RESEARCH
Staff at the CTCC and our associates are involved in a wide range of research projects involving colleagues from universities around the world together with professional tourism, cultural and related organisations. We are always willing to discuss opportunities for developing joint research projects in the field of tourism and culture. Please contact us for more information about research cooperation or for further information about any of the research projects listed.
Top Rankings for Tourism Research
The results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) confirm the internationally excellent work of the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC), along with its partners at Leeds Metropolitan University, the International Centre for Responsible Tourism and the UK Centre for Events Management. Some 75% of the work in the Unit of Assessment which covers tourism is assessed as being of an international standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour, and this includes research rated as world leading (4«) and internationally excellent (3«).
The results of RAE place Leeds Metropolitan University in the top 6 institutions in the UK with regard to tourism’s Unit of Assessment. The Official Report of the RAE Panel commended the good infrastructure for the support and supervision of research students, the experience of staff and, in recognition of our global research networks, emphasised the “existence of strong collaborations, from within the region, nationally and internationally.”
According to the publication Research Fortnight Leeds Metropolitan Univeristy is now top of the rankings in terms of research on tourism.
Projects
- Archaeology's Role in Tourism Development (Jordan)
- Coastal Ecotourism Development in the Indian Ocean
- Coral Reef Conservation and Pro-Poor Tourism (Western Indian Ocean)
- Developing Research in Taiwan
- Diaspora Community Festivals and Tourism (multisited)
- Histories of Beach Tourism: The Latin America Connection
- Mursi Conceptions of the Stranger (Ethiopia)
- Royal Tourism (multisited)
- Screen and Film Induced Tourism (multisited)
- Social Exclusion and Tourism Participation (United Kingdom)
- The 2008-2012 Cultural Olympiad (United Kingdom)
- Tourism and Informality (Cuba)
- Tourism and Regional Policy (Austria)
- Tourism Small Businesses of Ethnic Minority Groups (China)
- Tourism, Environmental Health and Cultures of Disposal (Madagascar)
- Tourism, Politics and Global Justice Movements (multisited)
- UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity