Nigel Halpern

Professor, Department of Marketing, School of Communication and Leadership, Norway

Professor Dr. Nigel Halpern is Professor of Air Transport and Tourism Management with the Department of Marketing at Kristiania University College in Oslo, Norway. He has previously worked with the Department of Logistics at Molde University College; the Centre for Civil Aviation at London Metropolitan University; the UK Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; the UK Civil Aviation Authority; and PGL Travel. He has held honorary positions as an Adjunct Associate Professor with the School of Aviation at the University of New South Wales and as a Visiting Research Fellow with the Centre for Tourism Research at the University of Westminster.  Nigel teaches and conducts research and consultancy in air transport and tourism management in a range of areas including accessibility, adventure, digital transformation, educational research, interorganisational relations, marketing and strategy, service quality, socio-economic analysis, and sustainability. Airport marketing is a main area of interest. He has a PhD in Airport Marketing from the Centre for Air Transport Management at Cranfield University, and he has published widely on the subject in leading textbooks and academic and professional journals, including with books on Airport Marketing and The Routledge Companion to Air Transport Management. Nigel has carried out consultancy work for Avinor, Dubai Aerospace University, Fly Laurentians, Møre and Romsdal County Council, and the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. He has also managed and participated in projects funded by the Research Council of Norway (Transport 2025), the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, the European COST Framework (Horizon 2020), and the EC ERASMUS+ Programme. 

Courses

Airport Marketing and Route Development

Field of Expertise

Air Transport and Tourism Management