Duncan Light

Duncan Light is Principal Academic in Tourism Management at Bournemouth University, researching cultural politics of tourism with geographic focus on Romania and UK coastal heritage.

Research streams include:

• Dracula tourism's cultural dilemmas
• Transitional justice in post-communist memorial museums
• Seaside heritage recognition

Authored 'The Dracula Dilemma: Tourism, Identity and the State in Romania' (2016), examining Romania's negotiation of vampire tourism imagery over 40 years.

Publications develop theoretical frameworks for understanding tourism's role in place identity formation, with recent work on 'dwelling-mobility' existential theory.

Editorial roles include Associate Editor of Leisure Sciences. Contributes to AHRC-funded 'Dracula Returns to Derby' project examining cultural heritage.