Faculty for Accounting, Finance and Marketing – Research

Higher education institutes cannot do without research these days. Almost all of our conducted research is dedicated to the Aruban society. Students, lecturers, and our scientific associates analyze and assess important (economic) trends with regard to their significance to the Aruban community. The Faculty for Accounting, Finance, and Marketing also organizes many activities that benefit society as a whole. Examples of these activities are i.e. projects benefiting our cultural heritage and projects regarding sustainable entrepreneurship in Aruba. Our students are also actively involved in Circle K activities and in the Red Cross of Aruba. For more information about the faculty’s research and social services, please contact the Faculty Dean at fef@ua.aw.

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Faculty of Law – Research

The Faculty of Law of the University of Aruba conducts research and delivers services that benefit the Aruban society as a whole and the legal professional community in particular. The Faculty of Law conducts applied and scientific research in all legal fields. This faculty has its own research program, entitled ‘Small Jurisdictions’. This program focuses on the way Law functions in small jurisdictions like Aruba. Moreover, the faculty members publish their research findings in books and publications series like the SNAAR series and Aruba Iuridica, and in legal periodicals like the ‘Caribisch Juristenblad (CJB)’ and the ‘Nederlandse Juristen Blad (NJB)’.

Research competencies are also seen in the faculty students, as all students are required to make a final (research) thesis that is accessible to the public through the University Library. Furthermore, students participate in inter-faculty programs, like the ‘Research on cultural heritage,’ of which the results were presented in May 2011.

For more information about the faculty’s research and social services, please contact the Faculty Dean at ruth.bonnevalle@ua.aw.

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Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management Studies – Research

The FHTMS prides itself on the scientific rigor we apply to all our programs, including research and development. Scientific research is a cornerstone in all our undergraduate and graduate programs through which we seek to advance the know-how and know-why of tourism. Of particular interest to the FHTMS is the sustainability of tourism in small island societies, in which we address economic, social, environmental, and policy questions.

Research projects include:

• Tourism Leadership and Governance
• Tourism Marketing and Destination Branding
• Measuring Tourism Value
• Destination Business Intelligence
• Effectiveness of Destination Management Organizations
• Strategic Management of Tourism Enterprises
• Socio-Economic Impacts of Tourism Development in small-Island States
• Quality of Visitor Experiences
• High-performance organizations in Hospitality and Tourism
• Human Capital Development in Hospitality
• Best Practices in Human Resource Management in Hospitality
• Change Management in Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Sustainable Development
• Destination Performance and Competitiveness
• Electronic Tourism and Multi-channel management
• Return on Tourism Marketing Investments

The Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management Studies of the University of Aruba is active in social and community services. For more information about the faculty’s research and social services, please contact the Faculty Dean at sue-ann.lee@ua.aw.

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Faculty of Arts and Science – Research

Besides education, research and social services are the main focus of the university as established in the ‘Landsverordening Universiteit van Aruba (LUA)’. As a young faculty, the FAS does not have a long history in the field of research and social services. However, this will change in the upcoming years when the FAS starts its own research program.

Research is an important part of the curriculum of the FAS programs. Students are encouraged to undertake social service activities as part of their education. The programs attend to the development of competencies directly related to the professional and contextual orientation of the student. Thus, they promote the role of the ‘researcher’ as one of the qualities of the future professional.

By implementing research assignments in the modules we aim to have students experience some basic research. For example, in January 2010, students presented the results of their research connected to the project ‘Political and social awareness as reflected in Aruban and Caribbean songs.’ We also actively facilitate Ph.D. research for our FAS lecturers, emphasize the relevance and importance of (other independent) research projects, and other research assignments that are part of the research-oriented focus and orientation of the FAS.

In the future, we foresee that more lectures, seminars, and workshops will be accessible to the public. The topics may be related to all kinds of issues of governance, social work, development, language, organization, and management.

For more detailed information about the faculty’s research and social services, please contact the Faculty Dean at mieke.de.droog@ua.aw.

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