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Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable Tourism Strategies for Destinations
  • Participatory Action Research
  • Sustainable Tourism Indicators
  • Tourism Sector Vulnerability/Resilience

Available to supervise research students

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About Alexandra Law

Alex is a Research Fellow at the School for the Visitor Economy and the Institute of Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC) at Victoria University, Melbourne. Her research focuses on what tourism destinations and service industries can do to become more sustainable and adapt to a rapidly changing world. This has included government-funded strategy development and indicator development research in Australia, Bali and the South Pacific.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University, Australia, 2015
  • BSc (Hons), London Metropolitan University, UK, 2008

Key publications

Year Citation
2022 Law, A., Pyke, J., De, Lacy., & McGrath, G. M. (220301). Towards a community sensitivity index for tourism investment: A case study of regional Australia. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 50 (412-420).

doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.12.009

2019 Rahmawati, P. I., Jiang, M., Law, A., Wiranatha, A. S., & DeLacy, T. (190102). Spirituality and corporate social responsibility: an empirical narrative from the Balinese tourism industry. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(1), (156-172).

doi: 10.1080/09669582.2018.1513006

2018 Pyke, J., Law, A., Jiang, M., & de, Lacy. (180703). Learning from the locals: the role of stakeholder engagement in building tourism and community resilience.. Journal of Ecotourism, 17(3), (206-219).

doi: 10.1080/14724049.2018.1505586

2017 Law, A., DeLacy, T., & McGrath, G. M. (171003). A green economy indicator framework for tourism destinations. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(10), (1434-1455).

doi: 10.1080/09669582.2017.1284857

2016 Pyke, J., De, Lacy., Law, A., & Jiang, M. (160901). Building small destination resilience to the impact of bushfire: A case study. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 28 (49-58).

doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2016.04.003

2016 Law, A., De, Lacy., Lipman, G., & Jiang, M. (160116). Transitioning to a green economy: The case of tourism in Bali, Indonesia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 111 (295-305).

doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.070

2016 Van, Der., Calgaro, E., Munk, Klint., Law, A., Jiang, M., de, Lacy., Dominey-Howes, D., & Reis, A. C. (160101). Tourism destinations vulnerability to climate change: Nature-based tourism in Vava'u, the Kingdom of Tonga. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 16(1), (50-71).

doi: 10.1177/1467358415611068

2015 Filep, S., Law, A., DeLacy, T., Wiranatha, A. S., Hendriyetty, N., & Filep, C. V. (150101). Host community visioning: The case of Bali. Tourism Recreation Research, 40(3), (303-315).

doi: 10.1080/02508281.2015.1087690

2012 Law, A., de, Lacy., McGrath, G. M., Whitelaw, P. A., Lipman, G., & Buckley, G. (120701). Towards a green economy decision support system for tourism destinations. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 20(6), (823-843).

doi: 10.1080/09669582.2012.687740

2012 Klint, L. M., Jiang, M., Law, A., DeLacy, T., Filep, S., Calgaro, E., Dominey-Howes, D., & Harrison, D. (120315). Dive tourism in Luganville, Vanuatu: Shocks, stressors, and vulnerability to climate change. Tourism in Marine Environments, 8(1-2), (91-109).

doi: 10.3727/154427312X13262430524225

Research funding for the past 5 years

Funding details for this researcher are currently unavailable.

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

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Awards

Year Award
2016

Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research - College of Business, Victoria University

Keynote and invited speeches

Year Title/Description
2015

Green growth roadmaps for tourism destinations

Green Growth and Travelism Summer School 2015, Transportation Research Institute IMOB, Hasselt University, Belgium

Professional memberships

  • Associate member, Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education