Place Management and Leadership
Developed in partnership with the Institute of Place Management (IPM), this part-time course will give you the practical skills to succeed, and develop into a confident, reflective place leader.
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Dr Nikos Ntounis
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
My profile
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at MMU and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Place Management - the international professional body that supports people committed to developing, managing and making places better. I joined the Marketing, International Business and Tourism team on a permanent basis in January 2021, having worked in previous years as an associate lecturer. My main areas of teaching are around place management, place leadership, research methods and alternative forms of marketing.
Editorial Board membership
I am the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Place Management and Development, the official journal of the Institute of Place Management.
Membership of Professional Associations
Member of Regional Studies Association
Senior Fellow of Institute of Place Management
Interests and expertise
My research interests revolve around place management theory and practice; place marketing and place branding; town centre management; Business Improvement Districts; retailing; urban studies; sustainable tourism; critical marketing
Projects
I am a Researcher for the High Streets Task Force (HSTF). The Task Force has been set-up to strengthen local leadership in high streets and town centres in England. It does this by providing information, advice, training, knowledge and data - helping people to make a positive difference to their local communities. It is by the Institute of Place Management on behalf of government, and brings together a range of expert organisations on reinventing and restructuring places.
I was Co-Investigator on the British Academy project “Making and managing Ljubljana’s urban squats: inclusive and participatory practices” (SRG1819\190400), alongside Dr Jenny Kanellopoulou (PI). The project investigates the way Ljubljana’s squatted areas are used and managed by both the official institutions and their communities of users, aiming to understand the power dynamics that emerge in their everyday running and the plans for their future.
I have worked or currently working in the following projects:
Bringing Big Data to Small Users (BDSU) - Innovate UK
High Street UK 2020 (HSUK2020) - ESRC
A state of the art review of the BID industry - The BID Foundation
An independent review of the Scottish BID industry - Scotland’s Town Partnership/Scotland’s Improvement Districts
An independent review of the Welsh BID industry
Vital and Viable Manchester
Vital and Viable Stockport
Teaching
My teaching philosophy revolves around co-creation of knowledge and a participatory and engaged approach towards learning, that combines new and up-to-date knowledge with the students’ direct experiences and interests. I am a member of the teaching team around the MSc Place Management and Leadership. I am the Unit Leader of the introductory unit “Place Management and Leadership”, and also deliver lectures and workshops on the “Place Research and Data Analysis”. I have taught on the Level 4 unit “The Responsible Marketer” for a number of years. I have also delivered seminars, workshops, and CPD courses to a range of learners, mainly practitioners.
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Supervision
Currently seeking PhD candidates in the following areas:
Place Management, Place Branding/Marketing, Retailing, Business Improvement Districts, Sustainable/Resilient Tourism, Critical Marketing, Sustainable Development, Resilient Towns, Urban Studies (with emphasis on Subversive/Temporary Urbanism)
Research outputs
I have published in journals such as Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, Current Issues in Tourism and Safety Science. As part of the research team of the Institute of Place Management, I have also led or co-authored more than 20 reports that are focused on the future of the high street and its adjacent industries (such as Business Improvement Districts).
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Chapters in books
Kanellopoulou, E., Ntounis, N. (2024) 'The atmospheric tensions of Ljubljana’s urban squats: consumption in the lawscape.' In Steadman, C., Coffin, J. (ed.) Consuming Atmospheres: designing, experiencing, and researching atmospheres in consumption spaces. London: Routledge, pp. 137-156.
Ntounis, N., Medway, D., Parker, C. (2020) 'Managing Places.' In Edensor, T., Kalandides, A., Kothari, U. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Place. Routledge, pp. 335-345.
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Reports
Parker, C., Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Quin, S., Ntounis, N. Vital and Viable Harpurhey. Manchester: Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C. High Street 2030: Achieving change. Institute of Place Management.
Cotterill, E., Grail, J., Mitton, C., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S., Smith, D., Steadman, C., Warnaby, G. A state-of-the-art review of Business Improvement Districts in the UK: Setting the agenda for policy, practice and research. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S. Vital and Viable Chorlton.
Kanellopoulou, E., Ntounis, N., Cerar, A. The Value of Autonomous Rog: Culture, citizenship, participation. Manchester Metropolitan University & Institute for Spatial Policies.
Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S., Turness, C., Steadman, C., Warnaby, G. An Independent Review of Scottish BIDs.
Sewell, M., Kazakou, A., Ntounis, N., Parker, C. HSTF Annual Research Study 2024: Place Partnerships. High Streets Task Force.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Saga-Sonderland, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Bramhall: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Sonderland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Reddish: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Sonderland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Cheadle: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Sonderland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Cheadle Hulme: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Sonderland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Edgeley: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Sonderland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Hazel Grove: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Songerland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Romiley: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Roberts, G., Sonderland-Saga, R., Steadman, C. (2022) Marple: Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Lorono Leturiondo, M., Ntounis, N., Sonderland Saga, R., Parker, C., Warnaby, G. (2022) The medium and longer-term viability of the high street (post COVID-19): end of project report. High Streets Task Force.
