People
Our staff have diverse academic backgrounds and a critical perspective, encouraging students to understand different ways of thinking, generating industry relevant research and creating training for organisations facing real-world challenges.
Head of Discipline
Dr James Kennell
Associate Professor in Events & Hospitality
Academic staff
Mark Ashton
Associate Professor; University Academic Lead for Employability
Dr Jason Chen
Associate Professor in Tourism and Events Management, Director of Postgraduate Research
Marco Ciraulo
Associate Professor, Director of Industry Research Partnership
Nicole Cocolas
Lecturer in Transport Management
Dr Emma Delaney
Senior Teaching Fellow, Co-Director of Learning and Teaching
Dr Brahim El Habib Draoui
Research Fellow
Dr Viachaslau Filimonau
Reader in Hospitality Innovation
Professor Xavier Font
Professor of Sustainability Marketing
Sylvia Ganbert
Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management
Christy Hehir
Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events (Programme Director for Tourism)
Dr Nadine Itani
Programme Leader and Lecturer in Air Transport Management
Dr Eden Jiao
Lecturer in Hospitality Analytics, International Exchange Coordinator (SHTM)
Dr Marion Karl
Senior Lecturer in Tourism Marketing and Management
Karen Kelly
Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management
Dr James Kennell
Associate Professor in Events & Hospitality
Dr Bora Kim
Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management; Director of Studies, SHTM
Dr Albert Kimbu
Reader, Co-Director Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy
Professor Gang Li
Professor of Tourism Economics, Associate Head of School - External Engagement, Director of the Centre for Competitiveness of the Visitor Economy
Dr Yanning Li
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Events, Organisations and Operations
Dr Erin Ling
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Dr Daisy Liu
Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management
Dr Thomas Lunt
Senior Lecturer in Events Management
Professor Emily Ma
Professor
Dr Frankie O'Connell
Reader in Air Transport Management
Dr Pablo Pereira Doel
Director of Undergraduate Hospitality Programmes; Human Insight Lab co-director; Sustainability fellow and Water programme co-lead at the Institute for Sustainability; Visiting Fellow, Center for Tourism Research at Wakayama University (Japan)
Dr Sumeetra Ramakrishnan
Associate Professor
Dr Alector Ribeiro
Associate Professor in Tourism Management
Dr Isabel Rodriguez
Lecturer
Dr Maltika Siripis
Teaching Fellow
Dr Jonathan Skinner
Reader in the Anthropology of Events
Dr Brigitte Stangl
Senior Lecturer in Tourism, Director of the Centre for Digital Transformation in the Visitor Economy
Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos
Associate Professor in Transport
Professor Iis Tussyadiah
Dean of Surrey Business School
Dr Lorna Wang
Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management
Dr Wenqi Wei
Lecturer in Hospitality Management
Professor Allan Williams
Chair in Tourism and Mobility Studies
Dr Anke Winchenbach
Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Transport
Dr Tracy Xu
Associate Professor in Hospitality; Co-Director of Future of Work Research Centre
Dr Leon van Achterbergh
Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management
Emeritus staff
Professor David Airey
Emeritus Professor
Professor Anita Eves
Emerita Professor
Professor Leo Jago
Emeritus Professor
Professor Peter Jones
Emeritus Professor
Professor Andrew Lockwood
Emiritus Professor of Hospitality Management
Professor Michael Riley
Emeritus Professor
Professor John Tribe
Emeritus Professor
Stephen Witt
Emeritus Professor
Visiting staff
Professor Scott Cohen
Visiting Professor
Professor Chris Cowls
Visiting Professor
Cristina Figueroa-Domecq
Visiting Fellow
Professor Graham Miller
Visiting Professor
Professor Nigel Morgan
Visiting Professor
Paul Pike
Visiting Professor
Professor Caroline Scarles
Visiting Professor
Vlatka Skokic
Visiting Fellow
John Telfer
Visiting Professor
Dr Anna Torres-Delgado
Visiting Scholar
Postgraduate research students
Oyinkan Adesiyan
Postgraduate Research Student
Abdullah Alnabati
Postgraduate Research Student
Mai Alsaied
Postgraduate Research Student
Ruhual Amin
Postgraduate Research Student
Serge Chamelian
Postgraduate Research Student
Jiaolong Cheng
Postgraduate Research Student
Septi Fahmi Choirisa
Postgraduate Research Student
Vanessa Cumper
Postgraduate Research Student
Sara Dalir
PhD researcher
Roz Davies
Postgraduate Research Student
James Ellerby
Postgraduate Research Student
Marietta Fragkogianni
Postgraduate Research Student
Christiane Hensel-Gatos
PhD Researcher
Lori Hoy
PhD Researcher
Mohamed Ibrahim
Postgraduate Research Student
Nusrat Jahan
PhD Researcher
Yuting Jiang
Postgraduate Research Student
Brana Jianu
Postgraduate Research Student and Associate Tutor
Wanwisa Khampanya
Postgraduate Research Student
Yoon Jung Kim
Postgraduate Research Student
Jess Lee
Postgraduate Research Student
Max Li
PhD Researcher
Landy Li
Postgraduate Research Student
Tingyu Liang
PhD Researcher
Dr Gilang Maulana Majid
Postgraduate Research Student
Elisa Mameli
PhD Researcher and Associate Tutor
Luigina Montano
PhD Researcher
Safina Naz
Postgraduate Research Student
Kanokwan Phoaroon
Postgraduate Research Student
Sandro Rero
Postgraduate Research Student
Shoukry Rozek
Postgraduate Research Student
Prosanjit Saha
Postgraduate Research Student
Todd Seo
Postgraduate Research Student
Gregory Shadbolt
PhD Student and Teaching Assistant
Bert Smit
Postgraduate Research Student
Jenny Suno Wu
Postgraduate Research Student
Darina Svobodova
PhD Researcher
Sofie Voss
Postgraduate Researcher
Yiqi Wang
Postgraduate Research Student
Zhenni Wu
PhD researcher
Xiaoyi Xu
Postgraduate Research Student
Yi-Chung Yang
Postgraduate Research Student
Zhongyin Yao
Postgraduate Research Student
Yang Yu
Postgraduate Research Student