Dr Janne J Liburd is an Associate Professor and Director of Research, Centre for Tourism, Culture and Innovation at the University of Southern Denmark. She is a cultural anthropologist and her research interests are in the field of sustainable tourism development. She has published on national park development, heritage tourism, cruise tourism, tourism innovation, tourism crisis communication, Corporate Social Responsibility, NGOs and democratic accountability in the Eastern Caribbean. Dr. Liburd has conducted a number of research projects relating to competence development for tourism practitioners and tourism educators. Dr Liburd is the chair of the BEST Education Network.