Short bio
Albert Arias-Sans is a geographer, with a PhD in Tourism geography. He is a postdoc researcher studying the interconnections between tourism, leisure and mobilities. Currently, he is leading a research project on mapping the controversy of mountain biking in the surrounding natural areas in Barcelona (www.cimcoll.org). He is also an Associate Lecturer at the University of Barcelona since 2018. He was the head of the Strategic Plan for Tourism 2020 Barcelona, and worked as a research project manager and free-lance consultant on urban and tourism policies.