Sheela Agarwal

Academic profile

Professor Sheela Agarwal

Associate Head of School for Research and Innovation
Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Sheela's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 01: SDG 1 - No PovertyGoal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 08: SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic GrowthGoal 09: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and InfrastructureGoal 11: SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGoal 12: SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 13: SDG 13 - Climate ActionGoal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below WaterGoal 15: SDG 15 - Life on LandGoal 16: SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Sheela

At present, I am Associate Head of School of Research and Innovation for Plymouth Business School and Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities, having previously been Head of the Department of Tourism and Hospitality and Acting Head and Deputy Head of the School of Tourism and Hospitality. I have lectured at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a wide range of subjects including 'Sustainable Tourism and Crime', 'Tourism Development and Culture', 'Film, Literary and Heritage Tourism', 'The Creative Industries', and 'Disaster and Crisis Management in Tourism and Hospitality'. Additionally, I supervise a number of MSc and PhD students in several subjects including resilience, sustainability, climate change, plastic pollution, disaster and crisis management, medical, heritage and dark tourism.ÌýÌýÌý

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Supervised Research Degrees

Ph.D completions: (18 in total):

  • Rowe, A. (2024). Poldark the Past: Contested Heritage, Tourism, and Identity in Post-mining Cornwall, Plymouth Business School, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Plymouth, UK.
  • Evangelos, V. (2024). The Influence of Marketing on Students’ Choice of Private Higher Education Institutes, Plymouth Business School, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Plymouth, UK.
  • Roberts, Z. (2022). Literary Tourism: Linking Cultural Capital, Tourist Experiences and Perceptions of Authenticity, Plymouth Business School, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Plymouth, UK.
  • George, R.R. (2021). Social capital and talent management: a comparative analysis of foreign and domestic owned hotel companies in South Asia, PhD, Plymouth Business School, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK.
  • Fraser, D. (2017). Barriers and Perceptions of Risk Amongst Disabled Travellers.Ìý MPhil Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Ghatnekar, P. (2017) Persuasive Technology in Tourism Online Experiences and Implications on Tourist Buying Behaviour. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Kroger, H. (2016) The role of sustainability in enhancing place performance through an identity-based approach to place branding.ÌýÌýPhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Ali, M.F.S. (2015) Critical firm-based enablers-mediators-outcomes (CFMESO): a new integrated model for performance innovation, performance drivers in the context of US restaurants. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Jakes, S. (2015) Social exclusion, resort decline and the English seaside.ÌýPhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Wight, A.C. (2014) A discourse analysis of representations of genocide in museums and sites of memory.ÌýPhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Elbaz, A. (2013) Actor network theory, tourism organisations and the development of sustainable community livelihoods.ÌýPhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Semley, N. (2012) An evaluation of community perceptions of tourism and crime.ÌýPhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Stansbie, P. (2011) Internship design and its impact on satisfaction, intrinsic motivation and student career choices. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Business, Plymouth University, UK
  • Murphy-Underhill, C. (2005) The influence of nationality on interpretations of Ireland's destination imagery.ÌýPhD, Thesis, Plymouth Business School, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Gutic, J. (2003) Stakeholder identification and assessment in a Venezuelan National Park. Ph.D Thesis, School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
  • Yuksel, F. (2003) Centre-local relations and tourism planning in Belek, Turkey. Ph.D Thesis, School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
  • Medeiros de Araujo, L. (2002) Stakeholder assessment and collaborative tourism planning. The Costa Dourada Project, Brazil. Ph.D Thesis, School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
  • Yuksel, A. (2000) Food service experience and tourist satisfaction: implications for destination management. Ph.D Thesis, School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.

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Teaching

Specialise in the teaching of tourism and the environment, tourist behaviour, sustainable tourism, tourism planning, tourism development and culture, heritage, screen and literary tourism, and disaster and crisis management in tourism and hospitality at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Contact Sheela

Room 320, Fitzroy Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 585602