Our team

Professor Sarah Gardiner

Dr Sarah Gardiner has over 25 years of experience in the tourism industry and a PhD in Marketing. She is the Director of the Griffith Institute for Tourism and a Professor in Tourism at Griffith University. She is an expert in travel consumer behaviour, travel trends, experience design and innovation. She regularly delivers presentations, consultancies and training for government and industry in these areas and has published in leading tourism journals. She is often asked to provide expert comments to the media on tourism issues and thought-leadership to government and industry.

Professor Sarah Gardiner is the Co-Lead for Research Program 3: Competitive Futures

Professor Susanne Becken

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Professor Daniel Gschwind

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Professor Alan Liew

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Professor Kirsten Holmes

Kirsten is the Director of Curtin University's Tourism Research Cluster and past Chair of the Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education, which represents institutions that teach and research tourism, hospitality and events in Australia and New Zealand. An experienced project manager with over 20 years’ experience delivering outcomes for industry, government and the community, Kirsten’s expertise is in events and festivals - both large scale mega events and smaller community events; and issues related to sustainability, event volunteer programs and event legacies.

Professor Kirsten Holmes is the Director of the CRC's proposed PhD program.

Professor Billy Sung

Dr Billy Sung is a Professor at the School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University. He specialises in digital marketing and consumer psychology, consulting for many local, international, and multinational industry partners. His research to date has been based on the study of emotion and the application of psychophysiological methodology in multiple disciplines including psychology, marketing, tourism, health, nursing, and robotics. He also leads the Consumer Research Lab at Curtin University, which specialise in the use biometric measures such as eye tracking, facial expression, and brainwave analyses to conduct consumer research.

Professor Billy Sung is the Lead for Research Program 1: Data Futures

Professor Siggi Gudergan

Siggi Gudergan is known for his work on business innovation, transformation and performance, an area of expertise that he leads as Professor of Strategy within James Cook University in Australia. He also is a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Aalto University in Finland, Visiting Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) in Austria, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. He holds various board and professional roles, and has consulted to or worked with a broad range of organisations, from start-ups to large multinational companies. He research has been published in leading management, marketing and tourism journals.

Professor Siggi Gudergan is the Co-Lead for Research Program 2: Regenerative Futures