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I am a Professor of Experience Design and Head of Experience Design at the Department of Innovation and Management in Tourism at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria. I am the co-founder of the Experience Design Summit Year Zero.

Transformation design is an international journey of unbecoming and becoming the Self we are meant to be.

About me

Before her current role, Barbara was working as a Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality Management and as MSc Hospitality Programmes Leader at Bournemouth University, UK. Barbara has held presentations on experience design and digital transformation in several higher institutions around the world, including Surrey University, UK, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, University of Alicante, Spain, University of South Australia, Australia, and is a visiting lecturer on experience design at international universities, including IMC Krems, Austria and MODUL University Austria.

Areas of Expertise

My research focuses on experience design and transformation design. I research, write and speak about how we can use experience design as a mindset and toolset to intentionally design experiences that elevate our human consciousness and bring transformation to our personal lives, workplaces and ecosystems.

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Value Co-Creation

Speaking

I have the honour to share my personal journey of transformation, scientific insights from research and foresight of the trends on experience design as a speaker. I am frequently invited as a keynote speaker and have shared my research at over 60 scientific conferences, global industry summits and business events around the globe.

Consulting

My research focuses on experience design and transformation design. I research, write and speak about how we can use experience design as a mindset and toolset to intentionally design experiences that elevate our human consciousness and bring transformation to our personal lives, workplaces and ecosystems.

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Teaching

My passion and purpose is to bring education to the world and it is a great privilege for me to be part of the educational journey of the next generation of humans.

My teaching content focuses on marketing and management related subjects, specifically focusing on customer experience, design thinking, innovation, trends, consulting projects, research methods, eTourism and digital transformation. All content is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, combining my research and theories from marketing, services marketing, digital marketing, management, economy, psychology and design, and applying these to the contexts of tourism, leisure and events, and the general service sector at large.

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Stories from Barbara

ConferenceExperience DesignResearch PaperTransformation DesignICE 2023: Keynote and Research Presentations on Transformational Leadership, Transformative Experiences and Co-creation
17/09/2023

ICE 2023: Keynote and Research Presentations on Transformational Leadership, Transformative Experiences and Co-creation

At this year’s International Conference on Events (ICE) 2023, FH Salzburg was well represented with no fewer than three contributions by FH-Prof. Barbara Neuhofer and two IMT Master’s students. This…
ConferenceExperience DesignResearch PaperTransformation DesignSurrey Conference 2023: Research Presentation on Transformative Event Design
12/07/2023

Surrey Conference 2023: Research Presentation on Transformative Event Design

Between 5 - 7 July 2023, IMT Master's student Nieke attended on behalf of Barbara Neuhofer and herself the Surrey 2023 Conference 'Bringing Hospitality, Tourism, Transport and Events Back for…
Research PaperDestination Design of the Future: Digital, Intelligent and Sustainable Experiences
03/04/2023

Destination Design of the Future: Digital, Intelligent and Sustainable Experiences

What will destinations of the future look like? In a recent book chapter publication by FH-Prof. Dr. Barbara Neuhofer and Lukas Grundner, MA, destinations of the future are explained at…

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