Sustainable tourism guidelines, self-assessment tool and training for tourism micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Cabo Verde, The Gambia, and Sao Tomé and Principe on firm level sustainability practices

Biography

Dr Manuel Alector Ribeiro is an Associate Professor in Tourism Management at Surrey Business School. He joined the University of Surrey as a Lecturer in Tourism Management in September 2017 and previously served as Associate Lecturer in Tourism at the Middlesex Business School, Middlesex University, London.

The overcharging focus of Dr Ribeiro research is firmly grounded on sustainable tourism development and consumer behaviour in travel and tourism. Within this, he is building his research agenda around three streams of research: sustainable development (social and environmental sustainability, circular economy, community support for tourism development, and social entrepreneurship), consumer behaviour (consumer acceptance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) devices in service industry, emotional aspects of consumption, and pro-environmental behaviour), and methodological and theoretical developments (scale development and theory building). He is interested in research that generates theoretical, methodological, and practical implications for tourism development and management.

To date, Dr Ribeiro has published 55 peer-reviewed articles (51 on the ABS list). His work has been published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, as well as in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. His scholarly work has been cited more than 3540 times, according to Google Scholar.

Also, he serves as a reviewer for more than 30 journals in tourism and management fields and as a Guest Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 31 (3) special issue on Theoretical and Methodological Advancement of Social Impacts Assessment within Tourism). He has co-edited the “Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Africa”, and “The Handbook of Tourism Experience: Design, Marketing and Management”. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality and sits on the editorial board of the leading tourism and hospitality journals such as the Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. In addition, he attends to international conferences and delivers workshops and seminars on advanced quantitative research methods and research publication strategies. 

Dr Ribeiro has been awarded around £23m in research funding from prestigious research funding agencies such as the European Commission, The Global Challenge Research Fund (UK) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (Brazil). He frequently works as an international consultant for the World Bank, Green Climate Fund, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), and other organizations in the field of sustainability, circular economy, and blue economy in the context of tourism. He also serves as a research grant evaluator for several international organisations and universities, and he is an expert member in the field of tourism and leisure for the Portuguese Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A 3ES).

Dr Ribeiro earned his PhD in Sustainable Tourism Development (summa cum laude) from the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, Portugal, where he also obtained a MSc in Tourism Management and Development. Dr Ribeiro pursued a BA (Hons) in Translation Studies from the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal. Prior to joining academia, he gained extensive industry experience in restaurant operations and management both in Portugal and in the UK, and he is also willing to work with businesses and organisations to consider the application of his research.

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I completed a Masters degree in Heritage Management at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany in 2005 and a PhD in Tourism Management at Nottingham Trent University, UK where I also worked as a Lecturer in Tourism and International Business Communication/Environment, before joining the University of Surrey in September 2010. Since then, my research has mainly focused on advancing and unpacking the linkages between tourism entrepreneurship, gender and inclusive development in established and resource-scarce destinations. I am interested in understanding how globally recognized development and entrepreneurship models can be glocalized and embed equity, diversity and inclusion, thereby fostering inclusive community development and sustainable business practices in tourism and related sectors. In this regard, my academic research and consultancy work has resulted in numerous articles in leading journals, edited collections, reports and collaborations on these topics with organizations such as UNWTO, UNIDO, the World Bank, Institute of Hospitality, Travel Foundation, Women in Travel CIC among others, which I have thoroughly enjoyed.

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Jason is an Associate Professor in Tourism and Events Management. Before joining the University of Surrey in 2011, Jason received his BA in Economics in 2004 and MSc in Economics and Statistics in 2007. He then worked as a research assistant at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he obtained his PhD in Tourism Management. Jason has worked with various organisations on research and consultancy projects about tourism demand modelling and forecasting, tourism impact evaluation, and tourist satisfaction assessment.

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