szemarktg
Institut for Afsætningsøkonomi
- Center for Tourism and Culture Management (TCM)

Sebastian opnåede sin doktorgrad ved University of Hamborg (Tyskland), hvor han også arbejdede som ekstern lektor (2007–2010). Han fik international erfaring som gæsteforsker ved Erasmus University Rotterdam (Holland), hvor han arbejdede som postdoktor og gæstende Assistent Professor (2011–2014). Desuden er han medlem af den tværfaglige RespectResearchGroup og arbejdede som universitetslektor ved Technical University Berlin (Tyskland; 2013–2014).
I sin nuværende forskning koncentrerer han sig om steder som brands, og på styringen af disse place brands. Desuden er han interesseret i turisme og branding af destinationer, især med hensyn til krisestyring, eller i forskellene mellem stedsopfattelsen mellem turister og beboere - og spørgsmålet om såkaldt overturisme. Sebastians arbejde er blevet præsenteret på forskellige konferencer, i bogkapitler og internationale peer-reviewed top-tidsskrifter, såsom International Journal of Research in Marketing, Tourism Management og Environment and Planning A.
- Crisis management
- Over-Tourism
- Tourism and destination brands
- Place marketing and branding (especially city branding)
- Participatory place marketing
- Brand complexity and brand management
“Sebastian is the Academic Director (line coordinator) of the Master in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Touristic Servicescapes and Spatial Design
- Tourism & Hospitality Project Thesis
- City Branding and Tourism
To insure an effective supervision, Sebastian is supervising a maximum of three master theses per year. He has supervised several theses at different universities (CBS, University of Hamburg and Erasmus University Rotterdam) and is currently only supervising place marketing and/or tourism topics. Due to his research background, he prefers more quantitative approaches. Furthermore, he only supervises in English.
If you want to suggest a master thesis topic, please write a short summery of your research question including an argumentation for its scientific relevance.
- Zenker, S.; Kock, F. (2020): The coronavirus pandemic: A critical discussion of a tourism research agenda. Tourism Management, 81: 12.2020.
- Zenker, S.; von Wallpach, S.; Braun, E.; Vallaster, C. (2019): How the refugee crisis impacts the decision structure of tourists: A cross-country scenario study. Tourism Management, 71(April): 197-212.
- Zenker, S.; Braun, E.; Petersen, S. (2017). Branding the destination versus the place: The effects of brand complexity and identification for residents and visitors. Tourism Management, 58: 15-27.
- Erfgen, C.; Zenker, S.; Sattler, H. (2015). The vampire effect: When do celebrity endorsers harm brand recall? International Journal of Research in Marketing, 32(2): 155-163.
- Petersen, S.; Schroijen, M.; Moelders, C.; Zenker, S.; Van den Bergh, O. (2014). Interoceptive categorization: the role of perceptual organization on processing sensations from inside. Psychological Science, 25(5): 1059-1066.
- Zenker, S.; Petersen, S. (2014). An integrative theoretical model for improving resident-city identification. Environment and Planning A, 46(3): 715-729.
- Schnittka, O.; Sattler, H.; Zenker, S. (2012). Advanced brand concept maps: a new approach for evaluating the favorability of brand association networks. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 29(3): 265-274.
