About Us
Formed in December 2009, the Centre for Tourism, Leisure and Work (CLTW) is the first interdisciplinary research Centre of its kind within Southern Cross University spanning a range of schools and faculties. It stands apart from other tourism-orientated research centres in that it combines a focus on lifestyle pursuits (tourism, exercise science and leisure) with the economic driver of work.
In addition to being committed to developing an innovative, problem-based research agenda in the lifestyle, community, social and economic development research fields, the Centre has a strong focus on supporting academic career development. It provides a range of mentoring and capacity building activities for academic members and is intent on creating an environment which supports knowledge sharing and facilitates collaboration and cooperation between researchers and industry, government and community partners.
The CTLW is unique in that it is an interdisciplinary research centre spanning a number of school and faculties within Southern Cross University including the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, the Hotel School Sydney, Southern Cross University Business School, the School of Health and Human Sciences, the Faculty of Business and Law and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Apart from engaging in academic development, mentoring and research support activities, academic members participate in the CTLW on a funded project basis, either through national competitive grants, commercial research grants or other funded projects and extension activities.
Click here to see more about our current and past projects.
The CTLW is supported by a Centre Management Team and a Centre Advisory Board with research activities carried out by academic members.
Professor Kerry Brown, Mulpha Chair in Tourism Asset Management and Professor in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Southern Cross University is the current CTLW Director.
Latest News & Events
Call for abstract and submissions from Ph.D. candidates, DBA, and other HRD students
Ph.D. candidates, DBA, and HRD students are invited to submit abstracts about their research where they will be given the opportunity to present at the main conference.
Doctoral Workshop – Wednesday 5th of June 2013
Wednesday 5th of June 2013 from 1 pm to 4pm at the The Hotel School Sydney 117 Macquarie St. Sydney NSW 2000
Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict
Applications open to the Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict in Boston, USA between 16-22 June 2013.
A life devoted to Liberation
West Papuan Independence Leader, Benny Wenda, was a guest of CTLW during his recent visit to the Gold Coast.
The Starving Artists Research Project
Arts Northern Rivers have published an article by Ben Far-Wharton, CTLW project co-ordinator and PhD student.
Searching for regional resilience during austerity
The 2011-2012 State of the Regions report states that inequality between regions has been growing for the past five years and the evidence-to-date points to ....
Call for contributions
Workshop on 'The New Public Governance: the state of the art and new directions'
Institute of Public Policy and Economics at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 24-25 October 2013
