ROMAO JOAO

João Romão is an Associate Professor in tourism, urban studies and regional science at Yasuda Women's University (Hiroshima, Japan), with a long experience as a consultant for public and private institutions in related fields. His PHD in Tourism at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Algarve (Portugal) has been completed in 2012 and since then he has more than 50 publications (about 1500 citations), in the fields of tourism, environment, urban and regional studies. His work also includes of a book (Springer), along with frequent editorial work and the organization of academic events. He has a strong interest in innovation dynamics, creative economies and sustainable development, often applying spatial econometric methods and integrating concepts from new tendencies in economic geography into tourism studies.

João has editorial tasks in different academic journals, he is a founding member of the Regional Science Academy and a co-chair of the cluster on Tourism, Leisure and Recreation of NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research). He has worked in different countries (Portugal, USA, Netherlands and Japan) and has been involved in different multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. His teaching experiences in Portugal and Japan are related to tourism, hospitality and economic geography, with a strong focus on digital transformations and sustainability.