Industry focused research

Our research focuses on understanding event, hotel, sport and tourism management, and real estate and property development - and the role these industries play in our lives. Through our research, the Department aims to contribute to sustainability, engender corporate social responsibility, influence social and government policies, and promote best practice in our field.

Featured Project

Fire impacts and responses

Title: Memories of fire: gathering stories about the fire impacts and responses to build resilience

Investigators: Prof Karine Dupre, Dr Margarida Abreu Novais, A/Prof Sarah Gardiner,Dr Guy Castley, A/Prof Jim Smart

Overview: The overall aim of the project was to gain a deeper understanding of how communities can prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters with a focus on enhancing resilience. This was an interdisciplinary project which spanned the fields of tourism, architecture, and environment, and completed with the collaboration of various stakeholders in the Scenic Rim region.

The project gathered and shared first-hand experiences of the community responses to the 2019-2020 bushfires that impacted natural heritage sites. A storytelling exhibition – the Phoenix Pavilion - was built and put on display on different impacted sites to collect and share memories, increasing awareness, fostering discussion and building collective learning. In addition, the project involved the design and delivery of several community workshops to discuss strategies that can assist communities to enhance their resilience.

This project was jointly funded under the Commonwealth/State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements 2020.

Industry partners: Scenic Rim Regional Council, Binna Burra Lodge and Mount Barney Lodge

Project highlights

Events

Real Estate

Hotel Management

Tourism

Sports

Sport and gender equity

The purpose of Sport and Gender Equity @ Griffith is to lead innovative and impactful research that advances gender equity in sport through a multi-disciplinary research hub connecting scholars, practitioners, athletes and advocates.

The hub aims to:

  • contribute to knowledge and practice that addresses the complexity of gender inequality and diversity within and beyond sport
  • Engage in collaborative and innovative research to advance opportunities for women and girls to lead in all aspects of sport
  • and educate for sustainable change in classrooms, organisations and the public sphere to transform sport cultures and gender relations.

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Higher Degree Research

Our research students form an important part of our community. We take pride in actively supporting emerging scholars and involving them in the activities of the School and partner research centres. HDR students also have access to our academic experts for advice on research methods, conference and workshop presentation skills, and preparing work for publication in scholarly journals.

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Department email
THSAdmin@griffith.edu.au
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