Promotion of Dr. Sebastian Zenker to Professor (mso)

I take great pleasure in congratulating Sebastian Zenker who has just been promoted to professor (mso).

Sebastian achieved his PhD degree at the University of Hamburg (Germany), where he also worked as an external lecturer (2007–2010). He gained international experience as visiting scholar at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) where he worked as post-doctoral student and visiting assistant professor (2011–2014). Furthermore, he is a member of the interdisciplinary RespectResearchGroup and worked as a senior lecturer at the Technical University Berlin (Germany; 2013–2014). In 2014, he joined CBS. Sebastian is also the academic director (line coordinator) of the MSc Soc Service Management.

In his current research, Sebastian concentrates on places as brands and on the management of such place brands. Furthermore, he is interested in the field of tourism and destination branding, especially in the differences between the place perception between tourists and residents – and the issue of so-called over-tourism. Sebastian’s work was presented at various conferences, book chapters, and international peer-reviewed top-journals, such as the International Journal of Research in Marketing, Tourism Management, and Environment and Planning A.

Congratulations, Sebastian!