Dr Piotr Niewiadomski

Dr Piotr Niewiadomski
Dr Piotr Niewiadomski
Dr Piotr Niewiadomski

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
p.niewiadomski@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272349
Office Address

Geography & Environment

School of Geosciences

University of Aberdeen

St. Mary's Building

Elphinstone Road

AB24 3UF

Aberdeen

Room B24

School/Department
School of Geosciences

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)

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

- Director of MSc in Sustainability Transitions

- Personal Tutor

External Memberships

- Associate Editor of Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Place, Space and Environment

Research

Research Overview

 

The globalisation of services:

- Global production networks (GPNs) of various service trans-national corporations (TNCs)

- Business models, modes of entry and post-entry behaviour of various service TNCs

- Impact of service TNCs and their GPNs on economic development in host countries

- Interactions between service GPNs and various institutional contexts in host countries

The international tourism production system:

- History and development of the hotel industry

- Worldwide expansion, business models and post-entry behaviour of international hotel groups

- Impact of the hotel industry on economic development in host countries

- Interactions between international hotel groups and various institutional contexts in host countries

- Deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation of the international aviation industry

- Business models and global production networks of international airline groups

- Impact of airline groups on economic developmnent in host countries

- Interactions between international airline groups and various institutional contexts in host countries

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 services in fostering post-communist transformations and economic development in CEE

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

 

Course coordination:

MSc in Environmental Partnership Management (PG):

GG5557 - Governance and Political Economy of Sustainability

3rd year Geography (UG):

GG3576 - Globalisation

4th year Geography (UG):

GG4574 - Human Geography Field Course

 

Other teaching responsibilities:

2nd year Geogaphy (UG):

GG2014 - Space, Economy & Society

3rd year Geography (UG):

GG3570 - Concepts in Human Geography

GG3069 - Remote Sensing & Geographical Information Systems

GG3574 - Research Design

4th year Geography (UG):

GG4537 - Geographical Issues

MSc in Environmental Partnership Management (PG):

GG5055 - Collaboration and Partnership 1: Principles

 

Supervisory responsibilities:

Geography (UG):

GG4023 - Geography Dissertation

MSc in Environmental Partnership Management (PG):

GG5911 - Partnership Project / Dissertation

Publications

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  • Economics of tourism

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
  • The expansion of international hotel groups into Central and Eastern Europe after 1989: strategic couplings and local responses

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Tourism and Geopolitics: Issues and Concepts from Central and Eastern Europe. Hall, D. (ed.). CABI International, pp. 115-126, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Knowledge Transfer in the Hotel Industry and the ‘De-locking’ of Central and Eastern Europe

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Tourism Destination Evolution. Brouder, P., Anton Clave, S., Gill, A., Ioannides, D. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 123-148, 26 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • The globalisation of the hotel industry and the variety of emerging capitalisms in Central and Eastern Europe

    Niewiadomski, P.
    European Urban and Regional Studies, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 267-288
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Tourism and sustainable development on the Isle of Eigg, Scotland

    Creaney, R., Niewiadomski, P.
    Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 132, no. 3-4, pp. 210-233
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Towards an economic-geographical approach to the globalisation of the hotel industry

    Niewiadomski, P.
    New Research Paradigms in Tourism Geography. Lew, A. A. (ed.). Routledge
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • International hotel groups and regional development in Central and Eastern Europe

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Tourism Geographies, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 173-191
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Towards an economic-geographical approach to the globalisation of the hotel industry

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Tourism Geographies, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 48-67
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • International airline groups in Africa

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Working Papers: Working Papers
  • Ekspansja międzynarodowych systemów i łańcuchów hotelowych do Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej po 1989 r.

    Niewiadomski, P.
    Turystyka i Hotelarstwo (Tourism and Hotel Industry), vol. 9, pp. 161-210
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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