Bastienne Bernasco

Bastienne Bernasco has 20+ years of experience in higher education, in management, research and lecturing roles. She has built up expertise in sustainable food and holds two Masters, in language and literature, and learning and innovation. Her current focus is on knowledge creation for ethical assessments of technology for hospitality and tourism. Her recent academic work includes research into knowledge construction of interdisciplinary teams designing technology. She regularly presents at hospitality conferences on topics including Curriculum design, Good Food and Decent Work, and contributed as an author to the Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Studies (Lashley, 2016). Currently Bastienne supports students and lecturers in developing knowledge and solutions for sustainable food systems in line with the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and the UN Sustainable Food Systems model. Her true north is to encourage hospitality experts to foster positive change in society.