About

Theresa Kors studied "Tourism and Sustainable Regional Development - Management and Geography" at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. In her master thesis she investigated the dynamics between destination and real estate market development in the alpine tourism resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Using assemblage thinking, she devoted herself to the formation process of short-term rentals.

As a research assistant she is involved in the research project "Sustainable tourism and regional development in Garmisch-Partenkirchen between tourism, leisure-oriented migration and the real estate market", which is funded by the Bavarian Center for Tourism. She is investigating the changes in the relationship between tourism, other leisure-oriented forms of mobility of people and capital, and its consequences for sustainable tourism development outside metropolitan destinations.

Education and career

• Since 01/2022: Research assistant at the Chair of Human Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
• 10/2019-01/2022: Master studies in "Tourism and Sustainable Regional Development” at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Master thesis on the topic “(Holiday) homes, at what cost? The entanglement between destination and real estate market development in the alpine tourist town Garmisch-Partenkirchen”
• 10/2019-01/2021: Additional studies "Sustainable Development" at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
• 10/2015-09/2019: Bachelor studies in geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Bachelor thesis on “The social practice of the long-distance travel - to understand an environmentally harmful form of mobility in tourism”

Research interests – topics

• Tourism Geography
• Sustainable regional development
• Political economy

Research interests – regions

• foothills of the Alps (esp. Garmisch-Partenkirchen)