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Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643300

Email: M.Novelli@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

I obtained a BSc in Economics and Commerce (University of Bari, Italy) in April 1996 and in November 1996, I was awarded a doctoral scholarship to study the rural diversification process affecting the ‘5b regions’ of the EU. This research led to my doctoral thesis on ‘Rural and Farm Tourism: a comparative study of the West Country (Great Britain) and Puglia (Italy)’. My Doctorate in Economic Geography was conferred on the 29 February 2000.

Prior to moving to the UK, I researched and taught in various institutions in Italy. In September 2000, I was appointed as lecturer at the Birmingham University College (former Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies), where I gained considerable teaching experience. Despite the extremely intense teaching load, I was determined to progress my research career and so I did by researching and writing about topics related to my doctoral thesis. I contributed towards the research development strategy of the College, something that had never been done before in an institution, which is mainly focused on teaching.

I was appointed as Senior Lecturer at the University of 映客直播 in September 2002 and progressed to the position of Principal Lecturer in August 2006. I was awarded the title of Reader in February 2013 and of Professor of Tourism and International Development in November 2015.

My expertise lies in the field of Tourism, Policy and International Development. Whilst enjoying teaching very much, I have developed a strong profile as a leading researcher within the University of 映客直播 and the Centre for Tourism Policy Studies (CENTOPS) which was later incorporated into the Centre of Sport Tourism and Leisure Studies (COSTALS). Through my research, publications and external engagements, I have gained an internationally recognised profile, which has enabled me to become part of a global network of experts and single handedly secure research and consultancy income from some of the most prestigious institutions such as the World Bank, the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as national ministries, Regional Development Agencies and NGOs.

I have made significant theoretical and practical contributions to the tourism policy and planning literature, benefiting both the academic debate and a number of national and regional governments’ policies especially in Less Developed Countries. My empirical research on poverty alleviation through human capacity building has impacted on tourism as a strategic sector in several locations including Namibia, The Gambia, Nigeria, Swaziland and Burundi as well as Vietnam and Nepal. Moreover, I have delivered policy advice to global organisations such as the research that led to: the World Bank/Spanish Government funded establishment of the new Gambia Hospitality and Tourism Institute; the Commonwealth Secretariat/Namibia Tourism Board project aimed at enhancing national service standards through capacity building in Namibia; and the Aga Khan Foundation’s work to bridge the gap in postgraduate education and executive programmes’ delivery in leisure, tourism and hospitality in Africa.

As a result of my practice-based research, I have revealed new insights into the necessity for a shift from twentieth to twenty-first century conceptual framing of tourism planning paradigms, which pays close attention to the rapidly changing macro-environmental conditions in which tourism operates. Thus, in the case of some of the destinations where I have worked, I can claim to have contributed to the improvement of their competitive advantage through the implementation of clear plans and policies on tourism, service standards and workforce training.

I have published work in different formats including refereed journal articles, reports, book chapters and policy notes, and my applied research has informed policymaking of several developing destinations in Sub-Sahara Africa, Asia and Europe. My most obvious contribution to knowledge relates to the concept of niche tourism, which I became associated with since the publication of my book Niche Tourism: Contemporary Issues, Trends and Cases (2005, Elsevier).

I also contributed significant new elaborations on the theory and practices of sustainable tourism policy, planning and development, with specific attention to national tourism policy development, community-based development approaches, training needs analysis and capacity building, curriculum development approaches and international cooperation for development in over 15 destinations to date.

In merit to my leadership roles, I have been Research Division Leader and Travel, Tourism and Events Division Leader. I am currently the Impact Agenda Coordinator for the School of Sport and Service Management whom I represent on the University of 映客直播 Impact Working Group. I coordinate the Policy, Practice and Development research area within COSTALS.

I supervise doctoral research students, have externally examined PhDs and I teach on a number of UG and PG modules.

Research output

Further output

Peer reviewed journal

Ahebwa, W. and Novelli, M. (2014) Editorial: African Tourism & Hospitality in Global Society: Central or Peripheral?, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 14 (1-2): 3-7, - peer reviewed internationally recognised Sage journal.

