Professor Peter Lugosi

• Food, Drink and Culture
• Experience Economy
• Research Project
• MSc Dissertation

•    Food, drink and society
•    Migration, integration and enterprise
•    Coaching and mentoring
•    People, communities and places
•    Consumer cultures
•    Work, employment and organisation studies

If you have an idea for a doctoral project, please contact me to discuss your ideas. 

Current research students

• Alice Icely, Perceptions of learning mathematics in England among sanctuary-seeking adolescents, EdD, Director of Studies
• Nic Rattle, Improving knowledge sharing between leaders of small businesses, PhD, Second Supervisor
• Helen Crawley, Remote mentoring relationships in the context of global health partnerships, PhD, Second Supervisor
• Amor Kebbe, Understanding the role of coaches' values in informing coaching practice in leadership development contexts, DCAM, Director of Studies
• John Hornby, Assessing the role of experiential education, human capital, and entrepreneurial mindset on the development of students’ entrepreneurial intentions, PhD, Director of Studies

Past research students

• Nelia Koroleva, Coaching support for leader(ship) identity work among senior leaders, DCAM, Co-Director of Studies/Second Supervisor, 2025 
• Tim Hughes, Refugee labour market transition and the role of third sector practitioners, PhD, Director of Studies, 2024
• Junior Oliveira De Almeida, Online engagement among child consumers of children-produced Youtube content, PhD, Second Supervisor, 2024
• Stephanie Jameson, Hospitality undergraduates’ and graduates’ perceptions of careers in the international hospitality industry, PhD (by publication), Director of Studies, 2022 
• Benita Mayhead, Duty of care in executive coaching, DCAM, Second Supervisor, 2022
• Cristóvão Bomfim Silva Dos Santos, Mechanisms of trust in indigenous tourism: A study of the Pataxó Jaqueira community in Porto Seguro, Brazil, PhD, Director of Studies, 2021 
• Huthayfah Madkhali, Exploring the role of culture in the holiday choices of Saudi tourists, PhD, Director of Studies, 2021 
• Ekaterina Sorokina, Towards constructing a comprehensive framework of Smart destinations, PhD, External Supervisory Committee member at University of Central Florida, USA, 2019
• Gaurav Chawla, Pro-environmental behaviours in food production: A practices theory approach, PhD, Second Supervisor, 2019  
• Rosa Codina, The role of tourism in local power relations in Pisac, Peru, PhD, Director of Studies, 2018
• Pamela Watson, Extraordinary experiences in foodie culture: A virtual ethnography, PhD, Director of Studies/Second Supervisor, 2014 
• Steven Boyne, Leadership and motivation in hospitality, PhD, Director of Studies/Second Supervisor, 2012
• Hanna Janta, The experiences of Polish migrant workers in the UK hospitality industry, PhD, Second Supervisor, 2009

Peter's interdisciplinary work draws on sociology, geography and anthropology in examining contemporary hospitality, tourism and events. He has researched and published on a wide range of subjects including customer experience management, co-creation in consumer experiences, migration and migrants' labour market transition, parenting cultures, hospitality and urban regeneration, research ethics, entrepreneurship and organisational culture. He has helped to lead and manage several collaborative research projects, assuming various roles in obtaining funding, conducting research and in developing subsequent publications. These have included studies funded by the British Academy, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the European Commission and the Higher Education Academy.

Peter co-founded the Hospitality and Society journal, and he is currently Co-Editor. He is an Associate Editor for Annals of Tourism Research and the Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. He serves on a number of journal editorial boards including: Annals of Leisure Research; Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality; Földrajzi Közlemények (Geographical Review); International Journal of Business Anthropology; International Journal of Hospitality Management; International Journal of Tourism Research; Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management; Journal of Tourism, Heritage and Services Marketing; Journal of Vacation Marketing; Research in Hospitality Management; Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo; Social Sciences and Humanities Open; Sustainability; Tourist Studies; Turismo – Visão e Ação; Turyzm/Tourism; and Vezetéstudomány (Budapest Management Review).

• Member of the Executive Committee, Council for Hospitality Management Education
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Member, British Sociological Association 

