (Re)Conceptualising Aspects Of Operations For Events Section 3: Policy, Planning and Management 14. The Private Sector and Events 15. Event Staging 16. The Experience of Events 17. Social Capital and the Music Event Experience 18. Event Programming 19. Media and Events 20. Human Resource Management 21. Volunteering and Events Section 4: The Impacts Of Events 22. A Spatial Extension to a Framework for Assessing Direct Economic Impacts of Tourist Events 23. Socio-Cultural Impacts of Events: Meanings, Authorized Transgression, and Social Capital 24. Event Impacts and Environmental Sustainability 25. The Role of Events In Urban Regeneration 26. ‘Faces, Spaces, and Places: Social and Cultural Impacts of Street Festivals in Cosmopolitan Cities’ 27. Events, Cities and the Night Time Economy 28. Safety, Security and Event Management: A Case Study of the London 2012 Olympics and the Private Security Industry 29. Quantitative and Qualitative Research Tools in Events Section 5: Future Research Directions For Events 30. Events Management Education 31. Festivals And Events, Government and Spatial Governance 32. A Futurist’s View on the Future of Events 33. Retrospect and Prospect