Novelli, M. (1999) Attività ricreative e costruzione del territorio: il caso Euro Disney Resort, l'Universo, Firenze, I.G.M., 1: 58-78.

Novelli, M. (1997)Pianeta Lombardia: c’è posto anche per il “loisir”?, Lombardia Nord-Ovest, Chamber of Commerce of Varese, 1: 27-50.

Edited books

Burns, P. and Novelli M. eds. (2006) Tourism and Social Identities: Global Frameworks and Local Realities.  Elsevier - Advances in Tourism Research Series.

Novelli, M. ed. (2005) Niche tourism: contemporary issues, trends and cases.  Oxford: Elsevier.

Book chapters

Novelli, M. and Jones, A. (2016) Peer2Peer (P2P) International: A Transformative Educational Travel Experience, Global Report on The Power of Transformative Tourism, Madrid: UNWTO.

Novelli, M. and Hellwig, A. (2013) The UN MDGs, Tourism and Development: a Tour Operators’ Perspective. In J. Saarinen, C.M. Rogerson and H. Manwa, Tourism and Millennium Development Goals: Tourism, Local Communities and Development, Oxford: Routledge

Novelli, M. and Birk A.K. (2012), From Iron Curtain to Green Belt Tourism, Book Chapter in A. Morvillo (Ed.) Tourism and Innovation, New York: Mc Graw-Hill.

Novelli, M. (2011) Educational Travel and Travellers’ Philanthropy: The Gambia, in M. Honey (Ed), Travellers’ Philanthropy Handbook, Washington, DC: Center for Responsible Travel, pp. 75-77.

Novelli, M., Schmitz, B. and Spencer, T. (2010) Networks and Clusters Development in Tourism: A UK Experience in Bo, D. (ed.) Clusters in Europe, Paris: L’Harmattan.

Novelli, M. (2004)  Wine Tourism Events in the Apulia Region of Italy  In I. Yeoman, et al. (Eds.)  Festival and Event Management: An International arts and Culture Perspective.  Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp329-345.

Novelli, M. (2001) Turismo eno-gastronomico, strade del vino e valorizzazione dei centri minori in Puglia, in Ruggiero V. e Scrofani L. (Eds) (2001), Centri Minori e Risorse culturali per lo sviluppo sostenibile del Mezzogiorno, Catania: C.U.E.M.

Novelli, M. (1999)Aree rurali: nuovo spazio per il turismo? in Locale e Globale University of Bari and of Chieti site in Pescara, pp. 54-70.

Novelli, M. (1998) Conoscere per progettare. Il ruolo della geografia di ieri e di oggi, in Viganoni L. (Ed), Temi e problemi di geografia, Roma: Gangemi, pp.171-176

Book reviews

Novelli, M. (2011) Tourism and Political Change, R, Butler and S, Wantanee (Eds.) Annals of Tourism Research, 38:2: 731-733.

Novelli, M. (2011) Coffee Culture, Destinations and Tourism. L, Jolliffee (Ed), Tourism Management, 32: 1240-1241.

Discussion papers and reports

Evaluation of Initial Impacts of GCP's tourism support in The Gambia, GGCP-Ministry of Finance/World Bank. (2015)

Review of the Proposal for Mzuzu University Tourism and Hospitality Skills Development Centre, Washington DC: The World Bank (December). (2013)

Customer Services Skills Training Programme for Namibia’s Tourism Industry, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK (September 2013).

GambiaHost – Formalising the Informal in Service Standards, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, The Gambia (May 2012).

Study identifying and assessing PG and Research Programmes in Sub-Sahara Africa, Aga Kahn University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Study identifying and assessing key knowledge and skill gaps in the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in the developing world, Aga Kahn University, Nairobi, Kenya. (2011)

Project Report – Business Plan. Gambia Ministry of Tourism and Culture/World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA. (2011)

Project Report. UNIDO, Vienna, Austria. (2010)

Project Report. UNIDO, Vienna, Austria. (2010)

Project Report. World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA. (2010)

Project Report. World Bank / GIPFZA, Washington, D.C., USA. (2009)

