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University Of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

As full-time Assistant Professor I am using active learning techniques and technology to teach tourism to undergraduate, MSc and PhD students. 2024-25: Tourism Geography (BSc), Large World Spaces (BSc), Structural Analysis of Tourism (MSc), Research Methods (PhD). I also continue to conduct research into gender and tourism labour, creative tourism, digitisation of the tourism and hospitality labour force, qualitative methods (eg ethnography) and community-led festivals.

Lisbon, Portugal

In this part-time role I taught PhD students about tourism development in low density areas, focusing also on the experiences gained whilst in the CREATOUR project on using creative tourism as a tool for local sustainable development in small cities and rural areas. I also taught classes on community-engaged participatory research methods.

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Visiting research fellow at the CoEFTL, the centre for Excellence in Food, Tourism and Leisure, I collaborate with the Centre on research projects, applying for EU research funding and dissemination of research.

Lisbon, Portugal

In this role as lecturer I am dividing my time between lecturing, researching and heading the new Internationalisation team in the tourism department. As part of the internationalisation efforts, in a team, I am helping to create new Erasmus partnerships, organise a Summer School in Italy, am part of the THInC international conference organisation team and will apply for a COST action and an Erasmus MUNDUS MSc.This semester (2020) I am teaching Sustainable Tourism to 2nd year students (via Zoom), utilising innovative digital tools such as Kahoot!, Mural, Zoom polls, Gdocs and Trello. I also teach Research Methods to 1st year students (in person), introducing the students to innovative methods such as virtual ethnography and design-thinking as well as giving them the basics in terms of qualitative and quantitiave methodologies.

Virtual

As WG2 leader supported by two co-leaders, I held monthly meetings to strategies reaching the deliverables of WG2, like building a female migrant landmark map and filling it out with data from all EU countries, creating Xmas and summer 'missions' to motivate group members to insert entries into the database. Co-organisation of in-person working group meeting, conflict resolution, participate in cote group meetings, furthering of thinking on migrant women walking tours and managing group dynamics and enquiries.

Sweden

Coimbra Area, Portugal

Postdoctoral research position, working on a three-year project, called CREATOUR, that supports a collaborative research process between participants and researchers and among researchers. CREATOUR aims to connect the cultural/creative and tourism sectors through the development of an integrated research and application approach to catalyzing creative tourism in small cities and rural areas throughout Portugal. During the project, five research centres will work with a range of cultural/creative organizations and other stakeholders located in small cities across Portugal in the Norte, Centro, Alentejo and Algarve regions. My role is to help coordinate the research centres, write reports, articles and book chapters, participate and present at regional IdeaLabs, create regional profiles, organise scientific events and visit pilots.

Aveiro Area, Portugal

As part of the research group for Competitiveness, Governance and Public Policy (GOVCOPP), I conduct in-depth studies on tourism, regional development, culture and gender roles and relations in Portugal.Cooperating with other members of the research group, under the coordination of Prof Carlos Costa, I conduct and interpret qualitative and quantitative research, write and review academic articles for journals, apply for national and EU funding, organise scientific events and participate in group meetings. My research focuses on tourism labour, gender roles within tourism, feminist economics, culture and tourism entrepreneurship.

Aveiro Area, Portugal

In this position, I am conducting research for the Gentour II project which investigates if gender equality has a say in the boost of innovative forms of economic growth. More specifically, I am exploring ways to revive the economy through networks and internationalization in the tourism sector. My role here in the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering includes interpreting qualitative and quantitative data, writing academic articles, organising scientific events and writing funding proposals, focusing on the topics of gender, labour and tourism.

Otago, Nz

During this three-year research course I investigated the relationship between female tourism entrepreneurship and social relations in rural Greece. Using a feminist political economics framework, my research focused on how entrepreneurial conceptualizations are influenced by politico-economic structures and how gender permeates these structures and conceptualisations, hence helping to advance entrepreneurship theory.As fieldwork was conducted with handicraft tourism microentrepreneurs in Greece during the 2012-2013, and hence in the context of a macro-economic crisis, my research also investigates how this external economic event impacts upon tourism entrepreneurship.

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

In this role I supported students with disabilities to complete their exams, providing one-to-one assistance with exam writing and supervision.

Athens, Greece

As business manager, I was responsible for office management, finance and accounting, and administration of all business and client matters.

Kos, Southern Aegean, Greece

Acting as a seasonal project manager for mainly large conferences (1000 people), creating website texts, contacting sponsors, helping in negotiations with hotels, conference venues and social event locations. In May 2006 and June 2007 I was one of the two on-site managers for 1500- and1000-person (respectively) conferences hosted by Greek universities.https://meetingplanner.gr

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Providing consultancy services to members of this international ecotourism information platform; contributing to monthly newsletter; updating website; internet-based research; organisation of ecotourism library; monitoring of e-shop

London Area, United Kingdom

I acted as personal assistant to the head of International real estate retail in this corporate real estate agency.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Tourism, Gender And Economics

Activities and Societies: Postgraduate Representative for Tourism; Member of Young Members NZ Federation of Graduate Women; Volunteer.

Msc, Ecotourism, Distinction

This was a taught Masters covering topics such as Ecotourism Issues, Tourism Planning and Operation, GIS, Wildlife and Habitat Management.

Bsc, Plant Biotechnology With European Studies (German)

Activities and Societies: Treasurer for International society, archery club member, worked for union bar:) Modules included Plant.

A Levels, Chemistry, Biology, Maths

Activities and Societies: Surrogate prefect:) O Levels in Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Lang, English Lit, Greek, Russian.