Georgette Leah Burns

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Georgette Leah Burns is an Environmental Anthropologist who specialises in human interactions with nature. This ranges from research topics on sustainable rural development to ethical management of wildlife tourism. Leah is the Program Director for the Master of Environment at Griffith University. She is also an Expert Assessor for the IUCN Green List and a foundation member of the Wildlife Tourism Australia organisation. In addition to numerous book chapters and journal articles, Leah is co-editor of Engaging with Animals: Interpretations of a Shared Existence (Sydney University Press, 2014). From 2013-2015 she resided in Iceland where she was Head of the Department of Rural Tourism at Hólar University, and Head of Tourism Research the Icelandic Seal Center. Leah is driven by a passion to understand human-animal relationships and enable a future in which people and wildlife more equitably co-exist.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia
  • 2013–2016
    Associate Professor, Hólar University College, Iceland
  • 1996–2013
    Senior Lecturer, Griffith University, Australia

Education

  • 2009 
    Murdoch University, PhD
  • 1997 
    University of Western Australia, MSc
  • 1989 
    University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Science with Honours

Publications

  • 2025
    What’s Wrong with Orangutan Kickboxing Shows? Scrutinizing Wildlife Tourism as a Form of Visual Consumption, Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics.
  • 2024
    Tourism, animals & the vacant niche: a scoping review and pedagogical agenda, Current Issues in Tourism
  • 2024
    ‘Greenlash’ and Reactionary Stakeholders in Environmental Governance: An Analysis of Soy Farmers Against Zero Deforestation in Brazil., Forest Policy and Economics
  • 2023
    Slaughter and animal welfare: perceptions and knowledge across cultures, Frontiers in Animal Science
  • 2023
    Virtual Wildlife Tourism: An ideal form of ecotourism? , Journal of Ecotourism
  • 2022
    Consumer Attitudes Towards Egg Production Systems and Hen Welfare Across the World, Frontiers in Animal Science: Animal Welfare and Policy
  • 2022
    To Clear or Not to Clear: Unpacking soy farmers’ decision-making on deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado., Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • 2014
    Engaging with Animals: interpretations of a shared existence. , Sydney University Press

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