Work experience in education sector
Space Tourism Teacher
“Responsible Space Tourism”
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) 2019 -
The space tourism module is divided into six units, with the first half going through the status of the current industry in terms of technical aspects, followed by the ethical concerns and company responsibility factors and then moving on to explore issues related to economic sustainability in space tourism.
The other half provides aspects related to environmental sustainability, space tourism legislation and lastly provides insights for understanding weak signals and future scenario planning in form of sustainability. At the end of the module, students will have gained an understanding of a new framework research tool (Toivonen, 2017) used for designing a sustainable future in the tourism industry and also valuable space tourism knowledge.
Work experience in education sector
Head of Tourism Education Development
Verkkokoulu.com (virtual online education) (2017-2020)
Other education related:
TJS Opintokeskus (Finland), Teaching Personell (UK), University of Westmister (UK)
(between 2003-2017)
Work experience in tourism sector
Travel agency marketing (executive) and operations
FinnGuild Travel (UK), Etraveli (Finland), KILROY travels (Finland), MrTravel (Finland)
(between 2002-2014)
Work experience in market research
Customer experience and marketing consultant (freelance)
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
PhD Candidate in Tourism Research (Sustainable Space Tourism)
Northern Cultures and Natural Resource Politics Department
Studies also in “Service Design” and “Arctic Sustainability”
2015-2020
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

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

Space Tourism Book
Space Tourism Book
Sustainable Space Tourism – An Introduction
Author: Annette Toivonen
Channel View Publications UK
Published in (later) 2020
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