Tourism State of the Art in the Thai Nguyen Province of Vietnam (with Burns, P.) Report EU Asian Tour Project. (2008)

The development of a tourism demand model in the Lecce Province of Italy, Official Report, Province of Lecce Local Authority and University of Lecce, Italy. (2000)

Ruralna podruja: novi prostor za slobodno vrijeme, in Glasnik Geografskog Društva Republike Srpske “Herald”, n.5/2000, pp. 67-79. (2000)

Conferences

Keynotes

(Forthcoming) ATLAS Europe Conference (25^th Anniversary) Tourism, lifestyle and locations, Canterbury Christ Church University,  presenting on: Tourism, Lifestyle and Locations – 10 years on Niche Tourism and Hospitality Research, what next? 14-16 September 2016

10^th Critical Tourism Studies Conference,  Croatia, presented on Travel Philanthropy and Sustainable Development: Critical Perspectives on a Problematic Relationship, 25-29 June 2015

Cross-cultural Issues in Tourism and Hospitality, Chania, Crete, presented on Ten years of Tourism and Hospitality Research: What’s Next? 14-16 May 2014

Green Africa Conference on Sustainability,  The Gambia, presented on Peer-to-peer capacity building for sustainable tourism, 12-15 April 2012

Africa Travel Association (ATA), 35^th Global Conference on Sustainable and Responsible Tourism, Sheraton, The Gambia, presented on Tourism Education in Africa, 17-20 May 2010

International Seminar on Sustainable Tourism, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presented on Tourism: networks, clusters and development, 3-4 March 2010

International Think Thank on Clusters and Networks Research, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France, presented on Can Cluster be issues by Governments? A UK experience, 18 January 2008

Invited speeches

Doctoral Workshop on Publishing and Career Development in Tourism, Tourism Research Network (TouRNet) White Rose Doctoral Training Centre (WRDTC), Sheffield, 19 April 2016.

Royal Anthropological Society/Development Studies Association, The Ebola virus disease epidemic (EVDE) and its unexpected effects on tourism in The Gambia and Sierra Leone, London, 21 March 2016.

London Metropolitan University, presented on The Critical Consultant in International Tourism, 5 March 2015

Kent Business School, presented on Critical Perspectives on Community Based Tourism in Asia, 26 February 2015

Bari Cultura e Turismo, Bari (Italy), presented on Niche Tourism and international tourism in Bari, 3 September 2014.

The World Bank Seminar Series, Washington DC, presented on Peace, Reconciliation and Development Aspirations – Time for Tourism? 15 July 2014

Kent Business School, presented on Community Based Tourism in Asia: looking beyond wishful thinking, 4 April 2014

Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) - University of Kent, Seminar Series, presented on Community Based Tourism – Reconciling Conservation and Community Development, 24 October 2013

New York University Seminar Series, presented on various aspects of Tourism and Development in Sub-Sahara Arica – e.g. Community Based Tourism; Tourism and Post-Conflict Development; Tourism and Cultural Heritage; Tourism and Conservation, 26, 28 February and 5, 7 March 2013

ESRC Seminar Series at the Politics Department, University of Sheffield, presented on The State of the Art of Tourism and Development Debate, 27 November 2009

Birmingham University College Seminar Series, presented on Tourism and International Development: perspectives from sub-Sahara Africa, 18 March 2009

Identity, Citizenship and Migration Centre Research Seminar Series, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, 15 November 2008, presented on Tourism and the UN MDGs’ at the University of Limerick Seminar Series, Limerick, Ireland, 25 March 2008. Presented on: ‘Niche Tourism in context’.

ESRC Seminar Series, Centre for Leisure, Tourism and Society (CeLTS), University of the West of England, Bristol, contributed to the Round Table on Tourism, Inequality and Social Justice: Tourism and Fair Trade, 20 February 2008

ESRC Seminar Series, Department of Politics and International Relations/Centre for Mobilities Research, University of Lancaster, January, presented on Consumptive Tourism - The politics of Ecotourism in the North-South Relations, 2005

Other conference contributions

Surrey School of Hospitality and Tourism Conference on Peer2Peer Capacity Building through Educational Tourism: A values-based approach enhancing community leadership and management capacity (with G. Spacey), Guildford, UK, 19-22 July 2016.

