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Teacher
Fiona Eva Bakas

Fiona Eva Bakas
fio***@ulusofona.pt
311C-BB06-BCE6
0000-0002-5699-8178

Resume

Fiona Eva Bakas completed her PhD Tourism and Gender in 2015 at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She received an MSc Ecotourism (distinction) in 2004 at University of Portsmouth (UK) School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and completed a BSc (Hons) in Plant Biotechnology and European Studies (German) in 1999 at the University of Nottingham, UK. She has over 20 years of varied work experience (in the tourism industry, academia, financial sector) and is now an assistant professor in tourism at Lusofona University, Lisbon and an adjunct lecturer in tourism at Dalarna University, Sweden. She has published 17 articles in journals on aspects of creative and cultural tourism, gender in tourism labour, qualitative methodologies, handicrafts, entrepreneurship, rural tourism, ecotourism, and feminist economics. She has co-authored 5 book chapters and authored 1 book chapter. She has presented orally at 18 conferences and produced one conference poster.Fiona has produced 1 online magazine article and 1 online resource article. She has organized 8 events and received 4 awards. She has worked as Post-doctoral Fellow in 1 project and Research Fellow in 1 project. Fiona works in the area of Social Sciences with emphasis on Economics, Business, Anthropology and Cultural Geography. In her professional activities, Fiona has interacted with 36 collaborator(s) in the co-authorship of scientific papers. She is bilingual in English and Greek, speaks Portuguese and German and has traveled widely for work, study and leisure.

Graus

  • Licenciatura
    BSc (Hons) Plant Biotechnology and European Studies (German)
  • Mestrado
    MSc Ecotourism
  • Doutoramento
    PhD Tourism and Gender

Publicações

Magazine article

  • 2005-01-03, An investigation into consumer attitudes to ecocertification: a case study of Lake Plastira, Greece, Ecoclub magazine

Journal article

  • 2022-10-23, Who are the language tourists? A factor-cluster analysis based on language-related attitudes, beliefs, and travel outcomes, International Journal of Tourism Research
  • 2022-05-02, Analysing creative tourism activities using ePortfolios, a multimedia research tool., International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research
  • 2021-01-22, Creative Tourism Development Models towards Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism, Sustainability
  • 2019-12-02, The social utility of small-scale art festivals with creative tourism in Portugal, International Journal of Event and Festival Management
  • 2019-07-03, Why is research–practice collaboration so challenging to achieve? A creative tourism experiment, Tourism Geographies
  • 2019, Emerging scholar profile, e-Review of Tourism Research
  • 2018-12, Development of rural areas and small cities through creative tourism: The CREATOUR project, Anais Brasileiros de Estudos Turísticos (ABET)
  • 2018-06-11, Creative tourism: catalysing artisan entrepreneur networks in rural Portugal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
  • 2018-04-01, The Political Economy of Tourism: Children's Neglected Role, Tourism Analysis
  • 2018-03, A Critical Approach to the Gender Wage Gap in Tourism Labor, Tourism Culture & Communication
  • 2018, The political economy of tourism: Children'S neglected role, Tourism Analysis
  • 2018, A critical approach to the gender wage gap in tourism labor, Tourism, Culture and Communication
  • 2017-03, Community resilience through entrepreneurship: the role of gender, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
  • 2017, ‘Emotional’ female managers: How gendered roles influence tourism management discourse, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • 2017, ‘A beautiful mess’: Reciprocity and positionality in gender and tourism research, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • 2017, Gender, flexibility and the ‘ideal tourism worker’, Annals of Tourism Research
  • 2016-09, Through the gender looking-glass: Brazilian tourism entrepreneurs, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
  • 2016, Performing a thematic analysis: An exploratory study about managers’ perceptions on gender equality, Qualitative Report
  • 2015-04-01, ‘Walking on broken glass’: the changing nature of gendered constraints to career development and performance, Special issue on Gender and Tourism, Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento
  • 2015-04-01, The importance of investigating the role of gender in tourism’s resilience to an economic crisis, Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento
  • 2015-04-01, Gender equality measures in tourism: Organisational awareness and strategies, Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento

Thesis / Dissertation

  • 2015-05-16, PhD, Tourism, female entrepreneurship and gender: Crafting new economic realities in rural Greece.

