Doctor Garth Lean
Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Heritage Studies,
Geography, Tourism & Planning
Biography
Dr Garth Lean leads the tourism, heritage and events disciplines at Western Sydney University. He is a tourism and travel expert, with more than 20 years of experience in research, training, governance, administration, planning and marketing roles with universities, government, industry, and professional bodies. Garth also leads several research teams/initiatives, including:
- Travel in the Digital Age: an interdisciplinary team of academics and students investigating the intersections of travel, technology, and mobile lives.
- Transformative Travel: a project examining the relationship between travel/tourism, personal transformation, and soft diplomacy.
Garth’s research spans a variety of themes including:
- Traveller/tourist experiences and behaviours
- Travel/tourism and digital technologies
- Personal transformation through physical travel
- Travel/tourism and soft diplomacy
- Asian and Chinese tourism/travel
- Sustainable tourism
- Tourism policy and planning
- Sustainable destination management
- Multicultural education
- Digital and creative methods and communication
He has published a range of books, reports and articles on these themes, along with presenting numerous papers at Australian and international conferences, events and institutions.Garth currently coordinates Western Sydney University’s ‘Visitor Economy Professional Placement’ and ‘Tourism, Events and Technology’ subjects.Please get in contact with Garth if you would like to discuss partnerships, collaborations, research and/or student placement opportunities.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Lean.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
- BTourism(Hons) University of Western Sydney
- BAppScEnvMgtTour University of Western Sydney
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Geography, Tourism & Planning
Contact
| Email: | G.Lean@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Location: | EI.G.22 Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- TOUR3003 Visitor Economy Professional Placement, 2023
- TOUR7007 Visitor Economy Professional Placement (Postgraduate), 2023
Publications
Books
- Lean, G., Staiff, R. and Waterton, E. (2017), 'Travel and Representation', : Berghahn Books 9781785336027.
- Lean, G. (2016), 'Transformative Travel in a Mobile World', : CABI 9781780643991.
Chapters in Books
- James, D., James, D., Condie, J. and Lean, G. (2019), 'Travel, Tinder and gender in digitally mediated tourism encounters', The Geographies of Digital Sexuality, Palgrave Macmillan 9789811368752.
- Condie, J., Lean, G. and Wilcockson, B. (2018), 'The trouble with Tinder : the ethical complexities of researching location-aware social discovery apps', The Ethics of Online Research, Emerald 9781787144866.
- Condie, J., Lean, G., James, D. and James, D. (2018), 'Tinder matters : swiping right to unlock research fields', Doing Research in and on the Digital: Research Methods across Fields of Inquiry, Routledge 9781138673915.
- Staiff, R., Waterton, E. and Lean, G. (2017), 'Travel and representation : past, present, future', Travel and Representation, Berghahn Books 9781785336027.
- Lean, G. and Waterton, E. (2014), 'Travel and imagination : an invitation', Travel and Imagination, Ashgate 9781472410252.
- Lean, G., Staiff, R. and Waterton, E. (2014), 'Reimagining travel and imagination', Travel and Imagination, Ashgate 9781472410252.
- Lean, G., Staiff, R. and Waterton, E. (2014), 'Exploring travel and transformation', Travel and Transformation, Ashgate 9781409467632.
- Lean, G., Staiff, R. and Waterton, E. (2014), 'Lasting impressions', Travel and Transformation, Ashgate 9781409467632.
- Lean, G. (2013), 'Investigating perpetual travel : email interviews and longitudinal methods in travel, tourism and mobilities research', Lifestyle Mobilities: Intersections of Travel, Leisure and Migration, Ashgate 9781409453710.
- 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
- Forrest, J., Lean, G. and Dunn, K. (2017), 'Attitudes of classroom teachers to cultural diversity and multicultural education in country New South Wales, Australia', The Australian Journal of Teacher Education, vol 42, no 5 , pp 17 - 34.
- Watkins, M., Lean, G. and Noble, G. (2016), 'Multicultural education : the state of play from an Australian perspective', Race, Ethnicity and Education, vol 19, no 1 , pp 46 - 66.
