AUS Research

Dr. Giuseppe Catenazzo is the Head of Research & Adjunct Lecturer at the American University of Applied Sciences Institute in Switzerland and Visiting Professor in Service Operations Management & Statistics at EHL Hospitality Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland, the top world institution for hospitality education.

He is also an External Lecturer in Market Research and Consumer Behaviour at the University of Applied Sciences in Western Switzerland (HEG Geneva) and an Affiliate Professor in Marketing at ICN Business School, a leading French Grande Ecole. An Italian and Swiss citizen, Giuseppe studied in France, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and speaks several languages.

Dr. Catenazzo is also an editor of international research books; his research on quality perceptions, service recovery, and complaining behavior has been published in Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction & Complaining Behavior, and Anatolia International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research.

Dr. Seda Ceken is a Lecturer at Istanbul University Institute for Aviation Psychology
Research. She holds a B.S. in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations from Marmara
University, and her Master’s Degree in Organizational Behavior from Istanbul University
Business School. Currently, graduated from her doctoral program as Ph.D in Istanbul
University Business School Organizational Behavior department. She investigated the
importance degrees of the non-technical criteria (soft skills) used in the pilot recruitment
processes in the aviation sector in the doctoral dissertation. She is also a contributor to Crew
Resource Management Institute in academic research and project support. Her research
focuses on behavioral sciences, human factors in aviation, pilot selection process, crew
resource management, communication, career and cognitive disciplines in aviation. She is
also Co-Editor-in-Chief at Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace Journal. Seda Ceken is a
European Association Aviation Psychology (EAAP) member, and she is accredited Human
Factors Specialist from European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP).

Researcher and consultant in sustainable development. 15 years of experience working as monitor and evaluator of productive projects in tourism, ecotourism, agriculture and
agro-industry, in different rural settings in Perú, financed by public and private sector as well (NGO’s, International Cooperation and private companies). Experience in tourism
in management, projects, planning and tourism director in public and private sectors.
Bachelor's degree in Tourism Hospitality and Gastronomy from Ricardo Palma University
in Lima - Peru. MSc. in Ecotourism and MSc. in Agricultural Innovation for Rural
Development from the National Agrarian University La Molina. PhD in Development and
Strategic Security from the Peruvian National High Studies Center (CAEN). Various
specializations like in projects, planning, foresight and gender equity from BID
(Interamerican Development Bank), CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and The
Caribbean) and IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture).

Author of research articles in knowledge management, innovation, human and
multidimensional security.

Stefania Denise Escobar is a Researcher in Economics and Management at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. She was a visiting research scholar at Bangor University (UK), University of Aveiro (Portugal), New York University (USA) and Free University of Brussels (Belgium). Her research lies at the intersection of management, smart cities, tourism and sustainability. Her research has been presented at TTRA, APAC-CHRIE, and World Conference on Smart Destinations. Her work has appeared in the journal Cities, Current Issues in Tourism, International Journal of Public Sector Management and Journal of Knowledge Management.

Emanuele Gabriel Margherita is Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Business Organization and Information Systems at the Department of Human Science at Link University, Roma (Italy). He holds a PhD in Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods from the University of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). He was a visiting scholar at the University of Agder (Norway) and at the Research Center LENTIC at the University of Liege (Belgium). His research interests concern the study of the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on organizations as well as the organizing of Smart City. His work has appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Information Systems Frontiers, TQM Journal, Current Issues in Tourism, and Cities. His research has been presented at EGOS, STPIS, WOA and ItAIS conferences.

Małgorzata Żmigrodzka, Ph.D. in social sciences, postgraduate MBA, LL.M. and master degree at the University of Warsaw. Assistant professor at the Air Force University in Dęblin. Member of the editorial team of the Scientific Journal Security and Logistics. She has extensive experience in implementing innovative research and training projects, with a particular focus on shaping safety culture in both state and commercial organizations. Her research interests include the new technology: ML,VR, AI, unmanned aerial systems.

Farhana Yeasmin began her research career at the University of Agder, Norway, and has also served as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Bangladesh. Her research primarily focuses on business management, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and technology-driven microfinance institutions, with an emphasis on improving their financial and operational efficiency. Farhana’s dynamic interests lie at the intersection of sustainability and innovation, envisioning a future where business solutions contribute to the well-being of future generations.

Dr. Luciano Ferreira da Silva is a postdoctoral scholar in Sustainability at PUC-Campinas and holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). He also has a Master’s in Administration, Communication, and Education from São Marcos University, with additional specialization in Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management.