Mumford, C., Lorono Leturiondo, M., Parker, C., Ntounis, N., Sonderland Saga, R. (2021) Review of High Street Footfall in England: 2020-2021. High Streets Task Force.
Mumford, C., Lorono Leturiondo, M., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S., Sonderland Saga, R., Jeelani, A., Glass, V., Stacey, J. (2020) Review of High Street Footfall: July 2019-June 2020. High Streets Task Force.
Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Sonderland Saga, R., Warnaby, G. (2020) High Street Business Resilience Survey (May 2020). High Streets Task Force.
Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Skinner, H., Vandeventer, J.S., Warnaby, G. (2020) An Independent Report of Welsh BIDs.
Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Parker, C., Quin, S., Ntounis, N. (2020) Vital and Viable Manchester District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Parker, C., Quin, S., Ntounis, N. (2019) Vital and Viable Withington. Institute of Place Management.
Parker, C., Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Quin, S., Ntounis, N. (2019) Vital and Viable Gorton. Manchester: Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S. (2019) Vital and Viable Stockport District Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Quin, S., McDonald, O., Millington, S., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Skinner, H., Turness, C. (2019) Written evidence submitted by the Association of Town and City Management, with the Institute of Place Management and the Bid Foundation [HST 060]. House of Commons.
Parker, C., Millington, S., Roberts, G., Steadman, C., Quin, S., Ntounis, N. (2018) Vital and Viable Northenden. Institute of Place Management.
Parker, C., Ntounis, N., Steadman, C., Medway, D. (2017) Vital and Viable Neighbourhood Centres Parts I and II.
PARKER, C.R., NTOUNIS, N., QUIN, S., MILLINGTON, S. (2016) High Street UK 2020 Project Report. Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S.D., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S. (2015) Towns and Cities as Multifunctional Centres. Institute of Place Management.
Parker, C., Ntounis, N., Millington, S.D. (2014) High Street 2020: An Analysis for Morecambe. Manchester: Institute of Place Management.
Millington, S.D., Parker, C., Ntounis, N., Quin, S. (2014) High Street UK 2020 Interim Project Report: Identifying factors that influence vitality and viability. Institute of Place Management.
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Internet publications
Ntounis, N., Sonderland Saga, R., Hindmarch, T., Lorono Leturiondo, M., Parker, C. (2020) The Time to Act is Now: A Framework for Post-COVID 19 Recovery for our Towns and Cities. https://blog.placemanagement.org/2020/04/02/the-time-to-act-is-now-a-framework-for-post-covid-19-recovery-for-our-towns-and-cities/.
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Journal articles
Millington, S., Steadman, C., Ntounis, N. (2024) 'Reflections from the Business School’s margins: on doing engaged scholarship.' Dialogues in Urban Research,
Raben, N., Ntounis, N. (2023) 'Carving a place for UK Business Improvement Districts through COVID: exploring industry responses and practices during the pandemic.' Journal of Place Management and Development,
Kanellopoulou, E., Ntounis, N. (2023) 'A chronotopic evaluation of Autonomous Rog: the spatiotemporalities of a “quasi-public” urban squat.' Social and Legal Studies: an international journal,
Ntounis, N., Sonderland Saga, R., Warnaby, G., Lorono Leturiondo, M., Parker, C. (2023) 'Reframing high street viability: a review and synthesis in the English context.' Cities, 134pp. 104182-104182.
Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Skinner, H., Steadman, C., Warnaby, G. (2021) 'Tourism and Hospitality industry resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic: evidence from England.' Current Issues in Tourism, 25(1) pp. 46-59.
Ntounis, N., Mumford, C., Lorono-Leturiondo, M., Parker, C., Still, K. (2020) 'How safe is it to shop? Estimating the amount of space needed to safely social distance in various retail environments.' Safety Science, 132pp. 104985-104985.
Mumford, C., Parker, C., Ntounis, N., Dargan, E. (2020) 'Footfall Signatures and Volumes: Towards a Classification of UK Centres.' Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(6) pp. 1495-1510.
Grail, J., Mitton, C., Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Quin, S., Steadman, C., Warnaby, G., Cotterill, E., Smith, D. (2020) 'Business Improvement Districts in the UK: A Review and Synthesis.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 13(1) pp. 73-88.
Ntounis, N., Kavaratzis, M. (2017) 'Re-branding the High Street: The place branding process and reflections from three UK towns.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 10(4) pp. 392-403.
Theodoridis, C., Ntounis, N., Pal, J. (2017) 'How to reinvent the High-Street: evidence from the HS2020.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 10(4) pp. 380-391.
