Professor Marina Novelli honoured by the Academy of Social Sciences

Professor Marina Novelli was awarded the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences in October 2023. She is one of 47 leading social scientists elected to the Fellowship this autumn.

She recently joined Nottingham University Business School as Professor of Marketing and Tourism. Her expertise is in tourism for sustainable development, and she has led and collaborated on empirically grounded research in over fifty countries in Africa, Europe and Asia.

Through her work, she aims to generate new knowledge on ways in which tourism can play a key role in sustainable development by stimulating local economies, conserving the environment, developing people and changing lives.

Professor Novelli said:

“I am delighted to join this community of distinguished scholars and to be able to benefit from such a prestigious recognition of my work. I look forward to contributing to the Academy’s mission and will proactively continue advocating for the value of social science research in addressing the mounting challenges affecting our society.”

In 2023, Marina became a Selected Member of The World Economic Forum – Global Future Council on the Future of Sustainable Tourism. She is also a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, and an Alternate Member of the UNWTO World Committee on Tourism Ethics (2021-2025).

Marina is an activist researcher and a globally recognised Sustainability Leader, and she served as a Research Exercise Framework (REF2021) panellist for UOA C24: Sport, Tourism and Leisure between 2018 and 2021.

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