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Dr Joseph M. Cheer

Home Institution: Monash University
Email: Joseph.cheer@moansh.edu; josephmcheer@gmail.com

Background

Joseph lectures in tourism at Monash University and directs the activities of the Australia and International Tourism Research Unit (AITRU). His PhD is in Cultural Anthropology and his MA (Tourism & Development Geography) examines the intersection between aid and tourism. Joseph’s research draws from transdisciplinary perspectives, especially human geography, cultural anthropology and political economy with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

As a former practitioner in the international tourism industry, international development sector and as a management consultant and business owner, he is focused on research-to-practice with an emphasis on resilience building, sustainability and social justice. With Alan Lew, his recent books include Tourism Resilience and Adaptation to Environmental Change (2017) and Tourism Resilience and Sustainability: Adapting to Social, Political and Economic Change (2017) – both with Routledge. Joseph’s current focus is geographically centred on the Asia-Pacific region including Myanmar, Japan, China, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, as well as Vanuatu, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Geography, anthropology and international relations perspectives pervade much of his work and past, present and future endeavour.

Joseph is also board member of the International Geography Union Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change and is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Wakayam University, Japan.

Research Interests

  • Chinese outbound tourism
  • International development
  • Cultural diplomacy
  • Tourism resilience
  • Sustainable tourism development
  • Tourism geographies
  • Anthropology of tourism
  • Tourism and social justice
  • Cultural ecosystems services
  • Placemaking
  • Regional development
  • Critical tourism studies
  • Spiritual tourism/geographies
  • Modern slavery in tourism
  • Sri Lanka tourism
  • Myanmar tourism
  • Pacific Islands tourism
  • Film and tourism
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