Dr Claudia Melis
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: C.Melis@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5486
Dr. Claudia Melis completed her Ph.D in Tourism Hospitality and Events at the University of Sunderland. Prior to joining Liverpool John Moores University in 2018 she was employed at the University of Bedfordshire and served as a graduate research assistant at the University of Cagliari. She holds a Master degree in Business and administration and in Management of cultural, environmental and touristic resources from the University of Cagliari (Italy).
Claudia Melis is a Senior Lecturer at LJMU for the BA (Hons) Events Management and Tourism Management undergraduate degree programme and for the MSc in International Tourism Management. She has supervised both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.
Her research interests are in cultural and heritage representations and the intersections with tourism and events; tourism/events policy, politics and power; festivals experience (with particular focus on performance and embodiment); World Intangible Cultural Heritage; the links between festivals, community and identity; events social impacts; conceptual/theoretical research, Foucauldian and Deleuzian frameworks and methodologies.
Languages
English
Italian
Degrees
2018, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom, Ph.D
University of Cagliari, Italy, MSc Business and Administration
University of Cagliari, Italy, MSc in Management of cultural, environmental and touristic resources
University of Cagliari, Italy, BSc in Business and Economics
Academic appointments
Lecturer, Tourism Hospitality and Events, University of Bedfordshire, 2019 - 2018
Research student and graduate research assistant, Faculty of economics, University of Cagliari, 2012 - present
Scholarly edition
Melis C, Panayiotopoulos A. 2024. Special Issue: Tourism and Partnership Fields Publisher Url
Other
Houlden N, Royce M, Al Khateeb A, Melis C. 2022. Don’t be a sage, get off the stage: the evolving role of the business educator Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Journal article
Melis C, Wise N, Badurina JD. 2022. Geo-political complexities of governmentality and Balkanism: Deconstructing UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage discourses Political Geography, 95 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Melis C, Chambers D. 2021. The construction of intangible cultural heritage: A Foucauldian critique Annals of Tourism Research, 89 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wise NA, Melis C, Jimura T. 2020. Liverpool’s Urban Imaginary: The Beatles and Tourism Fanscapes The Journal of Popular Culture, 52 :1433-1450 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Giudici E, Melis C, Dessì S, Francine Pollnow Galvao Ramos B. 2013. Is intangible cultural heritage able to promote sustainability in tourism? Mi Dahlgaard Park S. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 5 :101-114 DOI Publisher Url
Panayiotopoulos A, Melis C. Tourism and Partnership Fields - A Summary Tourism, Culture and Communication, 24 DOI Publisher Url
Melis C, Panayiotopoulos A. An Introduction to Tourism and Partnership Fields Melis C, Panayiotopoulos A. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 24 DOI Publisher Url
Melis C. Concepts without image, knowing without representing. Lessons learned from Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari Tourism, Culture and Communication, 20 DOI Publisher Url
Chapters
Melis C. 2020. City on Fire: Deterritorialisation and Becoming at Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival Urban Book Series :111-123 DOI Publisher Url
Melis C, Guidici E. 2014. Is Barter a Strategic Response to the Global Capitalist Crisis? Capitalism and the Social Relationship :265-277 Palgrave Macmillan UK 9781349459490 DOI Publisher Url
Melis C, Giudici E, Dettori A. 2013. Revitalizing the Barter: The Case of Sardex.Net Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation :129-136 Springer Berlin Heidelberg 9783642372278 DOI Publisher Url
Dessì S, Melis C, Giudici E. 2012. Exploring the Effectiveness of Web Ads Via Greenwald and Leavitt’s Involvement Model Information Systems: Crossroads for Organization, Management, Accounting and Engineering :165-172 Physica-Verlag HD 9783790827880 DOI Publisher Url
Melis C, Guidici E. Is Barter a Strategic Response to the Global Capitalist Crisis? Capitalism and the Social Relationship Palgrave Macmillan 9781137325709 DOI Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Oral, Menorca, Balearic Islands, CTS (Critical Tourism Studies), Sailing WITH the relict of Ship Galeb: a rhizomatic reading of Post-war heritage. 2022
Oral presentation, University of Sunderland, Sunderland Research Symposium, Exploring performative and pre-discursive dimensions of ICH heritage. A Deleuzian account.. 2019
Oral presentation, Palma de Mallorca, VII CTS Conference Palma de Mallorca, Interrogating Discourses of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Insights from Scotland. 2017
Poster presentation, University of Sunderland, Sunderland Research Conference 2017, Representations of Intangible cultural Heritage and the Implications for tourism. 2017
Oral presentation, University of Sunderland, Sunderland Tourism Research Symposium, Representation of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Discourses from Scotland and Sardinia. 2017
Oral presentation, Oxford, ATHE Conference Ph.D. Colloquium, Representations of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Implications for Tourism. 2015
Workshop organizer, Orlando, Florida, AOM Academy of Management, Annual Meeting 2013, A new challenge for teachers: looking for teaching tools to interact with today’s virtual students.. 2015
Workshop organizer, Philadelphia, Pennsilvanya, AOM Academy of Management Annual meeting, Using the power of spiritual and religious words to create a sustainable and responsible world. 2014
Oral presentation, Palma de Mallorca, UIB Congress-Tribute to Jafar Jafari conference, The Cultural Tourism Research Trend. Where Are We Going. 2013
Oral presentation, Novi Sad, Serbia, 14th WCTA Conference, Exploring Existential Authenticity in Sardinias’ Mamuthones and Issohadores Carnival. 2013
Oral presentation, Cardiff, 4th DBM International Conference, Branding Sardinia’s Holy Week. 2012
Oral presentation, Rome, 9th AIS Conference, Italian chapter, Revitalizing the Barter, the Case of Sardex. Net. 2012
Oral presentation, Poznan, Poland, QMOD Conference, Is Intangible Cultural Heritage Able to promote Sustainability In Tourism?. 2012
Oral presentation, Rome, AIS Conference, Italian Chapter, Exploring the Effectiveness of Web Advertising via Greenwald and Leavitt Involvement Model. 2011