Book chapter

  • 2022, Why is research practice collaboration so challenging to achieve? A creative tourism experiment., Qualitative Methodologies in Tourism Studies - Disrupting and Co-creating Critical Research, Routledge
  • 2021, User-centred design for creative tourism prototyping: the Maribor experience., Creative tourism: activating cultural resources and engaging creative travellers, CABI
  • 2021, Connecting local artisans to tourism in extra-metropolitan areas: the importance of social embeddedness., Creative tourism: activating cultural resources and engaging creative travellers, CABI
  • 2020, Creative tourism micro-entrepreneurs in Portugal, Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
  • 2020, Creative Tourism: A Humanistic Paradigm in Practice, Shaping a humanistic perspective for the tourism industry, Routledge
  • 2020, Connecting to place through creative tourism., Creative Tourism Dynamics: Connecting Travellers, Communities, Cultures, and Places., Editora Grácio
  • 2018, “Female Charm”: Women’s role in tourism internationalization, innovation, and networking strategies, Global Dynamics in Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality , 4, IGI Global
  • 2018, ‘Crafting an entrance’: Gender’s role in gaining and maintaining access in tourism ethnography and knowledge creation
  • 2018, 'Crafting an entrance'. Gender's Role in Gaining and Maintaining Access in Tourism Ethnography and Knowledge Creation, Tourism Ethnographies: Ethics, Methods, Application and Reflexivity, 1st Edition, 1, Routledge
  • 2018, 'An uneasy truth?': female tourism managers and organizational gender equality measures in Portugal., Gender equality and tourism: beyond empowerment, CABI
  • 2017, Citizens of the world: Brazilian women’s performances in independent travel, Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 1, Apple Academic Press

Encyclopedia entry

  • Discrimination, Encyclopaedia of Tourism Management and Marketing,

Online resource

  • 2015-04-01, Gender and Tourism Seasonality, http://equalityintourism.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Fiona-Bakas-Gender-Seasonality-final.pdf.

Conference abstract

  • 2019, ‘Innovative development processes within cultural tourism: CREATOUR and the Portuguese creative tourism network’ , 6th International Conference “Cultural and Tourism Innovation: Integration and Digital Transition”
  • 2019, Creative tourism development models in CREATOUR, 3rd CREATOUR conference ‘Creative Tourism Dynamics: Connecting Travelers, Communities, Cultures and Places’
  • 2018, Out of money and out of time: How Female Tourism Micro-Entrepreneurs in Greece Attain Sustainability in a Crisis, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
  • 2018, Creatour: Creative Tourism Initiatives As a Tool to Promote Sustainable Rural Futures in Portugal, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
  • 2018, Creative tourism and transformative travel, 1st Buddhist Tourism Conference
  • 2017, ‘Will the ‘ideal tourism worker’ please stand up? Analysing gender essentialism within tourism workforce recruitment through flexibility discourse, Critical Tourism Studies Conference VII
  • 2016-12-12, A methodology to actively break the uncomfortable silence on gender among tourism managers in Portugal., Gender, Work and Organisation 9th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference, 29th June
  • 2016, ‘Messy knowledge’, 1st International Gender Studies Congress
  • 2016, ‘Emotional managers’. Challenging the masculine norm within tourism management discourse.’ , 1st International Gender Studies Congress
  • 2015, The maid, the driver and the manager: A gendered tale of tourism labour realities in Portugal., Critical Tourism Conference VI
  • 2015, A critical approach to tourism entrepreneurship: Contemporary Portugal., Touravel ’15 Conference
  • 2014, ‘Shifting politico-economic landscapes of gender roles for female handicraft tourism entrepreneurs in Greece’. , Women’s World Congress
  • 2014, Women´s Empowerment through Formal and Non-Formal Education: A Panel- Workshop Combo, Women´s World Congress
  • 2013, ‘Re-negotiation of Gender Roles and Relations Related to Social Reproduction in Tourism Handicraft Entrepreneurs: Greek Ethnographic Studies’, Research Colloquium - At a Crossroads: Reconsidering Gender and Identities
  • 2013, ‘Crafty Negotiations: Handicraft tourism entrepreneurs’ renegotiation of gender roles in the midst of an economic crisis’, Critical Tourism Studies V Conference
  • 2013, Cultural destinations and the role of gender in sustainable tourism development: focusing on handicraft entrepreneurs’, Critical Tourism Studies V Conference
  • 2012, “Theory building in international entrepreneurship: issues,challenges and contributions” , 15th Annual McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference
  • 2012, ‘Exploring the relationship between women's tourism handicraft entrepreneurship and gender roles and relations in Greece.’, International Conference of Tourism (ICOT )

Conference poster

  • 2018-11-29, Maps, Mosaics, Layers and Fragments: Traversing the digital landscape of cultural mapping projects, International Cultural Mapping Congress

Other output

  • 2019-12-05, Instant Report for IdeaLab 6.0 - Sustainability of the CREATOUR network, Report recording the discussions of a CREATOUR interregional focus group discussing how the CREATOUR network can remain sustainable. Key insights and future actions disseminated.
  • 2019-01-07, Instant Report for IdeaLab 5.0 Centro, Report combining texts and photos of the IdeaLab 5.0.

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