Prof. Rob Law is University of Macau Development Foundation (UMDF) Chair Professor of Smart Tourism, and Honorary Professor in Information Technology in Hospitality and Tourism of School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to joining the University of Macau in July 2021, Prof. Law has worked in the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, University of Regina, Bell Northern Research/Northern Telecom, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Prof. Law is an active researcher. As at April 2024, he has received 110+ research related awards and accolades (e.g. recognized as the most prolific tourism/hospitality researcher in the world over two decades from 2000 to 2019 – International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 2021), as well as millions of USD external and internal research grants. Prof. Law has edited four books and published 1,000+ research papers (including several hundred articles in first-tier academic journals). His publications have received 70,000+ citations, with h-index/i10-index = 121/572 (https://scholar.google.com/citations).  In addition, Prof. Law serves different roles for 200+ research journals (e.g. on the Editorial Boards of 62% of the Q1 journals and 80% of the Q2 journals in hospitality/tourism), and is a chair/committee member of more than 180 international conferences.

• PhD (University of Regina) 
• MSc (University of Regina) 
• BSc (University of Lethbridge)

• CHE (American Hotel & Lodging Association)
  

• Hotel and Tourism Technology Management