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Professor Andrew Holden

Professor in Environment and Tourism


Qualificationsandrew-holden190

  • PhD Tourism Geography
  • PGCE Education
  • BSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Post-graduate: Environment, Stewardship and Tourism
  • Undergraduate: International Tourism and Development (Level 3)
  • International Tourism MSc dissertation supervision
  • Tourism Management BA (Hons) dissertation supervision

Research Degree Supervision

  • 4 PhD completions
  • 18 PhD examinations
  • Currently supervising 6 PhD students

Research Interests

  • Sustainable tourism development
  • The use of tourism for poverty reduction
  • Climate change and tourism
  • Environmental ethics

Research/Consultancy Projects

  • An investigation into tourist behaviour and social well-being in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Nuffield Foundation
  • Tourism Development Strategy, Vologda Oblast, Russia, TACIS project, European Union
  • Tourism development strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean, Centre for Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of North London
  • Tourism strategy for Mansfield District Council, Centre for Tourism Studies, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Impact and feasibility study for hotel and golf development, Java, Indonesia, Economic Studies Group, London
  • Impact and feasibility study for major luxury hotel and two championship golf courses, Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia, Economic Studies Group, London
  • Impact and feasibility study for two hotel developments on the southern coast of Turkey, Economic Studies Group, London
  • Pre-feasibility study for a heritage development in Southwark, Economic Studies Group, London
  • An investigation of tourism motivation in Annapurna, Internal funding from the University of North London

Recent External Roles

  • Resource editor for Annals of Tourism Research
  • Member of the editorial board of Tourism, Hospitality, Planning and Development
  • Appointed reviewer for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • External reviewer for BA (Hons) Tourism Management for Anglia Ruskin University at Peterborough Regional College
  • External reviewer for MBA Tourism Management for the University of Surrey

Recent Publications

Single Authored books
  • Holden A (2008) Environment and Tourism (2nd edition), Routledge, London, p.225
  • Holden A (2005) Tourism Studies and the Social Sciences, Routledge, Abingdon, p.228
Chapter in books
  • Holden, A. (2009) Introduction to tourism-environment relationships in Hill, J. and Gale, T. (eds) Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability: Principles and Practice, Ashgate Texts, Bristol (In press)
  • Holden A. (2009) Tourism and Natural Resources in Jamal, T. and Robinson, M. (eds.) Handbook of Tourism Studies, Pearson, London, Ch 12, pp. 203-214
Articles
  • The Environment-Tourism Nexus: Influence of Market Ethics, Annals of Tourism Research 2009, 36(3), pp. 375-389
  • ‘Citizen of the world’ of ‘Management Puppet’? The Place of Tourism Studies in Higher Education, Tourism Recreation Research 2007, 32, 2, pp 41-47 co-authored with Eugenia Wickens)
  • ‘Post-colonial Pakistani Mobilities: the Embodiment of the Myth of Return in Tourism’, Mobilities 2006, 1, 2, pp 217-242 (co-authored with Nazia Ali)

Recent Conference Presentations

  • ‘Aviation: the Achilles Heel of Sustainable Tourism?’, University of Brighton, 8-10 July 2009, University of Brighton’s Impacts: The Environmental Impacts of Tourism, Royal Geographical Society, London, 21 April (Invited keynote speaker)
  • ‘Evaluating eco-imperialism’, Battle of Ideas: Shaping the Future Through Debate, Institute of Ideas, London, 2 November 2009 (Invited keynote speaker)
  • ‘Future research agendas in tourism and environment’, ESRC Seminar Series, University of the West of England, 24 September 2008 (Invited keynote speaker)
  • ‘The interaction of climate change, tourism and environmental education’, United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Madrid, May 28th-29th 2008 (Invited keynote speaker)

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