I am an award-winning PhD graduate of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. I hold a MA in sociology and social research from Newcastle University, UK, and a BA (Hons) in International Tourism Management from the University of Central Lancashire, UK.

My research interests revolve around the study of leisure (broadly thought about as incorporating tourism, events, hospitality, recreation, and sports). This work critically examines phenomena with the aim of benefitting the well-being and rights of species, individuals, and/or communities. As such, I engage with a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, social and environmental justice, sustainability, intercultural relations, power, social representations, inequalities, and decolonisation. I am particularly attentive to the intersection of socio-cultural dimensions with management and policies of leisure phenomena. In my research undertakings, I consider diverse worldviews (such as poststructuralist and indigenous approaches) that challenge binary thinking and humancentrism. My studies are always cross-disciplinary in approach.