Dr. Erik Lindner

Vita

Professional positions:

• since 09/2023 Professorship for Health Tourism Management at the ECRI of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology.

• 10/2019 - 08/2023 Topic Manager Sustainability at the Bavarian Center for Tourism - BZT.

• 04/2016 - 09/2019 Lecturer and research assistant at the LFE for Human-Environment Relations at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

• 03/2016 - 07/2023 ongoing teaching assignments:

• Munich University of Applied Sciences - Faculty of Tourism

  • Seminars on tourism economics and sustainable tourism management
  • Seminars for Sustainable Management in Tourism (CIE - English)

• FH Kempten - Faculty of Tourism Management

  • Seminars on sustainable destination management

• 04/2015 - current CSR consultant Verso GmbH, Munich Sustainability management and CSR strategy consulting

• Project management, implementation of key performance indicator systems and reporting

• Sustainability management systems

• 10/2008 - 03/2016

• Lecturer and Research Associate Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich - LFE for Economic Geography and Tourism Research

Main areas of work:

• Conception and realization of lectures, workshops, seminars and international excursions
• Project management in research projects
• Main research areas
• Market segments in tourism, climate change
• Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and change management
• Regional geographies, regional development in Bavaria
• Transition and resource management
• Sustainable destination management
• Certifications and performance criteria in sustainability and quality management
• Sustainability-oriented indicator systems (GRI G4 etc.)

Dissertation: Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs in Bavaria, LMU Munich, 2014.

Study: Leibniz University Hanover Diploma thesis: Strategic sustainability in multinational companies (Volkswagen AG) Degree: Diploma in Geography (2008) Subjects: Economic geography, business administration, economics