Dr Rita Kottasz

About

I joined Kingston Business School in 2016. Currently, I am Associate Professor of Marketing within the Department of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation at Kingston University, London. 

As of January 2020, I am Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing (previously: International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing). I also serve on the editorial boards of Arts and the Market (Emerald Publishing), the International Journal of Arts Management (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and Young Consumers (Emerald Publishing). 

RECENT AWARDS 

2022 Winner Faculty of Business and Social Science Research Award, Kingston University, London

2021 Winner of the 'Outstanding Paper in the 2021 Emerald Literati Awards' (Emerald Publishing) Bucknell Bossen, C. and Kottasz, R. (2020), "Uses and gratifications sought by pre-adolescent and adolescent TikTok consumers", Young Consumers, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 463-478. https://doi.org/10.1108/YC-07-2020-1186 

2021 Winner of the Personal Tutor of the Year, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, London

2020 Winner of the Academic Impact Award for Developing Student Employability, Kingston University, London

2019 Best paper prize: Consumer Saudade: Mediating the Relationship between Screen Fandom and Abnormal Consumption of Screen-Related Products. 15th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy

2019 Academy of Marketing Research Grant Winner: Title of Project: Driverless Futures: A Customer Value Proposition for Non-Customers of Conventional Cars

Academic responsibilities

Associate Professor

Qualifications

  • Pratt Institute, NYC, Central Saint Martin's, London Guildhall, Roehampton University, London
  • Masters in Arts Management
  • PhD in Non-Profit Management
  • PGCTLHE, Chartered Marketer, FHEA, CMBE

Teaching and learning

Research

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Leadership and management

Social media

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