Edson Redy Moreira dos Santos (CF1D-528C-3F08)

Curriculum Vitae

Edson Redy Moreira dos Santos

Edson Santos, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Verde's Faculty of Social Science, Humans, and Arts and the School of Business and Governance. He is also a Research Member at the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs). With a Ph.D. in Tourism from the University of Algarve, his research focuses on tourism policy and management, destination development, resident perceptions, and sustainable tourism, particularly in small island contexts. A key strength is his robust background in data analysis, including proficiency in SPSS, IBM AMOS, SmartPLS, and R, which he leverages to derive meaningful, evidence-based insights from both quantitative and qualitative data.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Edson Redy Moreira dos Santos

Citation names

Santos, Edson
dos Santos, E R M
Moreira dos Santos, Edson

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: CF1D-528C-3F08
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7843-9310
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YpvCOjEAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edson_Santos8
Scopus Author Id: 56037984300

Email addresses

edson.santos@docente.unicv.edu.cv (Professional)
a70500@ualg.pt (Personal)
edson.redy@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

(+238) 9248645 (Personal)
968293976 Ext.: Whatsapp (Personal)

Addresses

Universidade de Cabo Verde, Campus de Palmarejo Grande, 7943-010, Palmarejo Grande, Praia, Cape Verde (Professional)
Referee 1: Luís Nobre Pereira, Ph.D. (Email: lmper@ualg.pt, Tel: +351 289 800 137), 8005-139 , Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Referee 2: Patrícia Pinto, Ph.D. (Email: pvalle@ualg.pt, Tel: +351 289 800 900), 8005-139 , Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)
Referee 3: Manuel Alector Ribeiro, Ph.D (Email: m.ribeiro@surrey.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1483 686377), GU2 7XH, Guildford, London, United Kingdom (Professional)

Websites

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YpvCOjEAAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edson-Santos-8 (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Languages
Social Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Proficiency (C2)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/10 - 2024/12 Concluded	Tourism (Doutoramento) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2010/11 - 2013/07 Concluded	Tourism Management (Mestrado) Instituto Superior de Ciêrcias Empresariais e do Turismo, Portugal
2006/11 - 2010/07 Concluded	Languages, Literatures e Cultures (Licenciatura) Major in English Studies Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/10 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/10/01 - 2024/09/30	Factors Affecting Residents’ Support for Sustainable Tourism Development in Cape Verde UI/BD/150802/2020 10.54499/UI/BD/150802/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter

Santos, Edson; Pinto, Patrícia; Pereira, Luís Nobre. "Residents and Tourism COVID-19 Evidence, Cape Verde". In Managing Destinations: Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice, 127-139. Faro, Portugal: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
Published • 10.1108/s2042-144320240000014010
Santos, Edson; Dias, Francisco. "Rethinking destination brand concept with reference to the heritage labels and mutant visual identity". In New Tourism in the 21st Century: Culture, the City, Nature and Spirituality. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Published

Journal article

Moreira dos Santos, Edson Redy; Pereira, Luís Nobre; Pinto, Patrícia; Boley, B. Bynum. "Development and validation of the new resident empowerment through Tourism Scale: RETS 2.0". Tourism Management 104 (2024): 104915. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.104915.
10.1016/j.tourman.2024.104915
Santos, Edson Redy Moreira Dos; Pereira, Luís Nobre; Pinto, Patrícia; Boley, B. Bynum; Ribeiro, Manuel Alector. "Imperialism, empowerment, and support for sustainable tourism: Can residents become empowered through an imperialistic tourism development model?". Tourism Management Perspectives 53 (2024): 101270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101270.
10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101270
Moreira dos Santos, Edson Redy; Rodríguez Campo, Lorena. "Marca Cabo Verde. Aproximación al reciente posicionamiento del país a través de su identidad turística". Questiones Publicitarias 19 (2014): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/qp.22.
10.5565/rev/qp.22
Santos, Edson Redy Moreira dos. "Destination mutant brands: An empirical perspective of tourism professionals and host community to create Mutant Brand Cape Verde". Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 3 1 (2014): 68-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2013.12.008.
10.1016/j.jdmm.2013.12.008
Santos, Edson Redy Moreira Dos; Campo, María Lorena Rodríguez. "Destination branding: A reflective analysis of Brand Cape Verde". Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 10 1 (2013): 87-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/pb.2013.8.
10.1057/pb.2013.8
Santos, Edson; Dias, Francisco; Rodriguez-Campos, Lorena. "Mutant brands: Exploring the endless possibilities of visual expression". Brand Trends: Journal of Strategic Communication and Branding 4 4 (2013): 21-39. http://www.brandtrendsjournal.com/index.php/edicoes/edicoes-anteriores/ano-03-vol-04-n-04-abril-13.
Open access
Santos, Edson. "Destination branding: A new perspective for Brand Cape Verde". European Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation 4 2 (2013): 71-100. http://www.ejthr.com/ficheiros/2013/Volume2/EJTHR_Vol4_2_Art4_Edson.pdf.
Open access • Published

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/06/05	UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF EMPOWERMENT ON COSTS AND BENEFITS OF TOURISM IN AN ALL-INCLUSIVE CONTEXT	INC 2024 (Tourism, Hospitality, and Events International Conference) – Technology Enabled Competitiveness and Experiences in Tourism, Hospitality, and Events Hotelschool The Hague (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2024/05/08	IMPERIALISM, EMPOWERMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: CAN RESIDENTS BECOME EMPOWERED THROUGH AN IMPERIALISTIC TOURISM DEVELOPMENT MODEL?	INVTUR 2024 International Conference University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/11/16	DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE NEW RESIDENT EMPOWERMENT THROUGH TOURISM SCALE: RETS 2.0	TMS Algarve 2022: Tourism Management Studies Sustainability Challenges in Tourism, Hospitality, and Tourism School of Management, Hospitality, and Tourism, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal (Faro, Portugal)