Jeroen Oskam

Jeroen Oskam was born in Rotterdam. He obtained his PhD cum laude from the Universiteit van Amsterdam (1992). He has worked at different universities and hotel and tourism schools in the Netherlands and in Spain.

Jeroen’s current research focuses on the future of hospitality, with recent scenario studies on topics as OTAs and urban vacation rentals. His latest books are Innovation in Hospitality Education (Springer, 2018), The Future of Airbnb and the 'Sharing Economy'. The Collaborative Consumption of Our Cities (Channelview, 2019) and The Overtourism Debate: NIMBY, Nuisance, Commodification (Emerald, 2020).

“My research aims to clarify how changes in our environment impact our personal and professional lives. These changes may originate within our own discipline, but most of the time they will be caused by other developments that will take us by surprise if we take a narrow view. Also in my educational role, it is my ambition to make students think about how they can anticipate or react to future, often unexpected events.”

Jeroen’s current research interest are Strategic Foresight and sociocultural sustainability of hospitality and tourism.

Covid impact

Airbnb and Overtourism

Educational innovation

Oskam, J.A. & Davis, T. (2022). The Covid-pandemic has ended. Again. Journal of Tourism Futures. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-03-2022-0091.
Oskam, J. A., & De Visser-Amundson, A. (2022). A systematic review of ethical issues in hospitality and tourism innovation. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTI-11-2021-0305.
Oskam, J. (2022). Mine, yours and ‘shared’: The ethical discourse of collaborative consumption. In Roya Rahimi, Babak Taheri, Dimitrios Buhalis (eds.), The Sharing Economy and the Tourism Industry: Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges, Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, 142-158. https://www.goodfellowpublishers.com/academic-publishing.php?promoCode=&partnerID=&content=doi&doi=10.23912/9781915097064-5113.
Oskam, J. A., de Visser-Amundson, A., & de Boer, B. (2021). Preparing Hospitality Graduates for a Volatile Future: The need for “Field Problem Solvers”. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 45(5), 902-904. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10963480211020554.
Oskam, J. A. (2020), Eiffel Tower and Big Ben, or “off the beaten track”? Centripetal demand in Airbnb, Hospitality & Society, 10(2), 127–55. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00017_1.
Oskam, J. (ed.) (2020), The overtourism debate: NIMBY, nuisance, commodification. Bingley: Emerald Publishers. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781838674878.
Oskam, J. (2019). The Future of Airbnb and the 'Sharing Economy'. The Collaborative Consumption of Our Cities. Bristol: Channelview. https://www.channelviewpublications.com/page/detail/?k=9781845416720.
Oskam, J., Van der Rest, J.-P., & Telkamp, B. (2018). What’s mine is yours—but at what price? Dynamic pricing behavior as an indicator of Airbnb host professionalization. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 17(5), 311-328. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41272-018-00157-3.
Oskam, Jeroen, Daphne M. Dekker and Karoline Wiegerink (eds.), Innovation in Hospitality Education. Anticipating the Educational Needs of a Changing Profession. Cham: Springer, 2018. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-61379-6.
Oskam, Jeroen and Tjeerd Zandberg, “Who Will Sell Your Rooms? Hotel Distribution Scenarios”. Journal of Vacation Marketing 22 (2016): 265-278. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1356766715626965.