Dr Timothy Stone

Biography

I joined the University of Aberdeen Business School in 2007 having previously held academic posts at the University of Stirling and City College Norwich. I have also worked in retail and the not-for-profit sector.

I hold an undergraduate degree in marketing from the University of Stirling, in which I also studied management and philosophy. Thereafter, I was awarded a Faculty Scholarship to study for a PhD at the University of Stirling under the supervision of Professor Douglas Brownlie and Dr Paul Hewer. My thesis attempted to better understand elderly consumer’s cultural experiences of care homes.

My current research interests are within marketing theory and consumer research.

Internal Memberships

I am currently the UG Business Management Go Abroad Tutor.

Research Overview

My primary research interests are located within marketing theory and consumer research.

Previous research projects have focussed upon:

(~) Dwelling and rural tourism development.

(~) Consumer's emic perspectives on the extended self.

(~) Theoretical reflections upon consumption, ageing and dementia.

(~) The role of consumer introspection theory (CIT) within consumer research.

(~) What it means to be an elderly consumer within a care home.

Current Research

Manuscripts under review:

(~) Pusaksrikit, T., Stone, T. & Pongsakornrungsilp, S. to Marketing Theory.

(~) Stone, T., Gould, S. and Patterson, A. to Annals of Tourism Research.

Manuscripts in progress:

(~) Stone, T. & Gould, S. to Ruvio, A. A. & Belk, R. W. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Identity and Consumption.

I am interested in supervising PhD research in the following subject areas:

(~) Branding.

(~) Consumer introspection theory.

(~) Historical marketing.

(~) Anthropology of consumption.

Past Research

Former PhD students:

(~) Dr. Temitope Bodunrin. The Practice of Mindfulness and its Implication for Transformative Consumer Research. Passed with Minor Corrections.

(~) Dr. Xiaoqing (Joyce) Chen. A Phenomenological Understanding of Rural Tourism: A Case Study of a Chinese Village. Passed with Minor Corrections.

Collaborations

I have been involved in collaborative research projects with the following not-for-profit organisations:

(~) Centre for Tobacco Control.

(~) European Union.

(~) Grounds for Learning.

(~) World Wide Fund for Nature.

Enquiries about future collaborations would be welcome from for-profit or not-for-profit organisations that are engaged in providing/promoting:

(~) End of life care.

(~) Religious/Spiritual values.

Teaching Responsibilities

Postgraduate - MSc Marketing Management

(~) BU5573 Marketing Communications (Course Coordinator).

(~) BU5572 Consumer Behaviour (Course Coordinator).

Undergraduate - MA Management

(~) MS2006 Marketing (Course Coordinator).