Dr Samantha Chaperon BA Hons, PGCert, PGCert HE, SFHEA, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Management and Marketing

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Dr Samantha Chaperon

Dr Samantha A Chaperon

Associate Professor, School of Management and Marketing


Dr Samantha Chaperon is an Associate Professor in Tourism Management.  Samatha joined the University of Greenwich in 2009, after completing her PhD at Sheffield Hallam University.  Samantha’s areas of research interest and expertise are in: Political economy approaches to tourism development, particularly dependency theory and other post-colonial perspectives; tourism in islands and other peripheral areas; tourism policy and governance, and destination management.  Samantha is an experienced qualitative researcher, with a specialism in interview methodologies and thematic analysis.

Samantha has held a number of positions of responsibility within the University including Programme Leader for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Tourism and Events and Lead Tutor for the School of Management and Marketing.  She is on the Scientific Committee for the Observatory on Tourism in Island Economies, and serves as book reviews Editor for the International Journal of Islands Research. Previously, Samantha was Regional Vice President for the UK and Ireland for the International Tourism Studies Association.  She has held a number of external examiner positions for UK universities and regularly serves as a reviewer for international journals.

Recent publications

Article

del Pilar Pascual-Fraile, María , Villacé-Molinero, Teresa, Talón-Ballestero, Pilar, Chaperon, Samantha (2024), Post-pandemic collaborative destination marketing: effectiveness and impact on different generational audiences. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Vacation Marketing ISSN: 1356-7667 (Print), 1479-1870 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/13567667231224091).

Agius, Karl and , Chaperon, Samantha (2023), The dependency-autonomy paradox: a core-periphery analysis of tourism development in Mediterranean archipelagos. Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, International Journal of Tourism Research ISSN: 1099-2340 (Print), 1522-1970 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2582).

Hassan, Azizul , Kennell, James, Chaperon, Samantha (2020), Rhetoric and reality in Bangladesh: Elite stakeholder perceptions of the implementation of tourism policy. Taylor and Francis. In: , , , . Taylor and Francis, Tourism Recreation Research, 45 (3) . pp. 307-322 ISSN: 0250-8281 (Print), 2320-0308 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2019.1703286).

Booth, Paul , Chaperon, Samantha, Kennell, James, Morrison, Alastair (2019), Entrepreneurship in island contexts: a systematic review of the tourism and hospitality literature. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Hospitality Management, 85: 102438 ISSN: 0278-4319 (Print), 1873-4693 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102438).

Booth, Paul , Chaperon, Samantha, Kennell, James, Morrison, Alastair M. (2019), Entrepreneurship in island contexts: a systematic review of the tourism and hospitality literature. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Hospitality Management, 85: 102438 ISSN: 0278-4319 (Print), 1873-4693 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102438).

Chaperon, Samantha and , (2017), Tourism in contemporary cities: 6th ITSA Biennial Conference. Emerald. In: , , , . Emerald, International Journal of Tourism Cities, 3 (4) . pp. 321-324 ISSN: 2056-5607 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-10-2017-0049).

Chaperon, Samantha and , (2017), Tourism industry responses to public-private partnership arrangements for destination management organisations in small island economies: a case study of Jersey, Channel Islands. Inderscience. In: , , , . Inderscience, International Journal of Tourism Policy, 7: 2 (1) . pp. 23-41 ISSN: 1750-4090 (Print), 1750-4104 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTP.2017.10003750).

Book section

Chaperon, Samantha and , (2023), Dependency theory in tourism. Springer Link. In: , , In: Jafar Jafari, Honggen Xiao (eds.), Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer Link, Cham, Switzerland (2nd) . pp. 1-3 . ISBN: 9783319016696 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669- 6_419-2) NB Item availability restricted.

Agius, Karl and , Chaperon, Samantha (2023), Designing ecotourism experiences through co-creation: The case of small central Mediterranean islands. Routledge. In: , , In: Ante Mandic, Sandeep Walia (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development. Routledge, . pp. 315-328 . ISBN: 9781003230748 (doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003230748).

Chaperon, Samantha and , Kennell, James (2022), Tourism Policy. Edward Elgar. In: , , In: Dimitrios Buhalis (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (1st) . pp. 459-462 . ISBN: 9781800377479; 9781800377486 (doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377486.tourism.policy).

Agius, Karl and , Chaperon, Samantha (2021), Stakeholder Management and the Imbalance of Power: A Central Mediterranean Perspective on Tourism in Marine Protected Areas. Springer Nature. In: , , In: Ante Mandić, L Petrić (eds.), Mediterranean Protected Areas in the Era of Overtourism: Challenges and Solutions. Springer Nature, Heidelberg . ISBN: 9783030691929 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69193-6_6).

Chaperon, Samantha and , (2017), Tourism Policies. Sage. In: , , In: Linda L. Lowry (ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage, London . ISBN: 9781483368948 (doi: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-sage-international-encyclopedia-of-travel-and-tourism/book244212) NB Item availability restricted.

Chaperon, Samantha and , (2016), Dependency theory, tourism. Springer International Publishing. In: , , In: Jafari Jafar, Xiao Honggen (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Tourism. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland (1st) . ISBN: 9783319013831 (doi: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319013831) NB Item availability restricted.

Edited book

Chaperon, Samantha , MacLeod, Nicola, International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA), University of Greenwich (2017), Tourism in contemporary cities. Proceedings of the International Tourism Studies Association Conference: University of Greenwich, London, UK 17–19 August 2016 Conference Proceedings. University of Greenwich. In: , , , Proceedings of the International Tourism Studies Association Conference 2016. University of Greenwich, London , 6 . ISBN: 9780900822063 (doi: http://intltourismstudies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ITSA-2016-Conference-Proceedings-Final.pdf).

Monograph

Chaperon, Samantha , Coca-Stefaniak, Andres, Kennell, James (2016), Business improvement districts and the visitor economy. Association of Town & City Management/University of Greenwich. In: , , , . Association of Town & City Management/University of Greenwich, London, UK (doi: ).