Dr Piotr Niewiadomski

Biography

1999-2004 - MA, Geography of Tourism and Hotel Business, University of Lodz (Poland)

2005-2006 - MA, Human Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)

2006-2011 - PhD, Economic Geography, The University of Manchester (UK)

2011-2012 - Research Fellow / Tutor in Geography, The University of Manchester (UK)

2012-2014 - Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)

2014-2022 - Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)

2022-to date - Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)

Research Overview

The international tourism production system:

- History and development of the tourism industry

- Worldwide expansion, global production networks, business models and post-entry behaviour of tourism TNCs (i.e.. hotel groups, airlines)

- Economic, environmental, and socio-cultural impacts of tourism

- Interactions between tourism TNCs and various institutional contexts in host countries

- Deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation of the international aviation industry

- Sustainable tourism

Sustainability transitions

- Sustainability transitions and their various forms in different countries

- Factors fostering and/or hampering sustainability/energy transitions

- Governance of sustainability transitions

- Political economy of the natural environment

- Sustainability transitions in tourism

Post-communist transformations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE):

- Political, economic and social aspects of post-communist transformations in CEE

- The emerging variety of post-communist capitalisms in CEE and their path-dependent nature

- The processes of (uneven) economic development in CEE after 1989

- The role of tourism in fostering post-communist transformations and economic development in CEE

Teaching Responsibilities

Course coordination:

MSc Sustainability Transitions:

GG5072 Sustainability Transitions - Challenges and Opportunities

GG5084 Introduction to Energy Transition

GG5557 Governance and Political Economy of Sustainability

3rd/4th year Geography (UG):

GG3576 / GG3587 / GG4586 / GG4587 Globalisation

Other teaching responsibilities:

1st year Geography (UG):

GG1010 Creating the Anthropocene (GG1010)

GG1512 The UN Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Our World

2nd year Geography (UG):

GG2014 Space, Economy & Society

3rd year Geography (UG):

GG3069 Remote Sensing & Geographical Information Systems

GG3574 Research Design

MSc Sustainability Transitions:

GG5516 Research Methods

Supervisory responsibilities:

Geography (UG):

GG4023 Geography Dissertation

MSc Sustainability Transitions:

GG5913 Sustainability Project