Marc Andreu Morell Tipper

Marc Andreu Morell Tipper is a social anthropologist and part-time lecturer at the University of the Balearic Islands (Universitat de les Illes Balearis), where he teaches Anthropology of Contemporary Societies in the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Work, Department of Social Anthropology. He holds a PhD from the Universitat de Barcelona and has conducted extensive ethnographic research on urban transformations in Majorca, Malta, Riga, and Vilnius.

His educational background includes a PhD in Social Anthropology (2016) from Universitat de Barcelona, a University Master's in Human Evolution and Cognition (2009) from Universitat de les Illes Balears, and multiple degrees in anthropology, history, and tourism policy. He has taught 55 courses across various academic levels, with particular emphasis on Urban Anthropology (10 courses), Anthropology of Tourism (7 courses), and Social Anthropology (5 courses).

Morell's research centers on the class character of space production and its implications for social change. His work examines tourism policy, heritage construction, and gentrification in Majorca; brick hegemony and rent society in Malta; and national economic visions in Baltic republics. His scholarship bridges critical geography, political economy, and urban anthropology, with increasing focus on transnational phenomena like housing financialization and short-term rental markets.

His recent publications reveal a trajectory from local ethnographic studies toward broader theoretical contributions, with significant works including 'Why do middle-class positions matter?' (2022) on short-term rental markets and 'Housing financialization in Majorcan holiday rentals' (2020). These works demonstrate his consistent focus on how economic transformations reshape urban spaces and social relations.

• Why do middle-class positions matter? The alignment of short-term rental suppliers to the interests of capital (2022)
• Housing financialization in Majorcan holiday rentals (2020)
• Not tourism-phobia but urban-philia: understanding stakeholders' perceptions of urban touristification (2019)

Morell actively participates in multiple research groups including the Critical Geographies of Urbanisation, Sustainability and Touristification Research Group at UIB, the Social Exclusion and Control Research Group at Universitat de Barcelona, and the Power, Flows and Culture collective at Rīgas Strādiņa Universitāte. His current projects include '(R)e-ties: Managing Mobility and Human relations in Digitally Saturated Social Worlds' and 'Frontlines of Value: Class and Social Transformation in 21st Century Capitalism.'

With 69 total publications, including 1 book and 46 academic publications, Morell has been cited 480 times in Google Scholar. His work bridges theoretical innovation with empirical rigor, making significant contributions to understanding contemporary urban transformations and social inequalities across Mediterranean and Baltic contexts.