- Forrest, J., Lean, G. and Dunn, K. (2016), 'Challenging racism through schools : teacher attitudes to cultural diversity and multicultural education in Sydney, Australia', Race, Ethnicity and Education, vol 19, no 3 , pp 618 - 638.
- Dunn, K., Lean, G., Watkins, M. and Noble, G. (2014), 'The visibility of racism : perceptions of cultural diversity and multicultural education in state schools', International Journal of Organizational Diversity, vol 15, no 1 , pp 17 - 29.
- Lean, G. (2012), 'Transformative travel : a mobilities perspective', Tourist Studies, vol 12, no 2 , pp 151 - 172.
Conference Papers
- Lean, G. and Dunn, K. (2013), 'Surveying the state of community relations in public schools', International Conference on Racisms in the New World Order: Realities of Culture, Colour and Identity, Cairns, N.T..
Other Publications
- 2021, 'Realising the Opportunities of Chinese Tourism: A Comparative Study', Report
- 2020, 'Equitable Technologies for Smarter Urbanism: Enhancing Priority Car Parking at Western Sydney University', Report
- 2016, 'Travels Through East Timor: A Sensual Essay', Published Work
- 2016, 'Travels Through West Africa: A Sensual Essay', Published Work
- 2016, 'Travels Through Cambodia and Laos: A Sensual Essay', Published Work
- 2013, 'Rethinking Multiculturalism, Reassessing Multicultural Education. Project Report Number 1: Surveying New South Wales Public School Teachers', Report
Garth’s research spans a variety of themes including:
- Traveller/tourist experiences and behaviours
- Travel/tourism and digital technologies
- Personal transformation through physical travel
- Travel/tourism and soft diplomacy
- Asian and Chinese tourism/travel
- Sustainable tourism
- Tourism policy and planning
- Sustainable destination management
- Multicultural education
- Digital and creative methods and communication
He has published a range of books, reports and articles on these themes, along with presenting numerous papers at Australian and international conferences, events and institutions.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Lean.
Supervision
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Making place with technological infrastructures: digital inequalities in the Aerotropolis |
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| Thesis Title: | An intersectional feminist analysis of barriers to service access facing victims of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 lockdown in Australia |
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| Thesis Title: | Determinant and Effect of Policy Innovation in Tourism: Innovation as Key Drivers for Sustainable Tourism in Indonesia |
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| Thesis Title: | Understanding Experiences of Sexual Harassment Within the Australian Working Holiday Program |
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| Thesis Title: | Middle Eastern Australian Women's International Travel Practices and Experiences |
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| Thesis Title: | Locative Dating: finding yourself and others through dating apps |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Hospitality Industry Environmentally Sustainable Practice: The Case Of SMEs Food Services Sector In Sydney, Australia |
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| Thesis Title: | Caring on Social Media Platforms During Global Crises: Examining Discursive Constructions of Care on Twitter during the Ukraine War. |
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| Thesis Title: | Examining Intimate Infrastructures: Identity Work and a Sense of Community within Grindr |
| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society, N.e.c. |
| Thesis Title: | Understanding Stakeholders? Perception, Determinant Factors, and Attitude Towards Sustainable Tourism in Indonesian Tourism Villages |
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| Thesis Title: | Understanding Tinder's Role in the Making and Remaking of Social Relations Between Women from Yogyakarta and Tourist Men from the Global North |
| Field of Research: | Society And Culture, N.e.c. |
| Thesis Title: | Working Holiday Makers' vulnerability to exploitation and harm in Australia: experiences before and during COVID-19 global health pandemic |
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| Thesis Title: | An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Mainstream Domestic Abuse Legal and Support Services and Their Support Provision for Women of Colour |
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| Thesis Title: | Making place with technological infrastructures: digital inequalities in the Aerotropolis |
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| Thesis Title: | ?She can do it, why can?t I??: The Travel Practices and Experiences of Middle Eastern Australian Women |
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| Thesis Title: | Understanding Tinder's Role in the Making and Remaking of Social Relations Between Women from Yogyarta and Tourist Men from the Global North |
| Field of Research: | Society And Culture, N.e.c. |
| Thesis Title: | Examining Intimate Infrastructures: Identity Work and a Sense of Community within Grindr |
| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society, N.e.c. |
Media
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