ATLAS Conference Risk in Travel and Tourism, presenting on The Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic (EVDE) and its Unexpected Effects on Tourism in The Gambia and Sierra Leone (with Burgess and Pedreira-Muniz), Lisbon, Portugal, 20-23 October 2015.

Tourism and Contemporary Perspectives in Tourism and Hospitality Research – Policy, Practice and Performance, International Conference, University of 映客直播, Eastbourne, UK, presenting on The unexpected effects of the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic (EVDE) on tourism in Sierra Leone (with Bieito Pedreira Muniz) and on Travel Philanthropy and sustainable development - a complex but not impossible relationship, 12-14 July 2015.

Why Charity? The Politics and Ethics of Charity,Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE), University of 映客直播, 映客直播, UK, presenting on Travel Philanthropy vs. Sustainable Development – a Critical Understanding of a Problematic Relationship, 7-8 July 2014.

Royal Geographical Society General Conference, Edinburgh, UK, presenting in two panels on: Collaborative and Peer-to-Peer Capacity Building Fieldwork and Opportunities, challenges and contradictions in HE and Sustainability Education: tales from a peer-to-peer capacity-building experience in a developing nation, 3-5 July 2012.

Centre for Responsible Travel and Monteverde Institute 3^rd International Conference, Costa Rica, presenting on Travelers’ Philanthropy - From ‘Simple Rags’ to ‘Sustainable Riches’: the Philanthropic Side of Tourism, 20-23 July 2011.

Surrey University Conference, Guildford, UK, presenting on Advancing the Social Science of Tourism - Complex systems and tourism planning: thoughtful decisions and methodological reflections, with Carla Ricaute Quijano, 28 June-1 July 2011.

Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference, Losehill Hall, Peak District, UK, presenting on Peer-to-Peer Capacity Building through educational tourism in the Gambia, 2-4 December 2009.

BEST Educational Network IX Think Thank, Singapore, presenting on Cross-Cultural Interaction, Capacity Building and Sustainable (Tourism) Development. Assessing values and experiences in field-based education 15-18 June 2009.

Centre for Responsible Travel, 2^nd International Conference on Travellers’ Philanthropy, Arusha, Tanzania, 3-5 December 2009.

ATLAS Europe Annual Conference, 映客直播, UK, presenting on Formal vs Informal Cultural Programming. Showcasing change, Diversifying Tourism, Regenerating the City (with Forte, A.) 2-4 July 2009.

UNWTO Ulysses Conference, Madrid, Spain, presenting on Capacity building, cross-cultural collaboration and sustainable (tourism) development. Assessing students’ experience in field-based education, 映客直播 28-29 May 2009.

The Himba of Kaokoland. A journey beyond modernity. Permanent Photographic exhibition SSM, University of 映客直播, Eastbourne, UK, 13-15 June 2007.

ATLAS Africa Conference, Kampala, Uganda, Tourism Development vs. the UN Millennium Development Goals: achievable target or mission impossible? (with Hellwig, A.) , 27-29 October 2007.

5th International Symposium CENTOPS, SSM, University of 映客直播, Eastbourne, UK, Community Based Tourism in Namibia: ‘reality show’ or ‘window dressing’ exercise?, (with Gebhardt, K.), 22-23 June 2006.

ATLAS Europe Conference, Naples, Italy, Networks, clusters and partnership development in tourism: experiences from the South East of England (with Schmitz, B.) 3 April 2004.

ATLAS Africa Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, presenting on Indigenous communities and tourism development: the case of the Kunene Region in Namibia, 29 September - 1 October 2004. 

Entrepreneurship in Tourism in the Context of Experience Economy Conference, Lapland, Finland, Clusters and Value Chain? Gourmet Tourism and the Local Economy, Rovaniemi, 2-6 April 2003.

International Festival and Events Association (IFEA) Conference, Journeys of Expression II – Cultural Festivals/Events and Tourism, Vienna, Austria, From the ‘Cantine’ to the ‘Piazze’: implementing Gourmet Tourism in Apulia (Italy), 6-9 March 2003.

