Professor James Higham

James Higham

Position:

Professor

Department:

Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management

Areas of research & interest:

  • Biodiversity & conservation
  • Climate change
  • Environment
  • First Peoples
  • Sustainability
  • Transport
  • Tourism

Topics:

  • Agriculture & environment
  • First Nations
  • Industry & business solutions
  • Transport

Profile:

https://experts.griffith.edu.au/42332-james-higham

Location:

Queensland

Email:

j.higham@griffith.edu.au

BIO

Professor James Higham’s research addresses two broad themes ‘Tourism and global environmental change’ and ‘sport and contemporary mobility’. His research on the field of Tourism and global environmental change is anchored within the geographic concept of scale. Globally, his research explores aspects of sustainable tourism in relation to anthropogenic climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity. At the national/regional scale his interests focus on wildlife management, biodiversity, marine conservation and protected area policy and planning. The local scale of analysis addresses the ecological impacts of tourism on local species and ecologies that are globally significant. The theme of ‘Sport and contemporary mobility’ explores sport and tourism phenomena in relation to space, place and environment.