Doctor Garth Lean
Casual Academic,
Dean's Unit School of Social Sciences & Psychology
CASUAL GENERAL,
Professional Team (SoSSP)
CASUAL GENERAL,
Professional Team (SoSSP)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
- BTourism(Hons) University of Western Sydney
- BAppScEnvMgtTour University of Western Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit School of Social Sciences & Psychology
- Professional Team (SoSSP)
- Professional Team (SoSSP)
Contact
| Email: | G.Lean@uws.edu.au |
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Biography
Garth Lean is a researcher and teacher in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at the University of Western Sydney. He holds an applied science degree in environmental management and tourism, an honours degree in tourism management and an interdisciplinary PhD in travel/tourism. Garth has worked in tourism planning and marketing with local and state governments. His research interests include travel, tourism, mobile identities, imagination, transformation, cultural heritage, visual methods, online research and alternative presentations of travel and travel research. He has published a variety of papers on travel and is currently developing the edited volumes Travel and Imagination (Ashgate), Travel and Transformation (Ashgate) and The Poetics of Travel (Berghahn Books) with Russell Staiff and Emma Waterton.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Lean.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Lean, G. (2012), 'The lingering moment', The Cultural Moment in Tourism, Routledge 9780415611152.
- Lean, G. (2009), 'Transformative travel : inspiring sustainability', Wellness and Tourism : Mind, Body, Spirit, Place, Cognizant Communication Corporation 9781882345519.
Journal Articles
- Lean, G. (2012), 'Transformative travel : a mobilities perspective', Tourist Studies, 22.
