Assistant Head of Academic Operations
I was interested in establishing how local communities in developing countries can move away from being dependant on external organisations to initiate development projects to these communities developing a sense of independence and empowerment by initiating their own projects through tourism.
This research brought together the concepts of tourism, community development, community empowerment, conservation, poverty alleviation and participation.
Teaching and supervision
I teach on DProf Professional Doctorate.
Research interests for potential research students
My personal research interests include:
- Tourism in developing countries
- Poverty alleviation
- Rural and community development
- Tourism destination management
- New technologies in tourism and hospitality
- Tourism and hospitality education
- Sustainability
Research
My current research is primarily concerned with analysing the authenticity, ethnicity and the representation of food in ethnic restaurants. This involves research on migrant mobility and their relationships with their culture in the diaspora.
Publications
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Number of items: 1.
Book Section
Nadda, Vipin K., Dadwal, Sumesh Singh, Mulindwa, Dirisa and Vieira, Rubina (2015) Role of Social Media in Tourism. In: Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management. IGI Global, pp. 1318-1339. ISBN 9781466686069
I became a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (formally the Higher Education Academy) in July 2020.
