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Carlos de Oliveira Fernandes é Professor Coordenador na área do Turismo, no Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo. Completou a Licenciatura na Syracuse University (EUA), Mestrado na Rutgers University (EUA), com equivalência pela Universidade Técnica de Lisboa e o Doutoramento na Bournemouth University (Reino Unido). É Juiz (Presidente) da Confraria dos Gastrónomos do Minho; perito do International Institute for Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT); membro de júri para a Plataforma Região Europeia da Gastronomia; integra o UNWTO Panel of Tourism Experts; Coordenador do ATLAS Gastronomy and Tourism Research Group; membro do Conselho Consultivo do Observatório de Turismo Gastronómico de Itália; Colaboração com a Organização Mundial do Turismo na área de operações turísticas em países de África (Angola, Moçambique e Zimbabwe) e ao Conselho da Europa na área do turismo alternativo (Ucrânia, Moldávia e Espanha). É membro do conselho de revisores de diversas revistas científicas nas áreas do turismo e gastronomia.
Artigos em revistas indexadas: Rachão, S., Breda, Z., Fernandes, C. & Joukes, V. (2021), Drivers of experience co-creation in food-and-wine tourism: An exploratory quantitative analysis, Tourism Management Perspectives, Vol. 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100783 Fernandes, C. & Richards, G. (2021), Developing gastronomic practices in the Minho region of Portugal, Acta geographica Slovenica, Vol. 61(1): 141-152. Rachão, S., Breda, Z., Fernandes, C., & Joukes, V. (2020). Food-and-wine experiences towards co-creation in tourism, Tourism Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-01-2019-0026. Rachão, S., Breda, Z., Fernandes, C. and Joukes, V. (2020), “Co-creation of tourism experiences: are food-related activities being explored?”, British Food Journal, Vol. 122 No. 3, pp. 910-928. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-10-2019-0769 Rachão, S., Breda, Z., Fernandes, C. & Joukes, V. (2019), Enogastronomy in Northern Portugal: Destination Cooperation and Regional Identity, Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research, Vol. 7 (2), pp. 216-237 Ambrósio, V., Fernandes, C., Krogmann, A., Leitão, I., Oremusová, D. and Šolcová, L. (2019), From church perseverance in authoritarian states to today´s religious inspired tourism, PASOS- Journal of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Vol. 17(5), pp. 1067-1080 Leitão, I. & Fernandes, C. (2019), Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Nazaré (Portugal): Religious and Cultural Itineraries. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Vol. 7(ii), pp. 41-61. Rachão, S., Breda, Z., Fernandes, C. & Joukes, V. (2019), Food Tourism in Territorial Dynamics: A Systematic literature review, European Journal of Tourism Research, 21, pp. 33-49. Ambrósio, V.; Fernandes, C.; Silva, G. & Cabral, A. (2019), Conceptual Model for measuring the homogeneity of the Portuguese Way of St.James, International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Vol. 7(ii), pp. 94-104. Oliveira, A., Correia, A. & Fernandes, C (2017), A Utilização das Redes Sociais na Perspetiva das Empresas de Turismo em Espaço Rural, Pasos-Revista de Turismo y Património Cultural, Vol. 15 (4), pp. 807-822. Ambrósio, V.; Krogmann, A.; Fernandes, C.; Braga, C.; Leitão, I.; and Nemčíková, M. (2017) “Marian Midsize Shrines: three itineraries between Portugal and Slovakia,” International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Vol. 5 (3), pp. 72-82 Fernandes, C.; Melo, C. & Cardoso, M. (2016) “Monitoring the Tourism Impact of a Cultural and Religious Event: A Case Study in Northern Portugal,” International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, Vol. 4: Iss. 2, pp. 29-41.
Principais Projetos: EcoSME – Business Sustainability Skills for SMEs in the Hospitality Sector, Erasmus + Programme – Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training. (2021-2024) CULTSENSE- Sensitizing Young Travellers to Local Cultures, Erasmus + Programme – Strategic Partnership (2020-2023); INCOME-Innovative Cooperation Business –HEI learning model for Tourism, Erasmus + Program – Key Action 2 (KA2) (2018-2021); CULTOUR+- Innovation and Capacity Building in Higher Education for Cultural Management, Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism in European Cultural Routes (2015-2018); EFFORT-Education Force: Driving Mobility for EU-East Europe cooperation, Programa Erasmus Mundus (2013-2017)