Antonio Paolo Russo

Antonio Paolo Russo is Professor of Urban Geography and Serra Húnter Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona. He is the coordinator of the PhD program in Tourism and Leisure of the Faculty of Tourism and Geography, and lectures in under- and postgraduate courses on destination management and cultural tourism. Dr. Russo is author of more than 40 publications in academic journals and books on research topics that range from tourism studies to cultural and urban geography. He is member of the research group GRATET, with which he leads or participates in national and international research projects, the most recent being the H2020 project ‘SMARTDEST’ tackling tourism mobilities and social exclusion (2020-2024). He also coordinates the Special Interest Group “Space Place Mobilities in Tourism” in ATLAS, and is a regular advisor for local governments and international institutions.