Research

Researches climate change impacts, Antarctic tourism regulation, and tourism emissions through a systems thinking approach

Researches the science-policy-society interface regarding biodiversity finance, just energy transitions, and sustainable development

Investigates climate-related mobilities in borderlands and coastal regions, specifically broadening and politicizing the concept of climate migration

Specializes as an ecologist investigating the impacts of recreation and tourism on nature in terrestrial, marine, and polar environments

Develops planetary convivial geographies using poststructural more-than-human geographies and relational ontologies to study wilderness landscapes

Conducts simulation studies on Antarctic tourism management using scarce visitation permits to research allocation strategies and potential revenue

Uses political ecology and qualitative methods to study indigenous peoples, biodiversity conservation, and convivial tourism in Southern Africa

Focuses on sustainable polar tourism governance, climate adaptation, and the environmental impacts of tourism in marine and remote settings

Focuses on the self-regulation and environmental stewardship of the Antarctic tourism industry using qualitative and more-than-human approaches

Studies human-environment dynamics and transdisciplinary collaboration to improve decision-making through experiential simulations and serious games

Investigates disaster and conflict im/mobilities in Europe and Asia, focusing on hydrological events and the awareness of mobile populations

 Explores how sensory and mobile encounters with landscapes shape wellbeing using non-representational theory and sensory ethnographies

Focuses on urban tourism governance, social resilience, and resident participation through the lens of social constructionism

Uses a political ecology approach to explore how culturally-specific understandings of human-nonhuman relations and political economic structures intersect to inform patterns of natural resource use and conflict

Investigates the evolution and governance of protracted refugee settlements and the "NGOification" of migration management

Studies tourism labour, its relation to equity and just climate transitions, and the role of affect and emotion in the industry

Employs Participatory Action Research to investigate the tourism-migration nexus, heritage/place-making practices with historically marginalized groups, and the transformative potential of tourism

Analyses militarized borders, borders with border walls or fences, and how these affect the mobilities and experiences of people-on-the-move, as well as the local population

Researches the tourism-housing-labour nexus and experiences of unhomeliness among mobile subjects across European urban areas

Focuses on place-based struggles, care, and commoning in rural contexts through feminist political ecology and multispecies community economies

Explores the transformative potential of tourism in (re)activating slavery and colonial heritage memories to foster societal dialogue

Investigates issues of power, representation, and identity in media and film tourism, particularly within postcolonial and slavery heritage contexts

Co-chairs the Trailology collective, focusing on meaning-centered development and empowerment through the study of trails

Explores spiritual tourism in area-based conservation through co-creative approaches and diverse philosophical perspectives