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Work experience - university


Senior Lecturer 
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
2019- ongoing:

Department of Sustainable Tourism and Event Management

 

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-  Content designer and educator for the world pioneering (launched in 2019) space tourism course "Responsible Space Tourism" studied by 700+ national and international students.

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- Bachelor thesis campus co-ordinator (2022 - )

Managing both the Finnish and English language Tourism and Event Management degree courses

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Also senior lecturer for courses:

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Aviation Business Environment

Customer Competence in Aviation Business

Customer Insight

Service Design and Branding in Aviation Business

Marketing Communication

Sales and Marketing

Fundamentals and Future in Tourism and Hospitality

Academic Writing - learning camp

Research and Development Skills

Working within the Experience Economy

Future Innovations and Trends

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Other education related work experience

Head of Tourism Education Development

Verkkokoulu.com (virtual online education) (2017-2020)

​TJS Opintokeskus (Finland)

Teaching Personell (UK)

University of Westmister (UK) 

(between 2003-2017)

Work experience - tourism 

Marketing (executive) and operations

FinnGuild Travel (UK), Etraveli (Finland), KILROY travels (Finland), MrTravel (Finland)

(between 2002-2014)

Work experience - marketing 

Customer experience and service desing

Unique Hotels (Estonia), Savoy Hotel (Portugal), Sulake (Finland), LEGO (UK), Kantar Research (UK), Ipsos Mori (UK), Maritz Research (UK), The Finnish Seamen´s Mission (UK), Cupcake Mums (UK)

(between 2008- 2020)

Education

Education

University of Lapland / Multidimensional Tourism Institute

Doctor of Social Sciences / Tourism Research (Space Tourism)

Northern Cultures and Natural Resource Politics Department 

Studies also included “Service Design” and “Arctic Sustainability” 

2015-2022

 

University of Lapland, Finland

Master of Social Science

Tourism Research & Culture

2001-2003

 

University of Westminster, London

Bachelor (Hons) of Arts

Tourism Research & Planning

1997-2000

Pink Sugar

Qualifications

Qualifications

HAMK Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Teacher Qualification

Education

2018-2019

 

Otavan Opisto (Finland)

Delphi Method Certificate 

Futures Research

2019

 

UIT – The Arctic University of Norway

Extractive Arctic University Certificate

Field trips in Siberia, Iceland and Norway

2016-2018

Academic books

Academic books

Sustainable Space Tourism – An Introduction

Author: Annette Toivonen

Channel View Publications UK

Published in  2020

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© 2023 by Annette Toivonen

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