Our research projects

Our research is supported by a range of funding bodies, including governmental agencies and both public and private tourism organizations at the national, European, and international levels. The team brings together researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds—tourism studies, hospitality management, the social sciences, history, archaeology, and economics—enabling a rich, interdisciplinary approach.

As a result, our research topics are broad and varied, contributing to a comprehensive and critical understanding of tourism as a multifaceted social, cultural, economic, and spatial phenomenon.

Themes of research conducted at BCTS:

♦ Heritage management (presentation, interpretation, visitor flow management)

♦ Ecological attitudes and behaviours of tourists

♦ Ecological practices of tourism practitioners

♦ Tourism accessibility and social inclusion

♦ Tourism employment and labour and their transformations

♦ Emotional labour

♦ Gender issues in tourism

♦ Transformations in tourism systems

♦ Tourism and biodiversity preservation
♦ Effects of tourism on the wellbeing of tourists and host communities
♦ Tourism governance
This list is not exhaustive.

Some of the research projects we have carried out or contributed to:

Green Erasmus - Environmental impact of student mobilities through Eramus+

Cap-SMART : Smart technologies and tourism employment and labour

BAS - Stereotypes

DeVinc – Tourism-related developmental incomes

BEST - Wellbeing, employment, health and tourism

COST - ToBeWell - Tourism, wellbeing & ecosystem services

Want to learn more about us?

Please contact Anya Diekmann, Head of the research centre, at Anya.Diekmann@ulb.be

Updated on July 24, 2025