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  DIMACHE Alexandru
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Sustainability and Tourism
   Position   Assistant Professor
■ Education
1. 2014/08～2019/09 〔Doctorial Course〕 Tourism Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Completed, PhD in Tourism Management
2. 2012/08～2014/08 〔Master Course〕 Tourism Management, University of Southern Denmark, University of Ljubljana, University of Girona (joint degree), Completed, European MSc in Tourism Management
3. 2008/09～2011/06 Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Graduated, Bsc (Hons) Tourism Management
■ Message
Live according to your own aspirations for your life, seek joy in life, and never let anyone tell you that you cannot do something.
■ Current research
I am researching the human condition in its deep, subtle, multidimensional, and often conflicting aspects.
■ Current specialized field
Tourism studies 
■ Books and theses
1. 2023 Book Warfare – tourism   (Single) 
2. 2023 Article Reading the Identity of Dark Heritage Sites: A Peircean Semiotic Methodology Journal of Travel Research  (Collaboration)  Link
3. 2022 Book Dark Tourism in the Former Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)   (Collaboration) 
4. 2022 Article Ado/apting Established Methods: A Critique of McWha, Frost, & Laing (2018) Current Issues in Tourism  (Single)  Link
5. 2017 Article One museum, two stories: Place identity at the Hong Kong Museum of History Tourism Management 63,pp.287-301 (Collaboration) 
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■ Conference presentations
1. 2021/12 Reading (Dark) Heritage Sites: A Peircean Semiotic Methodology (AP Conference 2021)
■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1.   Uncovering the black-box of educational dark tourism: Comparative analysis of the mechanisms of packaging and perceiving of war narratives through war heritage sites between former enemies  (Key Word : )
■ Awards and honors
1. 2023 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University AY2022 Faculty Award (Research Field)
2. 2021 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University AY2020 Faculty Award (Teaching Field)
■ Qualification and licenses
1. 2015 Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE)
2. 2007 Amadeus Basic Functionalities Diploma
3. 2007 Cambridge International Diploma in Travel and Tourism
4. 2007 IATA / UFTAA Foundation & EBT Diploma
5. 2006 Dual-qualification certificate: Travel Agent and Tour Leader
■ Educational ability
● Practice example of education method
1. 2019/11/29～2020/01/31 Intensive in-class discussions on very sensitive contemporaneous societal issues
■ JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
30870240
■ External Researcher ID
orcID 0000-0002-7281-8990