Faculty Member, Newcastle Business School
Lecturer
About
PhD Lincoln, MEnvSc Lüneburg, Grad Cert Newcastle
I am a committed and multi-lingual scholar with extensive experience as a public speaker, lecturer, researcher of qualitative, in-depth studies, referee of academic papers and elected member of various academic committees, while also having extensive work experience in the industry. I am teaching at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and still travel extensively for conferences and speaking commitments.
I have been researching the film tourism phenomenon in Aotearoa New Zealand since 2000. During these studies I repeatedly traveled the whole country talking to local tourism operators and other stakeholders about their experience with film tourism. The findings were disseminated to both academic and public audiences in form of my doctoral thesis, several presentations and publications including journal articles, a chapter in the book and newspaper articles and documentaries.
I am now researching Equine Tourism in the Hunter region, NSW, Australia.
My Research Interests include:
Equine Tourism and Equitation Science;
Sustainable Tourism, planning and development;
Mythical, literary and film tourism;
Event Management;
Economics, especially medieval economics.
I have been active in the Emergency Services for many years. Qualifications and experiences gained include Advanced First Aid/Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (with the Red Cross and St. Johns Ambulance) as well as Civil Defense and member of the Urban Search and Rescue team(Response Medic and Rope Access) in Christchurch, New Zealand.
I am now active in the Australian Emergency Services with my local SES unit, and pursue qualifications in General Rescue, RCR and Large Animal Rescue/Technical Equine Rescue.