• Jianu, B., Ashton, M. and Lugosi, P. (2025) Integrating algorithmic management in hotels: Emerging challenges and opportunities for frontline managers. 33rd Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 20-23 May, University of Essex, Colchester.
• Hornby, J., Lugosi, P., Van Der Veen, R. and Losekoot, E. (2025) Assessing the effects of live cases gender and course type on the development of student’s entrepreneurial mindset and intentions. 33rd Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 20-23 May, University of Essex, Colchester.
• Robinson, R., Lugosi, P., Tracey, H. and Riordan, T. (2025) Transformative hospitality employment activation programmes: A ‘capitals’ critique. 33rd Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 20-23 May, University of Essex, Colchester.
• Tracey, H. Robinson, R., Riordan, T. and Lugosi, P. (2025) (Mis)recognised capitals as barriers to employment in activation programmes. British Sociological Association Annual Conference. University of Manchester, Manchester. 
• Chawla, G. and Lugosi P. (2024) Unlocking pro-environmental behaviour change in luxury hospitality: A practice theory approach. 32nd Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 22-24 May, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds.
• Lugosi, P., Allis, T., Ferreira, M., Palacio Leite, E., Pessoa, A., Forman, R. and Lewis, M. (2023) Deploying cultural diversity as pliable assets in food enterprises. Organizing Migration and Integration in Contemporary Societies (OMICS) Conference, 22-24 November, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. 
• Lugosi, P., Allis, T., Della Croce, C. and Morano-Foadi, S. (2023) Distributed agency and inter-organisational arrangements in migrant support ecologies. Organizing Migration and Integration in Contemporary Societies (OMICS) Conference, 22-24 November, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Lugosi, P. and Ndiuini, A. (2023) Migrant labour and value creation: Developing indefinite capacities through hospitality work. 31st Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 24-26 May, NHL Stenden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
• Lugosi, P. and Ndiuini, A. (2022) Migrant labour and value creation in hospitality work: Indefinite capacities in transnational mobility. Regional Studies Association MICaRD Network Conference, 29-30 September, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom.
• Madkhali, H. and Lugosi, P. (2022) Co-performing hospitable destinations. 30th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 24-27 May, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
• Robinson, R, Lugosi, P., Riordan, T. and Parsell, C. (2022) Homeless persons’ narratives of employment: Work as spaces of hospitality/hostility. 30th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 24-27 May, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
• Kuyken, K., Maletzky de Garcia, M, Gannon, J. and Lugosi, P. (2022) Where is culture when studying the integration of migrants through formal mentoring programs? European Association of Management (EURAM) Conference, 15-17 June, ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur-Zurich, Switzerland.
• Chawla, G., Hawkins, R. and Lugosi, P. (2021) Food waste prevention in luxury hotels: Divergent views, self-interest and perceptions of risk. EuroCHRIE, 27-30 September, University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark. 
• Lugosi, P. and Ndiuini, A. (2021) Indefinite capacities, hospitality work and return migration. Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, 31 August-3 September, London, United Kingdom.
• Lugosi, P., Allis, T., Della Croce, C. and Morano-Foadi, S. (2021) Inter-organisational entanglements in migrant support ecologies. 37th European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, 8-10 July, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Lugosi, P., O’Brien, C., Olya, H., Pink, R. and Lavender, V. (2021) Hospitable waiting experiences: Evaluating the cancer care servicescape. 29th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 12-14 May, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
• Lugosi, P., Allis, T., Ferreira, M., Palacio Leite, E., Pessoa, A., Lewis, M. and Forman, R. (2021) Migrant visibility, agency and identity work in food enterprises. 29th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 12-14 May, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.   
• Barmeyer, C., Chevrier, S. Grosskopf, S. Lugosi, P., Primecz, H. Romani, L. and Zølner, M. (2019) Integrating migrants in European workplaces: Multi-paradigm perspectives on narrative approaches. 35th European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, 4-6 July, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 
• Chawla, G., Hawkins, R. and Lugosi, P. (2019) Food waste in luxury hotels: An examination of the food service cycle. 28th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 21-24 May, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. 
• Robinson, R., Lugosi, P., Walters, G. and Donaghy, S. (2019) Pop-up events: Not so black and ‘white’. APacCHRIE and EuroCHRIE Joint Conference, 23-24 May, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
• O’Brien, C., Lavender, V. and Lugosi, P. (2018) A service evaluation of the waiting experience of patients attending a cancer and haematology outpatient appointment. United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference, 16-17 November, SEC, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 
• Robinson, R.N.S., Parsell, C., Lugosi, P. and Brenner, M. (2018) Precarity, homelessness and employment. Work, Employment and Society Conference, 12-14 September, Belfast, United Kingdom.
• Lugosi, P., Golubovskaya, M., Konz, J., Quinton, S. and Robinson, R. (2018) Family-friendly pubs: Making space for work and leisure. 27th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 22-25 May, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom. 
• Lugosi (2018) Deviance and hospitality management. Academy of International Hospitality Research Conference, 27-28 March, Stenden University, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. 
• Della Croce, C., Morano-Foadi, S. and Lugosi, P. (2017) The ‘others amongst us’ – Refugees’ integration into the labour market. ‘The ""Others"" amongst ""Us"": Thoughts on Western Societies, Otherness, and the Law’ Symposium, 8-9 December, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands.  
• Lugosi, P., Janta, H. and Wilczek, B. (2017) Work(ing) dynamics of networking among migrants employed in hospitality and food production. Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, 29 August-1 September, London, United Kingdom.
• Lugosi, P. (2017) Utilising abstract concepts in impact-focused organisational and management research: An empirical example. 26th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 16-19 May, University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark.
• Torres, E., Lugosi, P., Orlowski, M. and Ronzoni, G. (2017) Consumer-driven experience customization: A multi-method empirical study. 26th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 16-19 May, University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark. 
• Lugosi, P., Robinson, R.N.S. and Golubovskaya, M. (2016) Performing parenthood and care in spaces of hospitality. Critical Hospitality Studies Symposium, 28-29 July, Edinburgh Napier, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 
• Lugosi, P. (2016) Making the abstract concrete: Translation in impact focused research. Making an Impact: Creating Constructive Conversations, 19-22 July, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. 
• Losekoot, E. and Lugosi, P. (2016) A New Zealand airport customer experience model. 25th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 4-6 May, University of Ulster, Belfast, United Kingdom. 
• Jameson, S., Lugosi, P. and McGunnigle, P. (2016) Teaching and learning challenges in hospitality management education. 25th Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, 4-6 May, University of Ulster, Belfast, United Kingdom.