Dr Beatriz Tovar is Full Professor at Las Palmas University and a member of the University Institute for Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, a leading research team at international level in the field of innovative and sustainable tourist development and a member of its Tourism and Transport Research Unit, a leading research team at international level in the field of Transport. She teaches in undergraduate and graduate (including MBA and PhD) courses regarding the productivity and efficiency measurement for utilities and Transport. She has been actively involved in contracts and research projects with the World Bank, CEPAL, the European Commission or the Spanish Ministry of Transport.

She has published more than fifty articles in several respected international journals including Applied Economics, Energy Economics, Energy policy, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Fisheries Research, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Journal of Air Transport and Management, Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Transport Economic and Policy, Journal of Transport Geography, Maritime Economics & Logistics, Maritime Policy and Management, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Operational Research, Research in Transportation Business & Management, Tourism Economics, Tourism Management Perspectives, Transport Policy, Transport Review, Transportation, Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part D, Transportation Research Part E, Transportation Science, and Utility Policy.

 

She does also act as a reviewer for several international journals such as Case Studies on Transport Policy, Economía Mundial, Energies, Energy Economics, Energy policy, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, International Journal of Transport Economics, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Journal of Air Transport and Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Shipping and Trade, Journal of Transport Economic and Policy, Journal of Transport Geography, Maritime Policy and Management, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Ocean and Coastal Management, Research in Transport Economics, Research in Transportation Business & Management, Revista de Economía Aplicada, Science of the Total Environment, Sustainability, The International Trade Journal; Transactions on Maritime Science; Transport Policy, Transportation Research Part A, Part D, and Part E,  Utilities Policy, WMU Journal Maritime affairs and also for international congress such as IAME 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and IAME 2024 and World of Shipping Portugal Conference 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Finally, she is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (TRPE), a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Technology, and also a member of the Editorial advisory board for the journal Sustainability (Sustainable Transportation Section).

Author details

ResearcherID: L-6643-2014

Scopus Author ID: 17347339500

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3444-7842

Mendeley: goo.gl/8h89Es

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Business Address
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Departamento de Análisis Económico Aplicado
Saulo Torón, 4. 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
www.personales.ulpgc.es/btovar.daea

Contact

Office phone: +34 615 348 515

E-mail: beatriz.tovar@ulpgc.es