7^th Organization of World Heritage Cities - International Symposium, Rhodes, Greece, Preserving and managing rural heritage sites: the case of ‘The Trulli of Alberobello’ (Apulia, Italy), 23-26 September 2003

Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) International Conference New Direction in Managing Rural Tourism and Leisure: local impacts, global trends, Auchincruive, UK, The Trulli of Alberobello: a ‘black and white picture’ for the promotion of rural tourism in the Apulia region of Italy, 5-8 September 2001.

Congresso Geografico Italiano, Rome, Italy, Turismo rurale sostenibile: lezioni dal West Country and Ospitalità rural nel contesto della diversificazione rurale, 18-22 June 2000

Oxford Brookes University International Conference, Consumer Satisfaction In Tourism and Hospitality Research, Oxford, UK, Tourism promotion and consumer satisfaction in rural areas: the case of Apulia (Italy), 25 November 2000

Media contribution and presence

(29 November 2015)

opinion paper published in The Conversation (27 July 2015).

opinion paper published on The World Economic Forum Agenda (18 December 2014)

published in The Mail Online (24 Dec 2014).

, opinion paper published in The Conversation (14 Dec 2014).

Gambia opens for business, not affected by Ebola interview published in The Daily Observer (31 Dec 2014).

Gambia: University of 映客直播 Ends P2P Tourism Capacity Building interview published in The Daily Observer (22 Dec 2014).

Interview published in Footloose Philanthropy, Campden FO, Summer 2014, pp.46-51.

Interview published in Minivacanze OK in 10 Mosse in Viversani, Settimanale di Salute, Bellezza, Benessere, Alimentazione, Consumi, Anno 34, August 2014, pp.17-20.

Interview with Radio 1 RAI on Responsible Travel during the weekly programme called Giroviaggiando on current travel and tourism issues.

Interview published in Quest’estate rimango a casa in Viversani, Settimanale di Salute, Bellezza, Benessere, Alimentazione, Consumi, Anno 22, August 2013, pp.94-96.

Interview published in Quest’estate divento alternative in Viversani, Settimanale di Salute, Bellezza, Benessere, Alimentazione, Consumi, Anno 21, No.16-20 Aprile 2012, pp.28-30.

Travel Talk and Business Travel Radio Programme Interview on ‘Teaching Tourism in HE’ - segment 2 - and on ‘Tourism and Peace’ - segment 5-6 (30 January)

West Coast Radio, The Gambia, Interview on Tourism and the environment (1December 2010).

Cervia Vision 2028 – on ‘Qualita’ e Customer Experience’  (21August 2009

Consultancy

East Africa Tourism Platform
2016
Steering East Africa as a single and competitive destination

World Bank
2015
Evaluation of initial impacts of Gambia competitiveness project

Inter-American Development Bank
2014
Ecotourism training strategy for Guyana

Namibia Tourism Board (NTB)
2014
Customer service skills development

World Bank
2013
Proposal for Mzuzu University Tourism and Hospitality Skills Development Centre

Commonwealth Secretariat
2012-2013
Customer services skills training programme for Namibia’s tourism industry. Including a train-the-trainers programme in three destinations in Namibia and collaborative work with the Namibia Tourism Board.

Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Gambia - MTOC)
2012
Facilitation of a participatory workshop on Sectors’ Service Standards involving some 67 destinations' stakeholders (for example, hotels’ general managers, MTOC, Gambia Tourism Board, Tourism Security Unit, immigration, ground operators) and drafting of a set of Service Standard Criteria to become the National Tourism and Hospitality Service Standard.

Aga Khan University (Nairobi, Kenya)
2012
Study identifying and assessing PG and Research Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aga Khan University (Nairobi, Kenya)
2011
Study identifying and assessing key knowledge and skill gaps in the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in the developing world

World Bank
2011
Restructuring the Gambia Hotel School into a National Tourism Training Institute – Business Plan.

2010
Review of Swaziland tourism sector and completion of a Tourism Policy Note.

2009
Restructuring the Gambia Hotel School into a National Tourism Training Institute, became Bill in December 2011.

UNIDO
2010
COAST Pan-African Projects (Nigeria) – Ecotourism and environmental management training need analysis for Badagry, Lagos State.

