Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer in the Leeds Business School. His research interests include community events, outdoor events, economic impacts, religious tourism, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism, cultural diversity in events management and international tourism.

Dr Razaq Raj is the author of the textbooks Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective, Event Management: An integrated and practical approach and Event Management and Sustainability.

Dr Razaq Raj is also a board member of international journals and academic associations.
Editor of International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Editor of International Journal of Islands Research
Editor of International Journal of Islamic Tourism
Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series