Category: Speaking Plainly
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From Research to Policy: Giving Voice to Work Coaches in Northern Ireland
One of the most rewarding aspects of research is finding ways to make academic evidence more accessible beyond the university. I am particularly interested in translating original, empirical research into policy briefs and other open access outputs that can inform practice, support decision-making, and reach a wider audience. A recent example is our newly published…
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Navigating Risks in Ethical Tourism Entrepreneurship
I enjoy going back to my academic research and translating it into something more accessible. In this post, I revisit a paper I co-authored with Prof MariaLaura Di Domenico and Prof Graham Miller on a fascinating topic: how entrepreneurs in sustainable tourism deal with risk. For those interested, the original academic article is: Power, S.,…
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Enjoying Your Beach While Cleaning It Too: Reflections on Enviro‑Leisure Activism
To cite the original article: Power, S. (2022). Enjoying your beach and cleaning it too: a Grounded Theory Ethnography of enviro‑leisure activism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30(6), 1438–1457. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.1953037 Last night was something special. We were invited by the Gillian McCollum, Mayor of Ards and North Down Borough Council, to Bangor City Hall to celebrate…
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Place as Agency: How Location, Locale and Sense of Place Shape Pathways Back to Work
Background Last week, I presented research about emplaced agency at the Regional Studies Association British/Irish Section Conference at Queen’s University Belfast. Looking at ‘place’ as a holder of agency was a new exploration on my behalf, despite having come across place attachment and place sensitivity before in my research. My exploration of ‘place as agency’…
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A Private Pool in the Desert: Confronting Sustainability Paradoxes in Tourism
Original article: A longitudinal analysis of judgement approaches to sustainability paradoxes by Dr Susann Power, Prof MariaLaura Di Domenico and Prof Graham Miller. Cite: Power, S., Di Domenico, M., & Miller, G. (2024). A longitudinal analysis of judgement approaches to sustainability paradoxes. Tourism Management, 102, 104877. Research in Plain Language: In 2010, I found myself in a…