I: Journal of Business Research, Vol. 138, 1.2022, s. 335-346
I: A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism. red. /Jan van der Borg. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2022, s. 281-293
I: Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 100, 2022, 5 s., s. A1-A5
I: Tourism Management, Vol. 93, 12.2022, s. 1-14
I: Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands: Identity and Image . . red. /Nicolas Papadopoulos ; Mark Cleveland. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021, s. 63-75
I: Tourism Management, Vol. 84, 6.2021
Abstract from 29th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2021
I: International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol. 94, 4.2021
I: Tourism Management, Vol. 81, 12.2020
I: Tourism Management, Vol. 71, 4.2019, s. 197-212
I: Proceedings of the ASPA 2019 Annual Conference2019
I: Cultural Heritage. red. /Adriana Campelo; Laura Reynolds; Adam Lindgreen; Michael B. Beverland. Abingdon : Routledge 2018, s. 115-128
I: Praxishandbuch City- und Stadtmarketing. red. /Heribert Meffert; Bernadette Spinnen; Jürgen Block. Wiesbaden : Springer 2018, s. 69-76
I: Cities, Vol. 80, 2018, 3 s., s. 1-3
I: Cities, Vol. 80, 10.2018, s. 22-28
I: Environment and Planning C: Government & Policy, Vol. 36, Nr. 5, 2018, s. 916-936
I: Cities, Vol. 80, 10.2018, s. 53-60
I: 2018 Global Marketing Conference at Tokyo Proceedings. red. /Jeonghye Choi. Seoul : Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations 2018, s. 635-636 (Global Marketing Conference Proceedings)
I: Tourism Management, Vol. 58, 2.2017, s. 15-27
Paper presented at The 2nd Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association, 2017
I: Städte als Marken 2: Herausforderungen und Horizonte. . red. /Thorsten Kausch; Peter Pirck; Peter Strahlendorf. Hamburg : New Business Verlag 2017, s. 26-31
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 10, Nr. 3, 2017, s. 270-287
Abstract from 13th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations:, 2017
2017
Abstract from The Inaugural Conference of the International Place Branding Association, 2016
I: Proceedings of the 3rd Corfu Symposium on Managing & Marketing Places: Thinking and Re-thinking About Places. . red. /Heather Skinner; Alex Christou; Pepé Soomers; Christina Panagiotidou. Manchester : Institute of Place Management 2016, s. 108-111
Abstract from The Inaugural Conference of the International Place Branding Association, 2016
I: Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Vol. 12, Nr. 1, 2016, 4 s., s. 1-4
Paper presented at EGPA Annual Conference 2016, 2016
I: Public Marketing, Vol. 8, 2016, s. 21
Paper presented at The 3rd Institute of Place Management Conference 2015, 2015
Cham : Springer Science+Business Media 2015, 184 s.
I: Inter-Regional Place Branding: Best Practices, Challenges and Solutions. . red. /Sebastian Zenker; Björn P. Jacobsen. Cham : Springer Science+Business Media 2015, s. 1-11
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 8, Nr. 1, 2015, s. 63-68
I: Inter-Regional Place Branding: Best Practices, Challenges and Solutions. . red. /Sebastian Zenker; Björn P. Jacobsen. Cham : Springer Science+Business Media 2015, s. 25-37
I: Rethinking Place Branding : Comprehensive Brand Development for Cities and Regions. . red. /Mihalis Kavaratzis; Gary Warnaby; Gregory J. Ashworth. Cham : Springer Science+Business Media 2015, s. 211-223
I: International Journal of Research in Marketing, Vol. 32, Nr. 2, 2015, s. 155-163
Paper presented at The 3rd Institute of Place Management Conference 2015, 2015
I: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 46, Nr. 3, 2014, s. 715-729
I: Psychological Science, Vol. 25, Nr. 5, 2014, s. 1059-1066
I: Cities, Vol. 38, 6.2014, s. 11-17
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 7, Nr. 3, 2014
I: Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Vol. 10, Nr. 2, 5.2014, s. 158-166
Paper presented at AMA Summer Marketing Educators' Conference 2014, 2014
Paper presented at Conference on Interregional Place Branding, 2014