2010
COAST Pan-African Projects (The Gambia) – Ecotourism and environmental management training need analysis.
UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Themis Foundation
2009
Short course development in tourism and international cooperation for development.

UNESCO
2009
Revitalisation of the Nigerian Technical Vocational Education Curricula on tourism leisure and hospitality. Project in collaboration with the Nigerian Board of Technical Education.

2004
Training needs analysis for the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors. Project in collaboration with the Nigerian Board of Technical Education.

EU
2008
EU Asia-Invest, 'Asian Tour – Capacity Building Training provision', Kathmandu, Nepal 22–26 September. This project was aimed at skills assessment, training and knowledge development of a group of 40 professionals in the field of niche tourism development in Nepal, Vietnam and Mongolia (with ecotourism being part of the overall tourism portfolio).

2008
EU Asia-Invest 'Asian Tour: Study of tourism state of the art in the Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam'.

South East Development Agency 2004–2005
Healthy Lifestyle Tourism Cluster Project Phase II

2003–2004
Healthy Lifestyle Tourism Cluster Project Phase I

Italian Ministry of University 2005–2007
PRIN Turismo - Tourism Development and territorial changes. Urban Areas, ecosystems and regional challenges

2004–2005
Progetto Parchi (Parks Project)

2002–2004
Tourism and Economic Growth: Local Factors and Territorial Competitiveness

Province of Lecce (Italy)
1999–2000
The development of a Tourism demand model in the Lecce Province of Italy

Other projects

2009
Burundi – Opportunity Study for Tourism Development in Burundi aimed at the assessments of current and future tourism, leisure and hospitality potential product and the required institutional framework for the realisation of a priority list for action to enable the development of public-private collaboration and the identification and implementation of a sustainable tourism strategy. This project was concluded with a stakeholder workshop.

2007
Gambia (yearly since) – University of 映客直播/Centre for Responsible Tourism – West Africa: Destination Niche Tourism: trends and Development, one week intensive capacity building course on niche tourism product development, which involves 20 undergraduate students from the University of 映客直播 and 10 sponsored professionals from various Gambian private and public tourism businesses and organisations. This is a yearly event aimed at addressing the lack of skills in business planning and tourism product development, the identification and development of sustainable tourism practices and the diversification of the Gambian mass tourism product.

2007
University of 映客直播 Teaching and Learning Fellowship Award: "Capacity building, cross-cultural collaboration and sustainable (tourism) development in the Gambia." Project aimed at an inventory of the existing and required training needs in the locality and the assessment of tourism product opportunities in collaboration with professionals and members of the Association of Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism (ASSET) of The Gambia.

2006
Namibia – NACOBTA: Community Based Tourism Product Development and Capacity Building in the Kunene region aimed at a sustainable integration of Ovahimba communities in the tourism sector.

Other advisory service (Pro-bono)

3-4 February 2016   
Product development and destinations collaborations’ surgery with East Africa Tourism Partnership (EATP) members, Kigali (Rwanda).

10 December 2012   
Half-Day Customer Service Training for Sandele Eco-retreat and Learning Centre staff (pro-bono).

November 2011          
Evaluation of the Travellers Philanthropy of Basecamp Explorer and Foundation’s Portfolio, Masai Mara and Mara Naboisho, Kenya – data published in Novelli, M. (2015).

November 2006          
Community Based Tourism Development and Capacity Building task force in the Kunene region – voluntary work conducted for NACOBTA - data published in Novelli and Gebhardt (2007) - see list of publications.

October–November 2003    
Trophy Hunting and Tourism in Namibia and Botswana – data published in Novelli and Humavindu (2005) and in Barnes and Novelli (2007).

