Peter Varga , PhD

Kurz-Bio

Peter Varga besitzt einen Doktortitel und ist Assistenzprofessor an der EHL. Seine Forschungsinteressen liegen in der nachhaltigen soziokulturellen Dynamik aktueller touristischer Praktiken in Aufnahmegesellschaften, in kultureller Intelligenz in interkulturellen Dienstleistungsbegegnungen und in der Symbolik von Lebensmitteln und Essgewohnheiten aus einer kulturellen Perspektive.

Er erwarb einen Doktortitel in Sozialwissenschaften mit Spezialisierung in Anthropologie des Tourismus an der Universität von Guadalajara und einen Master of Arts in Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft an der Central European University und der University of Lancaster. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen beiden Kindern in der Nähe von Genf.

Veröffentlichungen in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Zizka, L., & Varga, P. (2021). Teaching Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions Assessing Hospitality Student’s Sustainability Literacy. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2020.1726771

Martin-Rios, C., Zizka, L., Varga, P. & Pasamar, S. (2020). KITRO: technology solutions to reduce food waste in Asia-Pacific hospitality and restaurants, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2020.1773513

Zizka, L. & Varga, P. (2020). EDUCATION 2030: Aligning sustainable development goals (SDGS) to and for a higher education. Paper presented at the 12th International (online) Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Online.

Terrier, L., Varga, P. Scaroni, A., & Zizka, L. (2020). To go or not to go, that is the question: Using social influence to reduce hot beverage cup waste, Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 23 (4), 350-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/15378020.2020.1768041

Leroy, P., & Varga, P. (2019). The symbolic understanding of milk in Swiss gastronomy. Research in Hospitality Management, 9(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/22243534.2019.1653608

Worwag, S., Varga, P., & Zizka, L. (2019). Tourists’ Ethical Concern for Dumbo: Elephant Tourism in Thailand. Journal of Travel, Tourism and Recreation, 1(2), 17-27.

Haslebacher, C., Varga, P. & Murphy, H.C. (2019). Insights from images posted on social media: Examining the motivations of volunteer tourists. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 18(2), 259-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332845.2019.1558490

Varga, P., & Binder, A. (2015). Sociocultural Hurdles of Sustainable Hospitality Management. Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, 4(1), 77-92. DOI: 10.7603/s40930-015-0005-7

Varga, P. and Losa, A. S. (2013). Cultural stereotypes as work tools in the luxury setting? Investigating interactional practices in intercultural hotel front-desk encounters. Proceedings of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC).

Varga, P., & Losa, A. S. (2011). Enseigner la sociologie à l’EHL (HES-EHL). Au-delà de l’Université. La sociologie face à la diversité de ses publics. Bulletin de la Société suisse de Sociologie, (140), 11-13.

Geförderte Forschungsprojekte

Varga, P. Project: Developing an applied hospitality training programme for personnel in operations to enhance environmental and cultural awareness of the SDGs in the Swiss hospitality sector, Date: 15.06.2022 to 15.12.2022, External fundraising: HES-SO.
Varga, P., Project: Psychographic carrying capacity in the Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Date: 01.01.2020 to 31.12.2020, External fundraising: Swiss Federation (Bilateral Program - Leading House for the Latin American Region program)

Auszeichnungen

Outstanding Paper Award Runner-Up for "A modified value chain analysis of tourism development in the Inlay Lake region, Myanmar", Conference Proceedings of BEST EN Think Tank XV (2015)