Research

Our staff have been at the forefront of applied and academic research for many years with the School held in high regard both nationally and internationally for the quality of its research activity. The volume and diversity of projects undertaken by staff across the School’s three research centres is considerable. Over the past 18 months alone staff have been active in places as far a field as the Caribbean, Southern Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, the United States, Malaysia and South East Asia, and Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

Staff have also been active working for clients in the UK. Projects have recently been completed for a number of local authorities, regional agencies, and national government departments, in addition to the National Trust, National Audit Office, HM Prison Service and the Armed Forces. The School is also home to three prestigious journals, namely the International Journal of Tourism Research, Tourism Economics and the Journal of Foodservice with staff serving on the editorial boards of all related major journals around the world.

By bringing together the experience and expertise of staff in applied practice and academic research, it is the research vision of the School of Services Management to be internationally recognised as a centre of research excellence in the experiential fields of retail, leisure, sport, tourism, events and hospitality by international funding agencies, universities and industry by the year 2012.

Dr Alan Fyall
Deputy Dean: Research & Enterprise

• International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research
• Centre for Event and Sport Research
• The Market Research Group

• Consultancy & Services to Business at BU
• The Bournemouth University Graduate School