Experience

IGOT-ULisboa - Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Lisbon, Portugal In this new, part-time role I will be teaching 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.



Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tourism Lecturer

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  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… Show more 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. Show less



Dalarna University

• Sweden
• Education Management
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adjunct Lecturer in Tourism

  • Oct 2021 - Aug 2022

  Sweden



Centro de Estudos Sociais da Faculdade de economia da Universidade de Coimbra

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2020

  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… Show more 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. Show less



Universidade de Aveiro

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Feb 2016 - Sep 2017

  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… Show more 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.

• Research Fellow

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2016

  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… Show more 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.



University of Otago

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Scholarship Researcher

  • Apr 2011 - Jun 2014

  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… Show more 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. Show less



Vector Partners

• Business Manager

  • Nov 2007 - Mar 2011

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



MeetingPlanner.gr

• Conference Project Manager

  • May 2006 - Apr 2008

  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.



Ecoclub.com

• Consultant

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

  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



Christie & Co

• Executive Assistant

  • 2001 - 2003