I: Psychology & Marketing, Vol. 31, Nr. 3, 3.2014, s. 184–202
I: Städte als Marken: Strategie und Management. . red. /Thorsten Kausch; Peter Pirck; Peter Strahlendorf. Hamburg : New Business Verlag 2013, s. 14-19
I: Journal of Brand Management, Vol. 20, Nr. 8, 9.2013, s. 642-655
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 6, Nr. 1, 2013, s. 18-28
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 6, Nr. 1, 2013, s. 6-17
I: Cities, Vol. 30, 2.2013, s. 133-139
I: Cities, Vol. 31, 4.2013, s. 156-164
I: International Journal of Research in Marketing, Vol. 29, Nr. 3, 2012, s. 265-274
I: Strategic Marketing in Tourism Services. red. /Rodoula H. Tsiotsu ; Ronald E. Goldsmith. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2012, s. 63-78
Abstract from The 41th EMAC Annual Conference 2012, 2012
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 5, Nr. 1, 2012, s. 20-34
Paper presented at The 7th Global Conference of the Academy of Marketing's Brand, Corporate Identity and Reputation Special Interest Group 2011, 2011
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 4, Nr. 1, 2011, s. 40-52
I: Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Vol. 7, Nr. 1, 2011, s. 32-41
Paper presented at The 39th EMAC Annual Conference 2010, 2010
I: Sozialpsychologie und Ökonomie. red. /Erich H. Witte; Tobias Gollan. Lengerich : Pabst Science Publishers 2010, s. 156-172
Paper presented at The 6th Thought Leaders International Conference on Brand Management 2010, 2010
I: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 89, Nr. 3, 2009, s. 423-431
I: Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 2, Nr. 1, 2009, s. 23-32
I: Public Marketing, 2019, s. 16-19
I: Planerin: SRL-Mitteilungen für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplaner, Nr. 6, 2018, s. 19-20
I: Public Marketing, Nr. 11, 11.2017, s. 18-21
I: Lebendige Stadt Journal, Nr. 33, 2016, s. 16-17
I: Kommunal: Wir gestalten Deutschland, Nr. 07-08, 2016, s. 54-55
Djøf: Hellere færre studerende på universiteterne end kortere kandidatuddannelser
From two years to one: this CBS master has already gone through the controversial change
Danske vandrerhjem er mere populære end nogensinde
Was macht Bielefeld attraktiv?
Was macht Bielefeld attraktiv? Analyse einer Online Befragung ermittelt die Top Faktoren für Stadtmarketing, Politik und Verwaltung
Guldsmed på Nørrebro: Flere reinvesterer guldet i krisetid
Danskerne reinvesterer guldet i krisetid
Jeder ist gefragt: Auf der Suche nach einer Marke: Was macht Osnabrück attraktiv und lebenswert?
Jeder ist gefragt: Was macht Osnabrück attraktiv und lebenswert?
En særlig trend breder sig blandt danskerne for at få råd til at betale regningerne
Danskerne sælger arvesmykkerne i krisetid
Dansk smykkekæde opkøber mere guld end normalt midt i krisetid
Inflationen har skabt en »ond« genbrugsspiral
Secondhand-smykker opnår større popularitet
Danskerne genbruger mere efter påvirkning af inflation og krig
Vejle er en "overset" perle, siger stort internationalt medie
Gul feber skaber borgmesterjubel i provinsen
Ein Slogan funktioniert bei Kommunen fast nie
Søren fik nok af danske virksomheders fedtspil og opfordrer nu til handling: Boykot Carlsberg, Ecco og Rockwool
Når himlen åbner sig, er byen den helt store skydeskive, men det kan blive en god ting
Den bedste branding: Kommuner kan score turister med film og tv
Viborg er værtsby for Danmarks Indsamling 2021
Reklame i bedste sendetid?
DR afviser kritik af stort fokus på Det Kongelige Teater
A new one-year master's degree at CBS focuses on an industry forced to its knees
Brandingekspert fra København: Det er svært at sælge Esbjerg til de unge
Trængt tysk rejsebranche forsøger at lokke tyskerne til at holde ferie hjemme
Durchgecheckt
Pludselig var hele verden interesseret i Grønland
Städte sind empfindliche Ökosysteme
Why One Size Fits All City Brands Are Doomed to Fail: And How to Do It Better
Michelinguiden uddeler nye turistmagneter
Planetariets big bang
Slut på halv milliard dyr kulturhovedstad
Alarm im Party-Paradies
The fight for the city
Die Flüchtlingskrise als Gefahr für den Tourismus?
