Stroma Cole

Dr Stroma Cole combines her academic career with action research and consultancy. Her research explores the interconnect between tourism, gender and water rights. She is a co-director of Equality in Tourism an international charity seeking to increase gender equality in tourism. With research interests in gender, responsible tourism development, and the links between tourism, the SDGs and Human Rights (particularly to water), Stroma is an activist researcher critiquing the consequences of tourism development. She has over 30 publications, and is an Associate Editor for Annals of Tourism Research and on the editorial board at Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

Latest Articles

- Paula S. Tallman, Shalean Collins, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich, Binahayati Rusyidi, Aman Kothadia, Stroma Cole 2022 Water insecurity and gender-based violence: A global review of the evidence Wires
https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1619

- Sandang, Y. and Cole, S. 2022 Using a human rights approach to improve hotels’ water use and sustainability, Journal of Sustainable Tourism https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2108041 .

- Kalisch, A. and Cole, S. 2022 Gender Justice in Global Tourism: Exploring Tourism Transformation through the lens of Feminist Alternative Economics Journal of Sustainable Tourism https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2108819 .

My Book

Cole, S. 2018 Gender Equality and Tourism: Beyond Empowerment. CABI Wallingford.