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Professor Anna Thompson-Carr

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Head of Department & Co-Director, Centre for Recreation Research

Before academia Anna Thompson-Carr was owner-operator of two adventure tourism businesses. She worked in various NZ national parks for the Departments of Conservation and Lands and Survey.

From 2008 she has been co-director of the Centre for Recreation Research with Professor Brent Lovelock.

She was a trustee on the Otago Trust for Te Araroa (2002-2016) and Te Ana Whakairo Ngāi Tahu Rock Art Centre Trust (2007- 2011). From 2014–2020 she held a government Ministerial appointment to the Otago Conservation Board.

She has been a visiting researcher at University of Edinburgh (UK), Harstad Hogskollin and University of Stavanger (Norway), Wakayama University (Japan), Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta, and University of Northern British Columbia (Canada).

She serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Indigenous Business, Annals of Leisure Research, Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Ecotourism, and the Journal of Heritage Tourism.

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