Prof. C. Michael Hall

C. Michael Hall holds the Dean's Chair in Marketing, Sustainability and Society in the School of Management and Marketing at Massey Business School, Massey University, Auckland. Professor Hall's research covers tourism, international marketing, regional development, global environmental change and climate change, sustainability and circular markets, biodiversity conservation, food and wine marketing, place branding and World Heritage. According to Google Scholar, Professor Hall is the most cited scholar in tourism and is also highly cited in geography, regional development, sustainability and global environmental change. Professor Hall is Co-Editor of Current Issues in Tourism and Field Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, and holds visiting positions at universities in Finland, Sweden, Malaysia, South Korea and South Africa. Earlier professorships include the University of Otago, the University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington. Professor Hall holds a doctorate in geography from the University of Western Australia and honorary doctorates from Umeå University, the University of Oulu and Lund University.