| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | NGUYEN, V. K., BLAER, M., & PYKE, J. (240101). I HAVE THE FEELING OF COMMUNITY AGAIN : THE SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SMALL-SCALE EVENTS ON COMMUNITY RECOVERY. Event Management, 28(1), (1-19). |
| 2024 | Blaer, M. (240101). Animal rescue tourism: digital technology-enhanced approaches to support voluntourist engagement, animal welfare and rights. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(3), (471-485). |
| 2023 | Blaer, M. (230301). Interactive webcam travel: supporting wildlife tourism and conservation during COVID-19 lockdowns. Information Technology and Tourism, 25(1), (47-69). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Visitor economy
- Sustainable tourism
- Destination development
- Digital technologies
- Teaching and learning in higher education
Available to supervise research students
Not available for media queries
About Madelene Blaer
Dr Madelene Blaer (neé McWha) is a Research Fellow in the School for the Visitor Economy (SVE) and Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC) at Victoria University.
She joined Victoria University as Visitor Economy Programs and Pathways Manager in January 2022. Her previous academic roles have included Lecturer in the Graduate Tourism Program at Monash University and Lecturer and Course Leader of the Tourism and Hospitality Degrees at William Angliss Institute. Prior to this, she taught in the Business School at La Trobe University.
The focus of her multidisciplinary teaching and research is primarily related to sustainability and digital technologies in the visitor economy, including tourism, hospitality, events, business and higher education contexts.
She is an elected board member of TTRA (Travel and Tourism Research Association) Asia Pacific Chapter, serving in various roles since 2016, including Vice-President and Academic Co-Chair, and has staged conferences in Australia, China, Fiji, UAE, Vietnam and USA.
She was recognised as an Emerging Tourism Scholar by e-Review of Tourism Research in 2018 and has attended as an invited speaker at international universities and industry events, including the Indonesia Sustainable Tourism Awards (ISTA) in 2019 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 2021. Her work is published in a number of books and high impact academic journals, including Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Management, Current Issues in Tourism and Tourist Studies.
Qualifications
- PhD, La Trobe University, 2016
- Master of Tourism (First Class Honours), La Trobe University, 2011
- Bachelor of Business (Tourism and Hospitality Management), 2009
Key publications
Book chapter (showing 2)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Orsua, N., Cheer, J. M., & Blaer, M. (221230). Gender empowerment in tourism development: Female bungalow hosts in Vanuatu (pp. 177-190). |
| 2022 | McGrath, G. M., Blaer, M., Ong, F., Lockstone-Binney, L., Wilson-Evered, E., & Whitelaw, P. (220101). Simulations in e-Tourism Learning and Management (pp. 1851-1870). |
Commissioned research report (showing 5)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | BLAER, M., Pyke, J., KNIGHT, B., Gamage, A., Law, A., & Cox, M. (240501). Outdoor Education Innovation Hub Research Report: Re-Imagining Workforce Development in the Outdoor Industry for a Sustainable Future. |
| 2024 | Bonte, T., Law, A., BLAER, M., Pyke, J., KNIGHT, B., Gamage, A., & Cox, M. (240301). Re-Imagining Workforce Development in the Outdoor Industry for a Sustainable Future: Outdoor Education Innovation Hub Project Evaluation. |
| 2023 | Pyke, J., Crosthwaite, C., Lou, C., Gamage, A., & Bonte, T. (231101). Indonesia Tourism Research Project. |
| 2023 | BLAER, M. (230301). Visitor Economy Work Ready Program (Front-of-House Specialisation) evaluation report. |
| 2022 | Nguyen, V. -K., BLAER, M., & Pyke, J. (220701). Brimbank City Council Enjoy Local activation program evaluation research report. |
Journal article (showing 3 of 13)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2023
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Indonesia Tourism Skills and Research Project
From: Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Other investigators: Dr Joanne Pyke, Dr Ancy Gamage, Dr Xiaocui Lou
For period: 2023-2023
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Not disclosed |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Not available for media queries
Currently supervised research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD | Principal supervisor |
Currently supervised research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| PhD (1) | Principal supervisor |
Careers
Details of this Researcher's career are currently unavailable.
