Jaume Rosselló Nadal is currently Full Professor of Applied Economics at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) since September 2017. He has also served as Associate Professor at the Griffith Institute of Tourism in Australia (November 2016 – October 2020), and as Visiting Professor (Fulbright Program) at the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley (June – August 2018). Previously, he was Visiting Researcher at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia (June – August 1998) under the FPI Fellowship Program, and Visiting Researcher at Griffith University, Australia (July – September 2016) under the Salvador de Madariaga Researchers Abroad Program. In 2009, he was awarded the “Emerging Scholarship” distinction by the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.

His research interests have always been linked to the regional analysis, particularly quantitative analysis of tourism. Initially, he focused the attention on models for estimating and predicting tourism demand on a temporary basis, evaluating the stability of income and price elasticities over time. The estimation of the price elasticity of tourism meant the possibility of evaluating the impact of a tourism tax, which led, in turn, to the approach of microeconometric models to try to study different alternatives of tourist taxation considering the consumer choice theory.

Later, the growing importance of environmental factors as tourist attractions led him to incorporate environmental variables into demand models and to participate in several projects on this topic. This, along with his involvement in a European project on climate change, marked a turning point in his research career. From then on, his work has primarily focused on quantifying international effects on tourism demand and evaluating the environmental impacts of tourism activity, while also addressing methodological issues related to econometric estimation and seasonality.

These recent lines of research have led to a specialization in aggregate demand models with special attention to spatial dimensions — a relatively new field within traditional modeling, which had been primarily focused on temporal dimensions.

His contribution to society is reflected in his participation in various contracts with public administrations, and notably in his involvement with the Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC), an international organization that brings together researchers from around the world. This work culminated in the publication of TPCC’s first report on the state of tourism and climate change at the recent United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai.

With more than 20 years of dedication to academia, he has supervised four doctoral theses (with two more in progress) and over 20 master's theses. The strong demand for professionals specialized in tourism has led some of his students to work in international institutions such as the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), as well as in academia as researchers and lecturers.

He has participated in four European projects (two currently ongoing), in addition to numerous research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and/or Science through public calls. He has published extensively on tourism demand modelling, climate change, energy, residents' attitudes, environmental policy, and seasonality. His work has received over 3.000 citations in Scopus, 2.350 in Web of Science, and 6.000 in Google Scholar.

He has served on the editorial boards of several leading tourism journals and is currently Associate Editor of Annals of Tourism Research and a member of the editorial board of Tourism Economics. He is listed among the World’s Top 2% most influential scientists in the field of tourism, according to the “Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists” published by Stanford University (California) in October 2023.