Dr. Andres Coca-Stefaniak has seven years of international management experience in the private sector (Shell International and Anglo American plc) and over ten years of experience in academia as International Partnerships Manager, Senior Lecturer and Course Director (MSc programmes) with teaching and international project research responsibilities in place management, city marketing and branding, event evaluation, urban revitalisation and retail management. Over this period, he has secured over 6 million euros of European Union funding and managed a variety of large transnational project partnerships with chambers of commerce, local authorities, retail trade associations, town centre management partnerships and universities in 14 EU countries. Andres is currently UEL Project Manager of the £1.1 million Zero Impact Event Network (ZEN) pan-European project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund’s INTERREG IVC programme.

Andres has published internationally in Polish, Spanish and English, in addition to advising local authorities and retail trade associations in Spain, Poland and the UK. He holds a B.Eng. (Hons - 1^st class) degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the University of York, an MSc in Management from Manchester Metropolitan University, a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from University of the Arts London and a Doctorate from Middlesex University.

Research, teaching and management of academic enterprise projects.

Place management, town teams and high streets, partnership management, high street performance, place marketing and branding, event management and evaluation, urban regeneration and revitalisation, SME retail, overseas models of place management, multi-partner project partnerships in European projects, public-private partnerships for the management of town centres and high streets.

MSc International Marketing Management 

SMM208 Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Marketing

• 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., Parker C and Rees P (2010), “Localisation as a marketing strategy for small retailers”, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 677-697.
• 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.
• 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., Ryczek K and Radominski S.M. (2008), “Profesjonalizacja nowych kadr dla rewitalizacji urbanistycznej i zarządzania centrami miast” [Professionalisation of new disciplines for urban revitalisation and town centre management], Urbanista, No. 11, pp. 26-28. 
• 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.
• Parker C., Yuste R., Coca-Stefaniak J.A. and Byrom J. (2007), “Perceptions of the Andalusian independent retail sector”, International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 1 (1), pp. 125-142.
• 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.
• Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Hallsworth A.G., Parker C., Bainbridge S. and Yuste R. (2004), “Decline in the British small shop independent retail sector: exploring European parallels”, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 12, pp. 357-371.

Former founding editor-in-chief (2008-2012) of the Journal of Town and City Management

Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Fellow of Institute of Place Management

Fellow of Royal Geographical Society

Member of the Best Place (City Marketing) Institute

http://uel.academia.edu/AndresCocaStefaniak