PhD students

Name	Thesis
Christina Koutra (2004-2007)	Development, equality and participation: socially responsible tourism through capacity building
Alberto Forte (2004-2009)	Seaside towns in transition: The discourse of tourism in the regeneration of the Hastings Urban Region’
Claudia Dolezal (2012 -2015)	Questioning Empowerment in Community Based Tourism in Rural Bali (Indonesia)
Felicia Munjaidi (commenced 2013)	Tourism, Policy and Governance in Zimbabwe

Roles

• Academic lead for Responsible Futures at the University of 映客直播
• Member, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Tourism & Protected Areas Specialist
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Pathway Foundation, The Gambia
• Elected Executive Board Member to the Executive Board for ATLAS Africa (2007- to date), Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) 
• Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (2006 to date)
• Member, Development Studies Association (2008 to date)
• Member, Tourism Concern (2001 to date)

Editorial boards

• Editor-in-Chief, (Sage Journal)
• Co-editor of (Taylor and Francis)
• Editorial board member, Journal of Tourism and Hospitality: Planning & Development
• Editorial board member, Journal of Global Business and Technology
• Editorial board member, Alma tourism - Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development (on-line)
• Editorial board member, Documenti Geografici, Rivista dell'Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.

Manuscript peer reviewer for the following journals

• Annals of Tourism Research
• Journal of Tourism Management
• Current Issues in Tourism
• Leisure Studies
• Tourism Planning and Development (formerly Tourism and Hospitality: Planning and Development)
• Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research
• International Journal of Tourism Research
• Society & Natural Resources
• Conservation and Society
• New Political Economy
• Tourism Geographies
• Elsevier and Routledge (Book proposals)

Service on national and international bodies, committees and conferences

• Organizing Committee (2012) Enlightening Tourism - Competition and Innovation in Tourism: New Challenges in an Uncertain Environment, 13–14 September, Naples, Italy
• Scientific committee member (2011) International Tourism Sustainability Conference, 21-24 September, Mauritius.
• Scientific committee member (2011) Tourism and Peace, Jordan - postponed.
• Scientific committee member (2011) Niche Tourism, April 2011, Nepal.
• International Scientific committee member, Mass tourism vs Niche tourism. ATLAS Annual Conference and PhD Colloquium 2010, 3–5 November 2010, Limassol, Cyprus
• Board member, ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education)
• Scientific committee member, ATLAS Annual Conference 2008: Selling or Telling - Paradoxes in Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2–4 July 2008. Sallis Benney Theatre, University of 映客直播
• Scientific committee member, Imagine There's no Countries: Inequality and Growth in the Age of Tourism, 22–23 June 2006, Centre for Tourism Policy Studies (CENTOPS), University of 映客直播
• Scientific committee member, Local Frameworks and Global Realities? Tourism, Politics and Democracy, 9–10 September 2004, Centre for Tourism Policy Studies (CENTOPS), University of 映客直播
• Scientific committee member, Tourism and the Natural Environment, 23–25 October 2002, Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

Awards

Awards

2016	University of 映客直播 Excellence in Community Engagement for initiating and leading on the Peer 2 Peer  International Initiative
2015	Association of Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) , sponsored by ABTA (Association of   British Travel Agents), awarded for the Peer2Peer Initiative in Tourism for Development (The Gambia) for ‘Building Leadership and Management Capacity’
2015	University of 映客直播 Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award 2015 (£250)
2013–2014	SASM/University of 映客直播 Commercial Fellowship
2013–2014	University of 映客直播 Sabbatical
2012–2013	University of 映客直播 Business Fellow to develop the Commonwealth Secretariat Bid (80 hours)
2012–2013	Santander Travel Grant to part-fund visiting professor activities at New York University Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sport Management (£1,400)
2011–2012	SASM/University of 映客直播 Commercial Fellowship
2010–2011	SASM/University of 映客直播 Commercial Fellowship
2008–2009	University of 映客直播 Sabbatical
2008	Center for Responsible Travel (CRES), Washington DC, USA – Scholarship Award in support of ‘Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference’, Arusha, Tanzania, 3-5 Dec 2008 ($500)
2007	University of 映客直播, Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT), Teaching Fellowship Award (£1,000)
1997–1999	University of Bari, Department of Geographical Sciences, Bari, Italy - Doctoral Study Full Scholarship (€30,000)
1998	Istituto Geografico Militare, Florence, Italy – ‘Premio L’Universo 1997’ for best UG dissertation