Jürgen Schmude holds the Chair for “Economic Geography and Tourism Research“ at the Department for Geography at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich. He is leader of the teaching and research unit “Economic Geography”. His main research interests are focused on economic disparities in general and the impact of global and climate change on tourism economy in Germany, France and the Caribbean Sea (Guadeloupe, Dominica). He was awarded with the Willy-Scharnow-Award 2006, the ITB Book Award 2013 and the ICRET Research Award 2016. Jürgen Schmude has been president of the German Society of Tourism Research since November 2015.