Academic Director and Professor of Sustainable Tourism
Prof Dr. Wolfgang Strasdas studied landscape planning with a focus on tourism in Hannover and Seattle. Since 1991, he has been involved in initial research projects on sustainable tourism and has worked for many years as a tourism consultant in development cooperation. In 2001, he earned his doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin with a dissertation on ecotourism in Mexico and Belize. In 2002, Wolfgang Strasdas was appointed professor at the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, where he established the Master's program in Sustainable Tourism Management. He has been retired since 2024. His current areas of work include climate protection and adaptation to climate change, sustainable mobility, protected area management, corporate responsibility, and certifications in tourism.
Wolfgang Strasdas was appointed to the steering committee of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) for the development of the National Tourism Strategy. He also advises the BMWK's Competence Center for the Green Transformation of Tourism. Additionally, he is a member of the scientific advisory boards of the German National Tourist Board and the sustainability initiative Futouris. He also serves on the juries for the Ecotrophea Sustainability Award of the German Travel Association (DRV) and the "Destination Nature" Award presented by Deutsche Bahn and leading German environmental organizations.
