Stephen Pratt

Professor Stephen Pratt is Chair of the Department of Touruism, Events and Attractions at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Cenbtral Florida, since 2022. He served previously as Professor and Head of School of Tourism & Hospitality Management at The University of the South Pacific (2018-2022) and before that was Assistant Professor at the School of Hotel & Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from January 2013. He completed his PhD at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He obtained a Bachelor of Economics and Masters of Economics from the University of Sydney.

His research interests include sustainable tourism development (economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism), tourism in small island states and tourist behavior. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in such journals as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Economics. Stephen is an Executive Council Member of International Association for Tourism Economics.