Research projects

	Overtourism? Les villes comptent In the current debate about overtourism in European cities, a controversy which could be further fueled by the role o... More...	2021-2025
	Tourism and the changing heritage: case study of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage site This research project studies heritage tourism and development issue in the World Heritage Site (WHS) of Honghe Hani Ric... More...	2017-2021
	Ticino's evolving identity in the process of globalisation: a geo-philosophical approach How do regional realities evolve in a globalized world? The dynamics of urbanization no longer only affect major metropo... More...	2017-2020
	Practices of Disconnection in Banff National Park The research for this doctoral thesis aims at understanding the issues related to disconnection from new information tec... More...	2015 >
	Sport tourism : a playful and multidimensional practice of space This PhD research investigates a contemporary leisure practice -- outdoor sport tourism -- and the multiple ways it enga... More...	2015-2020
	Between Abyss and Metamorphosis: an interdisciplinary approch to the development of tourist resorts Resort development raises not only the question of rise and decline of tourism, but also of the change of place qualitie... More...	2011-2015
	Globalisation of tourism. The extension of the touristic ecumene between 1800 and 2000. Since the beginning of the 19th century, tourism's spatial patterns have dramatically changed: from a system comprising ... More...	2011-2015