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Nicole Koenig-Lewis

Professor Nicole Koenig-Lewis

(she/her)

Professor of Marketing

Cardiff Business School

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Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Dr Nicole Koenig-Lewis is a Professor of Marketing at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University and an affiliate to CAST (Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations)

Her research evolves around the themes of customer experiences, sustainable consumption and access-based consumption with a special focus on consumer engagement, the role of emotions and consumer attitudes. Her current projects tackle the theoretical debate about drivers and barriers to sustainable consumer behaviours in contexts such as sustainable consumption, environmentally friendly packaging, access-based consumption, and festivals/sport events/conf as agents of sustainable behaviour change. She is interested in how consumer attitudes towards sustainable consumption are shaped and how we can influence behaviour aiming to inspire truly sustainable approaches to business.

She was the Principal Investigator for the academic research project about consumer attitudes towards the sharing economy funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant, “Reducing resource use through shared access to consumer goods – identifying subconscious barriers to nudging behaviour change”, (with Bosangit, C.). She has published in internationally recognised journals, such as Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Tourism Management, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Marketing Management and Annals of Tourism Research. Bridging the gap between academia and the business community, Nicole is working closely with a number of external business partners contributing to raise the profile of the University. Her research and external academic engagement consistently informs her teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Nicole has been awarded the status of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in February 2015. 

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Articles

Book sections

Books

Conferences

Research

Research interests

  • Sustainable consumption
  • Access-based consumption (e.g., material consumption, rental)
  • Circular economy (i.e. role of consumers) 
  • Events/festivals as agents of sustainable behaviour change

Teaching

Teaching commitments

BSc Business Management (Year 1): BS1528 Marketing (Co-Module Leader, 340 students),

MSc Marketing: BST350 Marketing Fundamentals (Module Leader, 110 students)

MSc Strategic Marketing: BST146 Research in Strategic Marketing 

PhD Supervision

MSc Supervision

 

Biography

Qualifications

  • Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), 2015
  • PhD (University of Wales): "Examining seasonal tourism demand variations in Wales", Swansea University, 2004
  • Dipl-Kffr Business Management (Dresden University of Technology, Germany), 1998

Additional activities

  • ESRC Wales DTP Pathway Convenor (Lead for Management and Business Pathway), 2016-2023
  • Founding member of the Cardiff University Festival Research Group
  • Founding member of the Cardiff University SFHEA Network
  • Member of the School’s Shadow Management Board, 2015-2018
  • External Examiner for MSc Marketing programme, University of Gloucestershire, 2011-2015
  • External Examiner for BSc Business Management (Marketing) programme, Brunel University, 2013-2017
  • External Examiner for Flexible and Executive MBA Programmes (Marketing-related modules), Henley Business School, Reading University, 2019-2023

Honours and awards

  • Celebrating Excellence Awards (10 Nov 2022) – Winner, Interdisciplinary Research Team from CARBS & GEOPL for ‘Excellence in Environmental Sustainability’ (Collins, A., Munday, M., Roberts, A., Koenig-Lewis, N., Flynn, A., Cooper, C., Jones, C.), Cardiff University
  • ESLA 2022 (Enriching Student Life Awards) – Nominated for ‘Most Uplifting Staff Member of the Year’, Cardiff University, Student Union
  • 2018 Highly Commended Paper Award at the BrEPS 5th Annual Conference, University of Surrey (Paper: Dermody, J., Hanmer-Lloyd, S., Koenig-Lewis, N. and Zhao, A.L., ‘Investigating green materialism among younger and older generations in China and the US: Can sustainable marketing help?’
  • Best Academic Paper prize at the 4th IPM (Institute of Place Management) Conference, Manchester (Paper: Laura Reynolds, L., Koenig-Lewis, N. & Doering, H. (2017), ‘Questioning the rhetoric of inclusivity in the co-creation of city brands through Bourdieu’s field-capital lens.’
  • 2017. Outstanding Contribution Award 2017, Cardiff University, Oct 2017
  • 2015. Outstanding Contribution Award 2015, Cardiff University, Nov 2015
  • 2014. Academy of Marketing Research Grant Award Winner AMRC Research Funding 2014, Academy of Marketing Research Grant 2014-2015 (with Palmer, A.)
  • 2013. Academy of Marketing Conference Best Paper – Political Marketing Track Prize, Sponsored by Wiley (Paper:Dermody, J, Hanmer-Lloyd, S., Koenig-Lewis, N. and Zhao, A.L. (2013), “Young British Partisan and Non-Voter Attitudes to Attack Election Advertising – Evidence from the 2010 Election Campaign”, In: Doherty, A. M. (ed.): Marketing Relevance - Academy of Marketing Conference, 8-11 July 2013, Pontypridd: University of South Wales)
  • 2011. Outstanding Reviewer at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011, selected for the very impressive and significant contribution made as a Reviewer to International Journal of Bank Marketing

Professional memberships

  • Senior Fellow of HIgher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • Academy of Marketing (AM)
  • Affiliate to CAST (Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations)
  • Member of the International Society for the Circular Economy (IS4CE)
  • Founding Member of Cardiff University Festival Research Group, Cardiff University (since 2016)

Academic positions

  • 2023-present: Professor of Marketing, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
  • 2018-2023: Reader (Associate Professor) in Marketing, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
  • 2016-2018: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Marketing, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
  • 2015-2016: Lecturer in Marketing, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
  • 2012-2014: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Marketing, Swansea University, School of Management
  • 2005-2012: Lecturer in Marketing, Swansea University, School of Management
  • 2000-2004: Posgraduate Tutor, Swansea University, School of Management

Committees and reviewing

  • Ad-hoc journal reviewer (e.g. Journal of Business Ethics, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of Business Research, etc)
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Event Management

Supervisions

PhD supervision research interests

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:

  • Sustainable consumption
  • Consumer attitudes towards circular economy
  • Sharing economy/Access-based consumption
  • Events/festivals as agents of sustainable behaviour change

Current supervision

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

Research student

Edward Davies

Edward Davies

Research student

Yinan Li

Yinan Li

Research student

Past projects

Tiansheng Yang, Cardiff University, Title: “Understanding the transition towards sustainable product-service systems for personal mobility. A study of electric vehicle sharing schemes in China’s Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone” (completed 2023, 2nd supervisor)

Bader Alkaffary, Cardiff University, Title: ‘A study of psychological ownership in different stages of access-based fashion consumption’ (completed 2022, Lead supervisor)

Laura Reynolds, Cardiff University, Title: “A Critical Approach to Place Branding Governance: From ‘Holding Stakes’ to ‘Holding Flags’” (completed 2018, Lead supervisor) 

Kate Organ (née Stacey), Swansea University, Title: “Measuring the Experiential Values of Food Festivals in Wales” (completed 2013, 2nd supervisor)

Contact Details

Email Koenig-LewisN@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 70967
Campuses Aberconway Building, Room E01b, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Sustainable Consumption