Brandingekspert: Ry er stadig et godt brand
Brandingekspert: Ry er stadig et godt brand
"Die Stärken stärken": Wesel will zu einer echten Marke werden
Wesel sucht ein neues Image
Besondere Lebensqualität
„Jede Stadt hat bereits existierende Communities“
Borgerne skal med -ellers virker det ikke
Unser Dorf soll bekannter werden
Umfrage was Bielfeld attraktiv macht
Stadt sucht besseres Image
Markenprozess Plettenberg
„Die Marke ist unser guter Name“
Stadtmarketing: Warum Hamburg besser als Kopenhagen ist
Bielefeld auf der Suche nach dem Einzigartigen: Stadtmarketing: Auftaktveranstaltung mit 400 Teilnehmern in der Stadthalle
Schullandschaft wird noch vielfältiger: Neue Montessori-Grundschule soll im Sommer 2016 in Betrieb gehen – Georg-Müller-Schule baut Gymnasium aus
Bielefeld Marketing startet Prozess zur Schärfung des Stadtprofils
Wohnen in Kopenhagen: Der Mörder kommt aus Nørrebro
Interview with Sebastian Zenker - Copenhagen Business School
Stille Stars in der zweiten Reihe
Verkannte Champions
Der Perfekte Startplatz
Sebastian is founder and owner of the consultancy service placebrand.eu Within this role, he consulted various places in their place branding attempts:
•Date: 2018 – ongoing; Client: Bundesverband City- und Stadtmarketing e.V. (bcsd e.V.); Project: Regular Place Brand Management Seminars (Spring/Autumn)
•Date: 11/2022 – 04/2023; Client: Brandmeyer Markenberatung GmbH & Marketing Osnabrück GmbH; Project: Brand Measurement Osnabrück.
•Date: 09/2022 – 01/2023; Client: Brandmeyer Markenberatung GmbH & Tourismus-Agentur Schleswig-Holstein (TASH); Project: Brand Measurement Destination Brand Schleswig-Holstein.
•Date: 06/2022 – 12/2022; Client: Brandmeyer Markenberatung GmbH & Bielefeld Marketing GmbH; Project: Brand Measurement Bielefeld.
•Date: 03/2022; Client: Hamburg Marketing GmbH (HMG); Project: Selection Committee for Brand Consultancy.
•Date: 09/2021; Client: IMORDE Projekt- & Kulturberatung GmbH; Project: Keynote Netzwerk Innenstadt
•Date: 06/2021; Client: Bundesverband City- und Stadtmarketing e.V. (bcsd e.V.); Project: Keynote Sommerakademie 2021
•Date: 05/2021; Client: Event Consult GmbH & Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (Germany); Project: Keynote 7. Nationaler Radverkehrskongress
•Date: 01/2020 – 02/2020; Client: Brandmeyer Markenberatung GmbH & City of Jena; Project: Brand Analysis Jena
•Date: 06/2019 – 09/2020; Client: The Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery; Project: Consultancy Brand Berlin.
•Date: 11/2019; Client: Marketing Gesellschaft GmbH Mönchengladbach; Project: Brand Management Workshop
•Date: 08/2019 – 10/2019; Client: City of Copenhagen/ Københavns Kommune; Project: Consultancy Brand Analysis Greater Copenhagen.
•Date: 01/2019; Client: Stadtmarketing und Tourismusverband Cottbus; Project: Consultancy Brand Cottbus.
•Date: 01/2019; Client: Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH; Project: Presentation Even as Place Communication.
•Date: 07/2018 – 08/2018; Client: Brandmeyer Markenberatung GmbH & Tourismus-Agentur Schleswig-Holstein (TASH); Project: Brand Measurement Destination Brand Schleswig-Holstein.
•Date: 01/2018 – 07/2018; Client: Brandmeyer Markenberatung GmbH & City of Reutlingen; Project: Brand Measurement Brand Reutlingen.
•Date: 04/2018; Client: Hamburg Marketing GmbH (HMG); Project: Bicycle City Hamburg Campaign Evaluation.
•Date: 01/2018 – 02/2018; Client: Stadtmarketing und Tourismusverband Cottbus; Project: Consultancy Brand Cottbus.
Besides that role, he also served with other outside activities, namely:
•Date: 01/2018 - ongoing; Client: Emerald, Journal of Place Management and Development (jpmd); Project: Associate Editor
•Date: 02/2019; Client: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC); Project: Workshop Financialization of the Housing Market.
•Date: 10/2018; Client: Oulu Business School; Project: PhD Opponent