PhD Projects

Work in Progress

Exploring the public discourse around Chinese Outbound Tourism in the West – A Swiss Case Study (working title) 

Destination Evolution System (DESy)

2019 – 2023

PhD Student: Lea Hasenzahl 

2019 – 2023

PhD Student: Elide Garbani-Nerini

Defended

iWareBatik: Digital Information System for Enhancing Batik Learning in the Framework of Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Tourism

Analyzing cultural localization in online tourism promotion

The digital birth of an African city: the case of Douala

2018 – 2022

Author: Puspita Ayu Permatasari

2016 – 2020

Author: Dr. Emanuele Mele 

2012 – 2019

Author: Dr. Marta Pucciarelli

Exploring the experiences of instructors teaching massive open online courses in tourism and hospitality : a mixed methods approach

Community multimedia centers in Mozambique exploring and experimenting co-design

 

Gamified Learning in Tourism Education. A Case of Southern African Secondary Schools

2015 – 2018

Author: Prof. Dr. Jingjing Lin 

2011 – 2017

Author: Dr. Salomão David Cumbula

 

 

2011 – 2016

Author: Dr. Asta Audkaite

Social dimensions of public large-scale wi-fi networks : the cases of a municipal and a community wireless network


Social representations of community multimedia centres in Mozambique

 

Confidence in technology use: the development and validation of a technological, pedagogical, and content self-efficacy scale for teachers

2010 – 2018

Author: Dr. Anna Picco-Schwendener

 

2010 – 2014

Author: Dr. Sara Vanini

2009 – 2014

Author: Dr. Franesca Fanni

eLearning courses about national tourism destinations : destination management organizations’ offers and travel agents’ perceptions and motivations

Destination reputation in online media: Covered topics and perceived online dominant opinion

Destination online travel reviews : An argumentative and textual genre perspective

 

2009 – 2013

Author: Dr. Nadzeya Kalbaska

2009 – 2013

Author: Dr. Elena Marchiori

2008 – 2013

Author: Dr. Silvia De Ascaniis

Exploring the Public Discourse on Chinese Outboung Tourism (COT) in the West - A Swiss Case Study (working title)

2019 – 2023

 PhD Student: Lea Hasenzahl

iWareBatik: Digital Information System for Enhancing Batik Learning in the Framework of Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Tourism

2018 – 2022

Author: Dr. Puspita Ayu Permatasari

Analyzing cultural localization in online tourism promotion

2016 – 2020

Author: Dr. Emanuele Mele

The digital birth of an African city: the case of Douala

2012 – 2019

Author: Dr. Marta Pucciarelli

Exploring the experiences of instructors teaching massive open online courses in tourism and hospitality : a mixed methods approach

2015 – 2018

Author: Prof. Dr. Jingjing Lin

Social dimensions of public large-scale wi-fi networks: the cases of a municipal and a community wireless network

2010 – 2018

Author: Dr. Anna Picco-Schwendener

Community multimedia centers in Mozambique exploring and experimenting co-design

2011 – 2017

Author: Dr. Salomão David Cumbula

Gamified Learning in Tourism Education. A Case of Southern African Secondary Schools

2011 – 2016

Author: Dr. Asta Audkaite

 

Social representations of community multimedia centres in Mozambique

2010 – 2014

Author: Dr. Sara Vanini 

 

Destination reputation in online media : Covered topics and perceived online dominant opinion

2009 – 2013

Author: Dr. Elena Marchiori

eLearning courses about national tourism destinations : destination management organizations’ offers and travel agents’ perceptions and motivations

2009 – 2013

Author: Dr. Nadzeya Kalbaska

Confidence in technology use: the development and validation of a technological, pedagogical, and content self-efficacy scale for teachers

2009 – 2014

Author: Dr. Francesca Fanni

 

Destination online travel reviews : An argumentative and textual genre perspective

2008 – 2013

Author: Dr. Silvia De Acaniis