Department of Hospitality and Events

The Department of Hospitality and Events aims to shape the future of the hospitality and events industry through dynamic research and teaching.

Overview

From robotics and automation to artificial intelligence, our Department works in partnership with industry experts to deliver research and teaching that engages with current trends and challenges. Our dedicated team of researchers also have a particular research focus on themes including: 

  • Innovation and productivity
  • Peer-to-peer platform and sharing economy
  • Talent management.  
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School of Hospitality and Tourism Management research

We have a world-class reputation for our research in hospitality, tourism, transport and events. Our excellent facilities and vibrant research culture attract researchers and doctoral students from around the world, creating a diverse, creative and stimulating research community.

Meet the team

Academic staff

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Dr James Kennell

Head of Department

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Mark Ashton

Associate Professor; University Academic Lead for Employability

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Marco Ciraulo

Associate Professor & Director Industry Research Partnerships

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Dr Emma Delaney

Senior Teaching Fellow, Co-Director of Learning and Teaching

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Professor Anita Eves

Professor of Hospitality Management

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Dr Viachaslau Filimonau

Reader in Hospitality Innovation

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Sylvia Ganbert

Senior Teaching Fellow

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Christy Hehir

Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events (Programme Director for Tourism)

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Karen Kelly

Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management

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Dr James Kennell

Associate Professor in Events & Hospitality

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Dr Bora Kim

Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management; Director of Studies, SHTM

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Dr Yanning Li

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Events, Organisations and Operations

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Dr Erin Ling

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

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Dr Daisy Liu

Senior Lecturer in Hospitality

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Dr Thomas Lunt

Senior Lecturer (Events Management)

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Professor Nigel Morgan

Professor of Social Sustainability

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Dr Pablo Pereira Doel

Lecturer in Hospitality Information Technology; Digital Lab lead; Sustainability fellow and Water program co-lead at the Institute for Sustainability; Visiting Fellow, Center for Tourism Research at Wakayama University (Japan)

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Dr Sumeetra Ramakrishnan

Associate Professor

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Dr Jonathan Skinner

Reader in the Anthropology of Events

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Professor Iis Tussyadiah

Dean of Surrey Business School

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Dr Lorna Wang

Co-Director, Centre for Research on Ageing and Generations, and Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Revenue Management

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Dr Wenqi Wei

Lecturer in Hospitality Management

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Dr Tracy Xu

Associate Professor in Hospitality

Emeritus staff

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Professor Leo Jago

Emeritus Professor

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Professor Andrew Lockwood

Emiritus Professor of Hospitality Management

Visiting staff

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Professor Chris Cowls

Visiting Professor

Professor Paul Pike

Visiting professor

Postgraduate research students

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Abdullah Alnabati

Postgraduate Research Student

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Rachel Chang

Postgraduate research student

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Brana Jianu

Postgraduate Research Student and Associate Tutor

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Wanwisa Khampanya

Postgraduate Research Student

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Dr Youngsoo Kim

PhD researcher

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Ikram Nur Muharam

Postgraduate Research Student

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Darina Svobodova

PhD Researcher

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