Currently, he serves as a full-time professor and researcher at the Postgraduate Program in Project Management (PPGP) at Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), where he leads Research Line 2: “Project Management.” Dr. Ferreira da Silva is also a visiting researcher at the American Institute of Applied Sciences in Switzerland (AUS), focusing on "Society 4.0 and Circular Economy" and "People and Project Management."

He has published extensively in high-impact national and international journals in fields such as Operations, Project Management, Sustainability, and Knowledge Management. Additionally, he is the editor-in-chief of the Revista de Gestão e Projetos (GeP - ISSN 2236-0972), an esteemed journal in Business and Project Management.

Dr. Hamza Nidaazzi is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. He holds a Ph.D. in Management, with his doctoral thesis on organizational conservatism in family businesses earning Summa Cum Laude honors and the AMCCA Certificate of Excellence. His academic work is primarily focused on the strategic aspects of management, with a particular interest in advancing theoretical and applied research in the context of family businesses. He has authored numerous publications in these fields and is actively engaged in academic discussions and initiatives that promote the development of the social sciences.

Dr. Ikrame Selkani is an accomplished academic currently serving as an Assistant Professor at several prestigious business schools in Spain, including Cesine International Business School in Santander, UIBS, and ENEB Barcelona.
Originally from Morocco, Dr. Selkani holds two PhDs: one in Heritage from the University of Córdoba, Spain, and another in Sustainable Management from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.
Dr. Selkani has made significant contributions to the academic community, publishing over 30 research papers in English, French, and Spanish across various international journals. Her research spans a wide array of topics, including Management, Marketing, City Marketing, Culture, Heritage, Tourism, Sustainability, Environment, and Innovation.
She is also the author of the book "The Role of Marketing in the Success of Entrepreneurial Ventures" (2015), originally written in French. A recognized expert in her field, Dr. Selkani has been a keynote speaker at numerous international conferences in countries such as Morocco, France, Spain, Australia, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.


References
https://independent.academia.edu/ISELKANI

Dr. Mouna Nasr holds a PhD in Marketing from the “Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG) in Tunis, Tunisia and has over 10 years of teaching experience at various Tunisian universities. She also serves as a guest lecturer at several French business schools. Her areas of teaching expertise include marketing, digital marketing, and market research. Her research focuses primarily on consumer behavior, with a particular interest in the tourism sector.

Dr. Vadym Mozgovoy holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of
Lausanne, Switzerland (2021). His doctoral thesis, “Physiolytics at the Workplace:
Longitudinal Evaluation of Organizational Effects at Swiss Public Administrations,”
received multiple awards, including the Best Paper Award at the 2019 Swiss
Conference on Data Science, the Best Doctoral Student Conference Paper Award from
the Public and Non-Profit (PNP) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) in
2021, and the Excellence of Ph.D. Thesis Award from the University of Lausanne in
2022. Alongside his Ph.D., he completed certifications in Machine Learning and Cloud
Computing, building expertise in advanced computational methods.

From March 2023 to February 2024, Dr. Mozgovoy was a Postdoctoral Researcher at
the University of Geneva’s Quality of Life Technologies Lab, where his research looked
into promoting employee well-being through the implementation of wearable information
technologies and job crafting.

Since May 2022, Dr. Mozgovoy has been a Visiting Researcher at Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, where his focus is on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Statistics in
Organizational Behavior. In 2024, he began teaching and supervising academic papers
for the pre-Master’s program at VU Amsterdam.

His research and teaching interests include Strategy and Organization, Leadership and
Change Management, and Management Consulting.

Ethel N. Revello Barovero is an English associate professor at Universidad Nacional de Tierra
del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (UNTDF). She is also the head of the School of
Languages at UNTDF. She has taught all levels of primary and secondary school in English. She teaches in the area of second language acquisition and TESOL/TEFL. Ethel is currently teaching English for Specific Purposes at UNTDF and general English at the only primary school in Antarctica in Base Esperanza. Her core interests are ESP and the democracy of education. Sheteaches courses in face-to-face, blended, and online formats. Her research focuses on English academic literacy. She has published articles and chapters on different areas of her expertise: Academic Literacies and Higher Education learning and teaching, English academic literacy and online teaching in primary school.

Ramesh Roshan Das Guru is a marketing scholar whose research bridges product quality perception with sustainable consumer behavior.

With academic experience spanning India, Russia, and Switzerland, he has contributed to marketing education and research at institutions including IIM Bodhgaya, Higher School of Economics Moscow, and the University of Geneva.

His research, published in the European Journal of Marketing, focuses on developing measurement scales for customer-experienced product quality (CEPQ) and understanding consumer behavior patterns. Ramesh combines rigorous academic frameworks with industry insights gained from his global experiences, bringing a unique perspective to marketing education and research.