ABOUT ME
Dr. Annette Toivonen is one of the world´s leading academic experts on sustainable New Space tourism industry. In 2020 her world pioneering non-fiction book "Sustainable Space Tourism - An Introduction" was published in the United Kingdom by Channel View Publications.
In 2022 she co-authored in non-fiction book "Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism" (edited by Ian Yeoman et al., UK) and also gained her tourism research doctorate on "The emergence on New Space: A grounded theory study of enhancing sustainability in space tourism from the view of Finland" in the University of Lapland, Finland.
Annette has also gained both a BA Hons. (University of Westminster) and MSc (University of Lapland) in tourism research, holds a teacher´s pedagogical qualification and arctic area expertise with "Extractive Arctic Industries Certificate" (The Arctic University of Norway).
For years she has been a regular commentator on New Space tourism industry related updates in both national and international media, having appeared for example in BBC, Deutche Welle, Wall Street Journal, Forbes India, Arab News, Agence France-Presse (AFP), SRG (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation) and YLE News (Finland).
She has also designed the world´s first university course, that combines both space tourism and sustainable development, based on her academic findings and theoretical frameworks, at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)y, where she also currently teaches. Her book "Sustainable Space Tourism - An Introduction" has been a recommended course text book for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida, USA) for "Space Missions and Launch Operations "module since 2022.
New Space industry tourism educator
Keynote / Speaker
URSA Astronomical Association, 2026
Satellite Workshop space conference, 2026
(Aalto University, Finland)
Linköping University, 2025
Laurea University of Applied Sciences, 2025
Satellite Workshop space conference, 2025
(Aalto University, Finland)
Heureka Science Centre, 2024
Finnish Satellite Workshop and Remote Sensing Days, 2024 (Aalto University, Dipoli, Finland)
University of Oulu, 2023
BMW Group (Munich, Germany), 2023
Coeur Conference, 2023
Advanced Materials World Congress (Barcelona, Spain), 2023
Finnish Satellite Workshop and Remote Sensing Days, 2023 (Aalto University, Dipoli, Finland)
ISWEE International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment, 2022 (China)
KCL Space, King´s College London, 2022 (UK)
World Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability, 2022 (Frankfurt, Germany)
StartUp Day, 2022 (Tartu, Estonia)
University of Eastern Finland, 2022 (Finland)
International Space Development Conference, confirmed speaker, 2022 (Washington D.C, USA)
SpaceTalks 3.0, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, 2022 (UK)
World Expo 2020, Finland´s Pavillion, 2022 (Dubai, UAE)
University of Lapland, 2021 (Finland)
Aalto University, 2021 (Finland)
The Interstellar Business Conference, 2021 (London, UK)
Finnish Satellite Workshop and Remote Sensing Days, 2021 (Aalto University, Otaniemi, Finland)
Space Tourism Forum Porvoo, 2020 (Finland)
International Space Development Conference, 2021 (USA)
https://isdc2020.nss.org/home/schedule/speakers/annette-toivonen/
Finnish Travel Fair Matka, 2020 (Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences)
British Estonian Chamber of Commerce: The Future of Tourism, 2019 (Estonia)
ATLAS Business Tourism Conference, 2019 (Finland)
The Future of Tourism Sustainable Transportation 2030, 2018 (Finland)
International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations, 2016 (Finland)
Academic Publications
Journals
(Timeline starting from the first published article)
Finnish Journal of Tourism Research (2017)
Sustainable planning for space tourism
Journal of Sustainable Tourism (2020)
Sustainability dimensions in space tourism: the case of Finland
Sustainable Space Tourism - An Introduction (2020)
Channel View Publications, UK
Space tourism - Science fiction becoming a reality (2021)
Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism
Edited by Ian Yeoman et al.
Channel View Publications, UK
University of Lapland Research (2022)
The emergence of New Space: A grounded theory study enhancing space tourism from the view of Finland
Finnish Journal of Tourism Research (2022)
Sustainability scenarios for the New Space tourism industry
Highlights of Sustainability (2023)
New Space tourism Sustainability as an Evolving concept
The Academic (2023)
The environmental cost of New Space tourism
E-Signals (2024)
Time travelling to year 2050
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) USA (2021-2023)
Editorial Review Board Member
Virtual Economics (2023 - )
Academic Peer Reviewer for global space tourism research
(Academic journals and books)
Acta Astronautica/ Elsevier (2026)
European Journal of Tourism Research (2026)
Tourism Recreation Research/ Routledge (2026)
International Journal of Tourism Research/ Wiley (2026)
Information Technology & Tourism/ Springer Nature (2026)
Journal of Sustainable Tourism / Taylor & Francis (2025)
Finnish Journal of Tourism Research (2025)
Polar Journal / Taylor & Francis (2025)
AI and Ethics / Springer Nature (2025)
Discover Cities/ Springer Nature (2025)
Discover Global Society/ Springer Nature (2025)
Transport Policy/ Elsevier (2025)
Managerial Finance/ Emerald Publishing (2025)
Tourism Geographics / Taylor & Francis (2025)
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (2025)
Discover Sustainability / Springer Nature (2024)
Acta Astronautica/ Elsevier (2024)
Book chapter: Palgrave MacMillan (2024)
Book chapter: Channel View Publications (2024)
Book chapter: Springer International (2024)
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Wiley (2024)
Development Southern Africa / Taylor & Francis (2024)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research/ Springer
(2022-2024)
Journal of Sustainable Tourism / Taylor & Francis (2020)
Island Studies Journal (2019)