Dr. Michael Volgger is Senior Research Fellow with the School of Marketing, Curtin Business School at Curtin University, and Co-Director of the Tourism Research Cluster (TRC) at Curtin University as well as Senior Research Affiliate at Eurac Research in Italy. He holds a doctoral degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany. His main areas of expertise include tourism destination governance and location management, product development and innovation in tourism, inter-organisational cooperation and qualitative research.Michael Volgger è ricercatore senior presso la School of Marketing, Curtin Business School e co-direttore del Tourism Research Cluster (TRC) presso la Curtin University (Australia), nonché ricercatore senior presso Eurac Research, in Italia. Ha svolto un dottorato in Economia e Amministrazione Aziendale presso l’Università Cattolica di Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germania. Le sue aree di competenza riguardano la governance delle destinazioni turistiche e il location management, lo sviluppo di prodotto e l’innovazione nel turismo, la cooperazione inter-organizzativa e la ricerca qualitativa.