Dr. Fabio Carbone Ambassador-at-Large of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism IIPT
Dr. Carbone is Associate researcher of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR). COVENTRY UNIVERSITY UK
Main current positions:
Lecturer in International Tourism Management
Director of the International Tourism Management Top-Up, BA (Hons)
Faculty of Business and Law – School of Marketing and Management Coventry University, UK
Integrated Member of the Research Unit “Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), University of Aveiro, Portugal
Ambassador-at-Large of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) & Representative and IIPT’s Special Envoy for Iran
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Lecturer in International Tourism Management at the Coventry University (UK), researcher and recently appointed Ambassador-at-Large of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) for his commitment in the field of cultural heritage tourism and intercultural dialogue.
His professional career is first and foremost based on a strong humanistic background. He started as an archaeologist. Later, his interest in Cultural Heritage Management drove him to the area of Heritage Tourism. In the latter area he has successfully completed a Master in Management and Tourism Development (University of Aveiro, 2006) and later – with distinction – a European PhD (University of Aveiro, 2005). His doctoral research focused on Cultural Heritage Quality Management & Tourism, obtained the honorific mention of Doctor Europaeus with distinction. At the same time, he obtained a diploma in “International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy” by the ICD – Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, in Berlin.
He has an extensive experience both as a practitioner and as academic in the field of cultural heritage and tourism. He was project manager and consultant for public and private bodies, and he was founder and leader of a non-profit organization, HERA (www.heraonline.org), promoting cultural projects co-financed by the European Commission. In Portugal, he was an invited member of the direction board of Dante Alighieri Society, Italian institution promoting activities of cultural diplomacy worldwide. He has already sat on many scientific board worldwide for the organisation of events such as the International Conference GEOGRAPHIES FOR PEACE (Bolivia), INVTUR2017 (Portugal) among others. He is an awarded reviewer for the international journal “Tourism Management” with the Outstanding Reviewer Status (2015), as well as for the Journal of “International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development”, and the “International Journal of Tourism Cities”.
Among his professional affiliations, the GOVCOPP – Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, DEGEI, University of Aveiro (Portugal); Geosciences Centre, University of Coimbra (Portugal); Italian Group of Geoarchaeology. He belongs to the scientific commission of the JEAN MONNET Department of European Studies (Locarno, Switzerland), and he is member of the Forum UNESCO – University & Heritage (University of Valencia, Spain), as well as observer member of the Portuguese Steering Committee for HERITY – World Organisation for the Certification of Quality Management of Cultural Heritage.
He has a special dedication to volunteering, both at local and international level. In 2003, he was European Volunteer, within the European Volunteer Service, and since that time he has collaborated in many voluntary humanitarian projects in countries like Serbia and with pro bono consulting for non-profit organizations in Bangladesh. He is also supporter of the UN Refugees Agency, and he belongs to the international UN Volunteers database, to serve in UN missions of Humanitarian Assistance and UN peacekeeping operation.
EDUCATION
European PhD in Tourism* 2011 – 2015
Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal (Supervisors: Luiz Oosterbeek, Carlos Costa, Ana Maria Ferreira)
- Dissertation: Quality Management Applied to Archaeological Heritage. Analysis of Managers’ Perception and Social Impacts for Tourism and Local Communities
*Approved with Honorary Distinction Award
MSc in Management and Heritage Tourism Development 2004 – 2006
Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Dissertation: Archaeology, Tourism and Sustainable Development, A New Model for Archaeological Heritage Management
BSc in Archaeology (Humanities and Philosophy) 1998 – 2003
Department of Archaeology and History, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
- Dissertation: Contribution to the Enhancement of Archaeological Heritage in the Marchesato Crotonese: Christian Sanctuaries
Other Credentials
Postgraduation in Advanced Academic Practice in Higher Education (PGCAPHE, Coventry University,UK, 2018)
Certified Diploma in International Relations & Cultural Diplomacy
(Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, 2015)
Internship at the central office of HERITY – International Non-Governmental Organisation for Quality Management of Cultural Heritage, Rome (Italy, 2013-2014)
Erasmus Intensive Programme in “Global Quality Heritage Management” (2013)
- Diploma conferred by the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar and Museum of Prehistoric Art of Mação, Portugal
Erasmus Intensive Programme in “Integrated Landscape Management for Sustainable Development” (2009)
- Diploma conferred by the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar at Museum of Prehistoric Art of Mação, Portugal
“Strategy for Social Inclusion of the Youth in Action Programme” (2009)
- “Regional Forum of the National Strategy for Social Inclusion of the Youth in Action Programme”, course offered by the National Agency for the Management of the Youth in Action Programme.
“Leadership, Motivation And Effective Management Of Human Resources”;
“Management And Conflicts Resolution” (2006)
- Diplomas conferred by the Vocational Training Centre of Aveiro, Portugal