Matthias Fuchs

Matthias Fuchs is a tenured full professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. His research focuses on sustainable tourism, big data analytics, circular economy frameworks, and strategic management in tourism destinations. He teaches courses such as M-1 Strategic Management and is actively involved in curriculum development for e-tourism and business intelligence.

His work integrates quantitative methods like clustering algorithms (e.g., k-Means, DBSCAN) with qualitative analyses to address tourism challenges. Key research areas include real-time tourism monitoring via Google Maps data, socio-economic impact assessments of tourism, and post-Cartesian ontologies challenging conventional economic paradigms. He explores creativity's role in fostering innovative regions through network science and Buddhist philosophy-influenced frameworks.

Publications span topics from cultural tourism sustainability in Sweden to the application of convolutional neural networks for Instagram analysis. Despite no explicit awards listed, his contributions to e-tourism curricula and big data methodologies reflect significant scholarly influence. Fuchs advocates for transformative science to align tourism with UN Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing ethical leadership and justice-oriented socio-economic policies.

Teaching responsibilities include guiding students in tourism management, strategic leadership, and destination marketing. His interdisciplinary approach bridges business intelligence, environmental science, and philosophy to address contemporary tourism challenges.