Browse our team of leading tourism experts
The Griffith Institute for Tourism brings together research staff across a broad range of specialty areas including planning, marketing, property and investment, technology, architecture, economics, climate change and more.
To find out more about our staff and academic members’ individual research strengths and research supervision, follow the links to their Griffith Expert profiles.
Professor Sarah Gardiner
Director
Areas of expertise:
Destination marketing and development, Consumer behaviour and market analysis, tourism, economic and event development strategies.
Professor Leonie Lockstone-Binney
Deputy Director
Area of expertise:
Volunteering, contextualised to event and tourism setting.
Professor Daniel Gschwind
Professor of Practice
Areas of expertise:
Tourism economy, relationship management and stakeholder engagement.
Research leaders
Dr Margarida Abreu Novais
Visitor economy data analytics and indicators
Professor James Higham
Climate change action
Associate Professor Anna Kralj
Resilient and sustainable tourism regions
Professor Leonie Lockstone-Binney
Events and sports
Professor Brent Moyle
HDR Coordinator
Researchers
Discover our higher degree research candidates
We support over 60 HDR students and their research work across the tourism industry.
Adjunct members
- Adjunct Fellow Emily Chen
- Adjunct Associate Professor Peiyi Ding
- Adjunct Professor Karine Dupre
- Adjunct Associate Professor Sebastian Filep
- Adjunct Professor Leo Jago OA
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer Laura Lesar
- Adjunct Professor Gui Lohmann
- Adjunct Professor Nigel Morgan
- Adjunct Professor Robin Nunkoo
- Adjunct Associate Professor Hera Oktadiana
- Adjunct Professor Glauber Santos
- Adjunct Fellow Sera Vada
- Adjunct Industry Fellow Justin Wastnage
- Adjunct Professor Jeff Wilks
- Adjunct Lecturer Thomas Zhu
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board aims to meet four times a year to support the Director, staff and researchers in achieving the goals of the University and the mission of the Griffith Institute for Tourism. The Board provides strategic advice to the Institute regarding research profile, research activities, strategic direction, ways to forge partnerships in the tourism sector and improve its links with industry and government.
Current Advisory Board members
- Liz Savage (Chair) Non-Executive Director of Intrepid Travel
- Daniel Gschwind, Professor of Practice, Griffith University
- Fiona Hood, Head of Strategy, Brisbane Airport
- Jan Hutton, CEO, 色情网站n Tourism Data Warehouse
- Professor Emeritus Leo Jago OAM, University of Surrey and Griffith University
- Stewart Moore, CEO and Founder, EarthCheck
- Christopher Warren, CEO and Founder, My Green Butler