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Deborah Edwards

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Senior Research Fellow, School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, University of Technology Sydney

Dr Edwards has written extensively on sustainable tourism including: Sustainable Tourism Planning Module; Sustainable Tourism Operations Management Module; Sustainable Meetings and Event Management Module; research agendas in private sector innovation, managing risk and crisis, corporate social responsibility, and tourism’s contribution to quality of life; and case studies on innovation for sustainable tourism. Her module on ‘Sustainable Tourism Planning’ is widely used by those working in communities in developing countries. A recent article on destination management was rated as the most downloaded tourism article for all Science Direct publications for the first quarter of 2009. Deborah views industry liaison as integral to maintaining and building cooperative and strategic partnerships between industry, government and academia.

Deborah’s current research is on understanding tourist expectations and the impacts that arise from tourism development.

Dr Edwards joined the University of Technology, Sydney in 2006 after previously working at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Prior to pursuing an academic career in 1987, Deborah worked extensively in the hospitality and hotel sectors in Australia and overseas.

Deborah has been an executive member of the BEST Education Network (BEST EN) for eight years. Her PhD was on volunteerism at cultural attractions.

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Research Fellow, UTS, School of Leisure, Sport & Tourism

Education

  • 2005 
    University of Western Sydney, Phd
  • 1996 
    University of Western Sydney, GradDip in Tourism Mgmt

Publications

  • 2010
    Understanding the Sustainable Development of Tourism, Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, Oxford, UK,
  • 2009
    'Exploring the Future of Tourism and Quality of Life', Tourism and Hospitality Research, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 171-183,
  • 2009
    'Tourism Product and Service Innovation to Avoid 'Strategic Drift'', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 321-335,
  • 2008
    City Spaces - Tourist Places: Urban Tourism Precincts, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford,
  • 2008
    'Urban tourism research: developing an agenda', Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 1032-1052,
  • 2007
    'Leisure-seeking volunteers: ethical implications', Voluntary Action, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 19-39,
  • 2007
    'Corporate Social Responsibility Of Large Urban Museums: The Contribution Of Volunteer Programs', Tourism Review International, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 167-174,
  • 2007
    'Corporate Social Responsibility Of Large Urban Museums: The Contribution Of Volunteer Programs', Tourism Review International, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 167-174,
  • 2006
    'Museum volunteers: a discussion of challenges facing managers in the cultural and heritage sectors', Australian Journal on Volunteering, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 19-27,
  • 2005
    'Incorporating Sustainability in Meetings and Event Management Education', International Journal of Event Management Research, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 30-45,
  • 2005
    'A flexible framework for evaluating the socio-cultural impacts of a small festival', International Journal of Event Management Research, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 66-77,
  • 2005
    'It's Mostly About Me: Reasons why volunteers contribute their time to museums and art museums', Tourism Review International, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 21-31,
  • 2004
    'Attributes of Destination Effectiveness: A factor analysis', Tourism Analysis, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 91-101,

Grants and Contracts

  • 2010
    Understanding urban tourism impacts: an Australian Study, Technical Report,
    Role:
    Report Author
    Funding Source:
    STCRC
  • 2009
    Understanding tourism experiences and behaviour in cities,
    Role:
    Report Author
    Funding Source:
    CRC for Sustainable Tourism
  • 2009
    APEC 2007: Measuring the injected expenditure into Australia and New South Wales,
    Role:
    Report Author
    Funding Source:
    TTF Australia
  • 2008
    Megatrends underpinning tourism to 2020: analysis of key drivers for change
    Role:
    Report Author
    Funding Source:
    STCRC
  • 2007
    Development of an Australian urban tourism research agenda
    Role:
    Report Author
    Funding Source:
    STCRC
  • 2007
    Design strategies and tactics towards sustainable urban tourism in Sydney
    Role:
    Research Team Member
    Funding Source:
    UTS Partnership Grant
  • 2006
    Accessiblity of urban tourism precincts and Sydney Harbour protected areas
    Role:
    Research Team Member
    Funding Source:
    STCRC

Research Areas

  • Tourist Behaviour And Visitor Experience (150606)
  • Tourism Management (150603)