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Ana Maria Mun­ar

Associate Professor

Subjects
Philosophy Ethics Tourism Gender

Primary research areas

Gender stud­ies 
Re­search fo­cused on un­der­stand­ing gender and how to ad­vance equal­ity and in­clu­sion in or­gan­iz­a­tions and aca­demia.
Philo­sophy and psy­cho­ana­lys­is
Re­search­ing the philo­sophy of de­sire and love, Lacani­an psy­cho­ana­lys­is, fem­in­ist philo­sophy, post­struc­tur­al­ism, eth­ics.
Postdis­cip­lin­ar­ity and aca­demia
Ex­per­i­ment­al, cre­at­ive and re­la­tion­al know­ledge pro­cesses. Com­bin­ing lit­er­at­ure, art and know­ledge pro­duc­tion.
Tour­ism stud­ies and ser­vice man­age­ment
Ad­van­cing crit­ic­al tour­ism stud­ies and ap­ply­ing philo­soph­ic­al, so­ci­olo­gic­al, eth­ic­al ap­proaches to travel and ser­vices

Philo­soph­ic­al think­ing and cre­ativ­ity to re­ima­gine the world

My scholarship is postdisciplinary and applies philosophy, psychoanalysis, art and experimental writing to address the question of how to live. My current research focuses on the topics of desire and love, the body, Lacanian psychoanalysis, feminist philosophy, the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy, and relationality. I develop new ways of knowing and foster generous academic communities. One of these is the Critical Tourism Studies network that I co-chaired. I lead creative writing workshops and innovative editorial projects. My gender research contributes to social justice and combines academic publications with advocacy and action research projects. 

I have hold leadership positions in international and national organizations, networks and councils in academia and in tourism studies. For this work, I have received multiple recognitions, including the 2024, Shaw-Mannell Award, University of Waterloo, Canada, for outstanding career research achievements in leisure scholarship.  

Recent research projects

Un­der­stand­ing the body in the post-An­thro­po­cene

Writ­ing the book Body-Bod­ies: Philo­soph­ic­al and Myth­ic­al Med­it­a­tions and de­vel­op­ing re­search col­lab­or­a­tions on Lacani­an psy­cho­ana­lys­is & Jean-Luc Nancy’s philo­sophy. Foun­ded by Carls­berg Found­a­tion. Writ­ing the book "Body-Bod­ies: Philo­soph­ic­al and Myth­ic­al Med­it­a­tions" and de­vel­op­ing re­search.

Outside activities

Uni­ver­sity of Ap­plied Sci­ences (NHTV), Breda , 2017 - 2020

Vis­it­ing pro­fess­or and aca­dem­ic lead­er­ship con­sultancy

Uni­ver­sity of the Balear­ic Is­lands, Spain. , 2006 - 2025

Vis­it­ing pro­fess­or

Maastricht Uni­ver­sity School of Busi­ness and Eco­nom­ics , 2019 - 2019

Con­sultancy on di­versity and equal­ity