Academia

This initiative focuses on the design and testing of methods and tools that promote a more sustainable academia.

Tools include a toolkit of comic characters and a comic strip template, which have contributed to the development of The Academic Line, a movement that promotes an humouristic self-reflective approach to the academic work environmnet, as discussed in:

• Bertella, G., & Tomassini, L. (2024). Humour and comics for academic change and well-being. Annals of Tourism Research, 109, 103862.  
• Bertella, G., & Tomassini, L. (2026). Who are we? Identity in tourism academia. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 38, 100592.