Associate Professor Gareth Butler
Associate Professor in Geography
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Gareth teaches Human Geography at Flinders, including the coordination of an international research topic that enables students to travel to SE Asia (Malaysia or Cambodia) in their final year of study.
He presently holds the title of Senior Research Affiliate at the University of Johannesburg and has worked on funded tourism development research projects in rural South Africa. He recently worked on the Federally-funded Passport to Recovery project on Kangaroo Island that built citizen science projects to support 2019-20 bushfire recovery.
Gareth has previously taught at universities in the UK and Malaysia, and continues to work with research partners across Australia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Southern Africa.
MSc Cultural Tourism Development
BSc (Hons) Geography
2024 Finalist Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science
2023 Recipient Vice-Chancellor's Innovation in Teaching Award
2023 Recipient CHASS Innovation in Teaching Award
2022 Recipient CHASS Commendation for Research Excellence
Course Coordinator, Tourism and Events (2018-23)
CHASS Ethics Advisor (2019-21)
Expert Judge, South Australian Tourism Awards (2022-present)
- Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources: ‘Passport 2 Recovery’ [$482,745] (2021-24)
- South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (2016-19)
- Federation of Southern African Fly-fishers (2013-14)
- South Africa National Parks (2012-13)
- Sustainability
- Tourism
- Heritage
- Tourism development
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South Australia 5042
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