Muzaffer Uysal
Provost Professor, Carney Family Endowed Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, Co-Founding Editor of Tourism Analysis, President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Muzaffer (Muzzo) Uysal, PhD. is a provost professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management – Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. Dr. Uysal is the President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, and a member of the Academy of Leisure Sciences, a founding member of the Hospitality and Tourism Management Academy, and co-founder of Tourism Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Journal. He has also authored and co-authored a significant number of articles, monographs, chapters, and books, related to tourism and hospitality settings. Dr. Uysal has also received over 30 awards, honors, and recognitions including “lifetime achievement” awards. Most recently, Dr. Uysal was recognized as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers under the category of Social Sciences in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Only 0.1% of the world’s researchers earns this distinction.
Workshop: Research Funding: Hard nut to crack?
Professor Levent Altinay will share his experience of successful funding applications to the prestigious funding bodies including EU, Horizon, ESRC (Economic Social Research Council), Newton, British Academy, British Council and TUBITAK. During the workshop, Altinay will cover a wide range of topics including creative idea generation for research funding, formation of multidisciplinary research consortiums, use of networks, research design, dissemination of research findings and the generation of academically robust, practically meaningful research impact.