Department of Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport

Name & position*  Research expertise
Susanne Becken
Associate Professor
Tourism
Ann Brower
Lecturer
Politics, policy and administration of publicly owned natural resources
Grant Cushman
Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Leisure behaviour, leisure participation research, leisure policy
Pat Devlin
Reader in Parks (Emeritus)
Outdoor recreation areas management, nature conservation
Stephen Espiner
Senior Lecturer in Park and Recreation Management
Tourism and recreation in protected natural areas, safety and risk
David Fisher
Senior Lecturer in Tourism
Tourism: heritage, environmental and socio-economic impacts
Joanna Fountain
Senior Lecturer
Tourism: wine tourism, cultural heritage, Generation Y
Bob Gidlow
Associate Professor
Sociology: leisure, social policy, social theory
Mike Hamlin
Associate Professor in Physiology & Sport Science
Physiology, athletic performance, exercise promotion
Chris Hutchinson
Lecturer
Sport and leisure management and participation
Simon Lambert
Lecturer
Maori environmental planning and development
Sally McKean
Lecturer in Maori Studies
Indigenous development, culture, language

Kevin Moore
Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Tourism

Psychology: theoretical approaches, psychology of tourism
Harvey Perkins
Professor of Human Geography
Urban and regional geography, geographies of recreation and tourism

Associate Professor
Physical activity, participation and promotion.  Sport and Recreation Management
Greg Ryan
Dean, Associate Professor
Social and cultural history

Michael Shone
Lecture in Tourism and Recreation

Tourism and recreation
David Simmons
Professor of Tourism
Tourism: planning, impacts and ecotourism
Gary Steel
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Psychology of extreme environments, personal relationships, trauma
Emma Stewart
Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Parks
Tourism geographies, nature-based tourism, polar tourism, community-based research

Grant Tavinor
Lecturer in Philosophy

Philosophy of fiction, mind and art, philosophy of science

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