Aphrodite Vlahos

Aphrodite is an adjunct lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. She received her PhD in Marketing in 2020. Her research utilises ethnographic methods to explore the interplay between consumers and markets. Prior to entering academia, she was a content marketer for the hospitality industry.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Adjunct lecturer, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Melbourne, PhD

Publications

  • 2021
    Aesthetic Work as Cultural Competence: Chasing Beauty in the Coproduction of Aesthetic Services, Journal of Services Research
  • 2021
    Toward a “human being to commodity model” as an explanation for men's violent, sexual consumption of women, Journal of Consumer Affairs
  • 2016
    Went in for Botox and left with a rhinoplasty: The ethics of customer relationship marketing practices for non-surgical cosmetic procedures, Marketing Intelligence and Planning

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