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Ralf Burbach

Head of School

Dr Ralf Burbach was appointed Head of School, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management in April 2025. He previously held the position of Head of the Hospitality Management Discipline from June 2011. Ralf has worked in a number of lecturing and senior management roles in different higher education institutions since 2001. Ralf has thirteen years of professional hospitality industry experience and has held managerial posts in Germany, the UK and Ireland. Ralf is a member (and Board Member) of the Irish Hospitality Institute, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, President of the Hotel Schools of Distinction, Past President at the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE), and Past President of EuroCHRIE its European Federation. Ralf serves on the Hospitality Careers Oversight Group, a body set up by the Irish Government to address skills needs in the sector. His main research interests are International Talent Management, digital HRM, and vocational training systems. He has given keynote speeches and published a number of book chapters, an edited book, and a number of journal articles in these areas. Moreover, Ralf is a transnational education expert and manages TU Dublin’s largest transnational programme, a joint BSc Event Management with Hainan University, China.

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