Projects per year
Personal profile
Introduction
Alain Decrop is Full professor of marketing at the Faculty of economics, social sciences and business administration at the University of Namur. He is the Director of CeRCLe (Center for Research on Consumption and Leisure) and a member of CCMS (Center on Consumers and Marketing Strategy). Ph.D. in Business Administration, economist and historian, he teaches classes of marketing, consumer behavior and qualitative methods. His current research interests focus on decision-making processes and contemporary consumption phenomena, with applications most often related to tourism and leisure. He published a large number of books, chapters and articles in top-tier journals around these topics.
Since September 2017, Alain Decrop is also Brand manager of the University of Namur.
Areas of expertise
Consumer behavior and decision-making
Tourism and leisure marketing
Qualitative interpretive research methods
Marketing communication
External responsibilities
Visiting professor at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and Saint Louis University (Université Saint-Louis de Bruxelles).
Former visiting professor at ESSEC Lyon (France), Universitat de Valencia (Spain), KUL (Catholic University of Leuven), BMI (Baltic Management Institute, Vilnius/Lithuania) and
Leti-Lovanium International School of Management (Saint-Petersburg/Russia).
Member of the "Association of Consumer Research", the "European Marketing Academy", and the "Association Française de Marketing".
Resource editor of the Annals of Tourism Research.
Associate editor of the International Journal of Culture, Leisure and Tourism Research and of the Asian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research.
Member of the editorial board (comité de lecture) of Recherches et Applications en Marketing, Perspectives Culturelles de la Consommation, Anatolia, and Leisuretourism.com.
Reviewer of several research papers for major conferences (EMAC, ACR, AFM, ATMC), scientific journals (Advances in Consumer Research, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Recherches et Applications en Marketing, Annals of Tourism Research, Anatolia, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Gestion 2000) and edited books (Interpretive Consumer Research).
Awards
Jurors' award (Gold Award) at the Association of Consumer Research's Film Festival. Vancouver, October 2012 (film: The Père-Lachaise Cemetery: Between touristic experience and heterotopic consumption. CONSimage. 33').
People's choice award (Silver Award) at the Association of Consumer Research's Film Festival. Toronto, October 2003 (film: Colors and scarves : Symbolic consumption by soccer fans. CONSimage. 26').
Diplomas
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Economics, Commitments and opportunities: judgment and decision making by vacationers, University of Namur
Award Date: 30 Jun 1999
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Network
-
II.D.2. Identity and evolutionary aspects of sustainable consumption
DECROP, A. & DESSART, F.
1/10/10 → …
Project: PHD
-
-
III.A.3. Pricing issues in the cultural field
DECROP, A., DERBAIX, M. & ZIDDA, P.
8/11/07 → …
Project: Research
-
-
-
Ecolodge Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: A New Typology of Entrepreneurs; The Case of IRAN
Varmazyari, H., Mirhadi, S. H., Joppe, M., Kalantari, K. & Decrop, A., Jul 2022, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 14, 14, 8479.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Downloads (Pure) -
Tourist Souvenirs
DECROP, A., 2022, Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar PublishingResearch output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
-
Consumer Perception of Service Quality: the Case of Airbnb and Couchsurfing
Dewitte, M., Mallargé, J. & DECROP, A., 2021, Sustainable and Collaborative Tourism in a Digital World. Decrop, A., Correia, A., Fyall, A. & Kozak, M. (eds.). Goodfellow Publishing, p. 100 121 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
-
Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 crisis for the tourism industry in Belgium
DECROP, A. & Mallargé, J., 2021, Tourism Post Covid-19: Coping, Negotiating, Leading Change. Callot, P. (ed.). Vienna: Tourist Research Center AssociationResearch output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
-
Meanings of Tourist Souvenirs: From the Holiday Experience to Everyday Life
Masset, J. & Decrop, A., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Travel Research. 60, 4, p. 718-734 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
-
2017 Best paper award at TTRA-Angers for "The transition of tourist souvenirs: From the holiday experience to everyday life"
Masset, Julie (Recipient) & Decrop, Alain (Recipient), 28 Apr 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2017 The Judge's Best Videography Award at ACR Conference for "Tomorrowland Festival-A Heterotopia of Deviation"
Masset, Julie (Recipient) & Decrop, Alain (Recipient), Oct 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
2019 AIMAC Conference
Julie Masset (Contributor) & Alain DECROP (Contributor)
2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
-
2018 EMAC Conference
Julie Masset (Contributor) & Alain DECROP (Contributor)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
-
34ème Conférence de l'Association Française du Marketing
Julie Masset (Contributor) & Alain DECROP (Contributor)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
-
JNRC 2017- Journées normandes des recherches sur la consommation
Julie Masset (Contributor) & Alain Decrop (Contributor)
23 Nov 2017 → 24 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
-
2017 Annual Conference of the Association for Consumer Research
Julie Masset (Contributor) & Alain Decrop (Contributor)
26 Oct 2017 → 29 Oct 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Thesis
-
Commitments and opportunities: judgment and decision making by vacationers
Author: Decrop, A., 1999Supervisor: Snelders, D. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doc types › Doctor of Economics and Business Management