Senior Lecturer
- About
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- 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
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- Director of MSc in Sustainability Transitions
- Personal Tutor
- External Memberships
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- Associate Editor of Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Place, Space and Environment
- Research
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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
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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