Research
I. Fields of Research and Interest
Sustainable Tourism
Cultural Tourism, City Marketing
Constructivism (New Cultural Geography)
Destination Management
Tourism Marketing
Tourism Experience Management
Travel Writing
Regional Development
Service Management
Mobility
Regional : India, Lake Constance, Spain, Argentina. New Zealand, Canada
II. Current Projects
Dialog wth the islamic world (Oman), funded by DAAD
East-West-Dialogue (Uzbekistan), funded by DAAD
East-Partnerships (Uzbekistan), funded by DAAD
III. Finished Projects
EU
Cultural Mapping 4.0 in collaboration with ZHAW, funded by IBH, 2020-2021
Accessible Tourism at Lake Constance in collaboration with ZHAW, funded by Interreg, 2018-2021
Digitalisation in the Leisure Industry in collaboration with ZHAW, fundet by IBH, 2019-2020
PredTour, in collaboration with ZHAW, funded by IBH, 2016-2018
E-Destination in collaboration with ZHAW, funded by IBH, 2016-2017
Creative Industries at Lake Constance in collaboration with ZHdK, funded by IBH 2017-2018
Sustainable Destination Management Information Systems, 2014, IBH
Mobility Lake, 2012, IBH
Interreg IV: Positioning Lake Constance, 2008-2012
International
Shopping Tourism in Collaboration with Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, within the programme "Borders in Globalisation", 2015
Federal
Innovative Tourism Business Models in the Black Forrest, funded by the State of Baden-Wuerrtemberg, 2017-2018
Research Collaboration with Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies and Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, India, German Research Foundation (DFG), 2014
State
Seven Projects "Brueckenprogramm Touristik", MWK, 2021
Climate Change and Tourism in the Black Forest, LUBW, 2017-2018
Research Collaboration with Instituto Universitario de Turismo y Desarrollo Economico Sostenible (TIDES), Spain, 2015
Sustainable tourism mobility, Land Baden-Württemberg, 2011
Internal funding
Buddhism and Tourism in Switzerland, research sabbatical, 2016
Tourist Tracking in collaboration with Faculty of Computer Science, HTWG Konstanz, 2015
Aboriginal Tourism in British Columbia in collaboration with Simon Fraser University Vancouver , 2015
Sustainable Tourism in Kerala , 2013
E-Bikes and Tourism, 2012
Image construction and dance tourism in Buenos Aires and Seville, 2012-2013
Sustainable Tourism, 2010
Incoming Tourism from India, 2009
Small Research Project: Inbound and Outbound Tourism in India, 2008
Municipal, Industry
Consultency for a City regarding Tourism Strategy, 2017 & 2018
Market study for a holiday farm
City of Konstanz, monitoring skilled employees, 2010
Konzilstadt Konstanz, Management and Marketing, 2010
Landkreis Lindau, Destination Management, 2010
Expertise "Constance as a location for business and science", 2009