 Paolo Corvo
- Researcher in General Sociology
Biography
Paolo Corvo is a researcher in General Sociology at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. He received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and doctorate in Sociology and Social Research Methods from the Sacred Heart Catholic University in Milan. There he taught Social Politics at the Piacenza campus, Sociology of Tourism in Milan and Brescia, and General Sociology and Environmental Sociology at Brescia.
Professor Corvo previously worked in research and training on tourism and local development, the processes of globalization and civil society, cultural dynamics, and in the non-profit sector. His is also the national coodinator of the research group on sociology of tourism and is a member of the editorial committee for the Turismo, Consumi, Tempo Libero series from Franco Angeli, working also with the journals Studi di Sociologia and Tourism Management. Professor Corvo is a member of a number of national associations (AIS and AIQUAV) as well as international (ISA, ESA, ISQOLS).
Courses Taught
Environmental and Regional Sociology (undergraduate program)
Social Research Methods and Regional Applications (undergraduate program)
Ecology of Communications (graduate program)
Major Areas of Research
Tourism and sustainable regional development
Well-being, happiness, and quality of life
The consumer (food, culture, and leisure)
Key Publications
La prospettiva della decrescita serena: Serge Latouche in Ambiente e società: prospettive teoriche, Ed. E.M. Tacchi, Rome: Carocci, 2011. pp. 235-261.
The Pursuit of Happiness and the Globalized Tourist in Social Indicators Research 102:1, pp.93-97.
Reinvenzione del cibo e sviluppo del territorio: il turismo enogastronomico in Culture della sostenibilità 6 (2009), pp. 90-101.
Turisti e felici? Il turismo tra benessere e fragilità, Milan: Vita e Pensiero, 2007.
I mondi nella valigia. Introduzione alla sociologia del turismo, Milan: Vita e Pensiero, 2005.
Contacts
Paolo Corvo
University of Gastronomic Sciences | Pollenzo Campus
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 9
fraz. Pollenzo - 12042 Bra (Cn)
Phone: +39 0172 458
Fax: +39 0172 458500
Email: p.corvo@unisg.it
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