Ntounis, N., Parker, C. (2017) 'Engaged Scholarship on the High Street: The case of HSUK2020.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 10(4) pp. 349-363.
Parker, C., Ntounis, N.F., Millington, S., Quin, S., Castillo-Villar, F. (2017) 'Improving the vitality and viability of the UK High Street by 2020: Identifying priorities and a framework for action.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 10(4) pp. 310-348.
Millington, S., Ntounis, N. (2017) 'Repositioning the High Street: evidence and reflection from the UK.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 10(4) pp. 364-377.
Ntounis, N., Kanellopoulou, E. (2017) 'Normalising jurisdictional heterotopias through place branding: the cases of Christiania and Metelkova.' Environment and Planning A, 49(10) pp. 2223-2240.
Parker, C., Ntounis, N., Quin, S., Grime, I. (2014) 'High Street research agenda: Identifying High Street research priorities.' Journal of Place Management and Development, 7(2) pp. 176-184.
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Conference papers
Ntounis, N. (2022) 'Broadening the scope and impact of engaged scholarship for impactful place-based research.' In Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2022. Newcastle, UK, 30/8/2022 - 2/9/2022.
Ntounis, N., Parker, C., Warnaby, G. (2021) 'Examining the Resilience of English High Streets during the COVID-19 Pandemic.' 2/6/2021 - 18/6/2021.
Kanellopoulou, E., Ntounis, N.F. (2017) 'Network Communitarianism as a tool for stakeholder engagement in places: The case of Rog Factory.' 7/9/2017 - 8/9/2017. Parker, C., Steadman, C. (ed.) Manchester: Institute of Place Management, pp. 139-140.
Parker, C., Quin, S., Ntounis, N., Millington, S., Medway, D., Urquhart, C., Dargan, E., Keegan, B.J. (2016) 'Improving the customer experience in retail locations: The Game of Towns.' In AR and VR Conference: Perspectives on Business Realities of AR and VR. Dublin Institute of Technology, 27/4/2016 - 28/4/2016.
Parker, C.R., Dargan, E., Ntounis, N.F., Quin, S. (2016) 'Radical marketing and the UK High Street: A new typology of towns.' In Academy of Marketing 2016. Newcastle Business School, Newcastle, UK, 4/7/2016 - 7/7/2016.
Kanellopoulou, E., Ntounis, N.F. (2015) 'What is Legal and What is Not: Examining the Relationship between Place Marketing, Place Branding, and Legal Geography in Heterotopias.' 11/9/2015 - 11/9/2015.
Ntounis, N.F., Lloveras, Javier, , Parker, Cathy, (2015) 'A Review Of Epistemological Issues And Philosophical Positons For The Development Of Theory In Place Marketng.' In 3rd Place Management & Branding Conference, Sustainability, Liveability & Connectivity. Poznan, Poland, 6/5/2015 - 8/5/2015.
Ntounis, N.F., Parker, Cathy, , Quin, Simon, (2015) 'Stakeholder Engagement And Communicaton In UK Town Partnerships: An Empirical Study.' 6/5/2015 - 8/5/2015.
Lloveras, J., Ntounis, N.F. (2015) 'Alternative Currencies: The Reinvention of Marketing Systems for Degrowth Transitions.' 35. 2/7/2014 - 5/6/2014. SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, pp. 127-127.
Ntounis, N.F., Parker, C., Bennison, D. (2014) 'What Does Place Marketing Mean in Practice? A Preliminary Content Analysis of North West England Place-Related Websites.' Academy of Marketing,
Lloveras, J., Ntounis, N.F. (2014) 'Alternative Currencies: The Reinvention of Marketing Systems for Degrowth Transitions.' In 39th Annual Macromarketing Conference. Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom, 2/7/2014 - 5/7/2014.
Ntounis, N.F. (2013) 'The Role of Place Marketing in the Regeneration of Deprived Places.' In RIBM Doctoral Symposium 2013. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK, 14/3/2013 - 15/3/2013.
Ntounis, N.F., Liu, W.L. (2012) 'Country-of-Origin Image Impact on British Consumers' Attitudes toward Greek Food and Drink Products.' In 37th Macromarketing Conference: Sustainable Development of Markets and Marketing Systems in a Globalized World. 32. Berlin, SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, pp. 442-442.
Ntounis, N.F. (2012) 'Country of Origin Image Impact on British Consumers Attitudes Towards Greek Food and Drink Products.' In 27th Annual Macromaking Conference. Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 13/6/2012 - 16/6/2012.
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Theses and dissertations
Ntounis, N. (2018) Place Management through Different Lenses.
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Other
Steadman, C., Parker, C., Millington, S., Ntounis, N., colledge, M., iain, N., Sewell, M., Barratt, J. Evidence submitted by the Institute of Place Management to the House of Lords Inquiry into High Streets in Small Towns and Cities.