Paul Brunt

Professor Paul Brunt

Job title: Head of School, Associate Dean and Professor of Tourism Management, School of Tourism and Hospitality (Plymouth Business School (Faculty))
Address: Room 105b, Cookworthy Building, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752585607
Email: P.Brunt@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Head of School, Tourism & Hospitality
Associate Dean (Quality and Standards), Plymouth Business School
Professor of Tourism Management

Selection of roles

2008-2009 - Acting Dean, Plymouth Business School

2004- Led development and establishment of first University of Plymouth 'affiliate partner' - the Greenwich School of Management.

1991-05 Led development and Programme Manager, BSc Tourism Mgt (1993-2005) and Hospitality Mgt Programmes (2002-2005)

1992-03 Established and managed Partner College articulation routes in tourism and hospitality with South Devon College, Cornwall College, East Devon College, Plymouth College of Further Education, Somerset College of Technology, Bicton College, Duchy College, Randers College, Denmark

Qualifications & background
1986 BSc Hons (2:1) Geography and Landscape Studies, University of Southampton

1990 PhD (Tourism), Bournemouth University (CNAA)

1990 Acreditation as a Teacher in Higher Education. City & Guilds

Professional membership

Member of the Tourism Society

Fellow of the HE Academy

Teaching interests

At UG level: Tourism Research Methods, Advanced Research Methods and Tourism Forecasting, Tourism and Crime, Dissertation Supervision.

At PG Level: Research Methods, Contemporary Issues in Tourism, Dissertation Supervision.

At HD level: Currently supervisor (jointly) four M.Phil/Ph.D candidates

Research interests

Research interests include tourism and crime and tourism research methods. Published research in the tourism and crime area including media representations of terrorist acts against tourists. More recently (with Sheela Agarwal) has been researching issues associated with social exclusion and crime in English seaside resorts.

UoP Research group membership

Cultural Industries
Law and Criminal Justice Centre (LCJC)
Service & Enterprise Research Centre (SERC)

Grants & contracts

2005- Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning – Higher Education Learning Partnerships (total bid £2million and £500k/yr for five years) within which is the establishment of a Tourism and Hospitality Curriculum Development Group (£22,000)

2003 University of Plymouth, Teaching Quality and Enhancement Fund. Development of MSc materials (with S Butts) £1500.

2002 Learning and Teaching Support Network for Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism. Subject Specialist Tourism and Hospitality Research Methods. £1000.

2002 University of Plymouth and University of Bournemouth HEFCE bid to develop foundation degrees. Development of Tourism Research Methods. £2400.

2001 University of Plymouth. Social Exclusion and English Seaside Resorts (with S Agarwal) £5000.

1999 Adapt Through Ratio award for development of distance learning in Rural Tourism at MSc Level (with C E Broom and R J Soffe) (£83,374)

1997 University of Plymouth and Prosper Group. Ph.D. Research Studentship Tourism Attractions in Devon and Cornwall (£16800).

1997 University of Plymouth research award to investigate the influence of crime on tourism decision-making (£4500).

1996-00 Devon Farms Accommodation. Assistance with 5b bid and Occupancy Survey (£11,000).

1995 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (with others). Project investigating County Farms (£7000).

1994 Torbay Countryside Services. Survey of visitors to Cockington Country Park (£500).

1993 Jack Brunton Trust. Investigation of the perception of Bracken (Pteridium

aquilinum) as a natural hazard in the rural recreation environment with special reference to Dartmoor National Park (£1000).

1993 Leisure, Environmental and Tourism Services and West Devon Borough Council. Investigation of characteristics of visitors to Lopwell Reservoir (£1000).

1991 Torbay Borough Council. Investigation of the characteristics of residents and tourists visiting Cockington Country Park (£2000).

Publications

Brunt, P. (2010) Vulnerable Victims. Botterill, D. and Jones, T. (eds) Tourism and Crime: Key Themes. Oxford: Goodfellow

Brunt, P. (2005) Tourism. In Soffe, R.J. (ed) The Countryside Notebook, Oxford: Blackwells.

Page, S.J., Brunt, P., Busby, G., and Connell, J. (2001) Tourism: A Modern Synthesis. London: International Thomson Publishing.

Brunt, P. (1997) Market Research in Travel and Tourism. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Brunt, P. amd Hooton, N. (2010) Community Response to Tourism and Crime. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 12 (1) 42-57

Brunt, P. and Brophy, K. (2006) Gay Tourist Victimisation. International Review of Victimology 13: 1-25.

Agarwal, S. and Brunt, P. (2006) Social exclusion and English seaside tourism. Tourism Management, 27(4) 654-670

Agarwal, S. and Brunt, P (2006) Social Exclusion and Crime in English Seaside Resorts. Journal of Tourism & Cultural Change, 6(1) 19-35.

Brunt, P. and Davis, C. (2006) The nature of British media reporting of hedonistic tourism. Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal 8(1) 30-50.

Busby,G., Brunt, P. and Lund, J. (2003) In Agatha Christie country: Resident perception of special interest tourism. Tourism 51(3) 287-300.

Cousins, K. and Brunt, P. (2002) Terrorism, Tourism and the Media, Security Journal. 15(1) 19-32.

Brunt, P. and Cousins, K. (2002) The Extent of the Impact of Terrorism on International Travel and Tourism at Specific Tourist Destinations, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal 4(3) 7-21.

Brunt, P. (2001) Tourism, Crime and the Media. Criminal Justice Matters. 43(1) 38-40.

Brunt, P., Mawby, R. and Hambly, Z. (2000) Case Study: Tourist Victimisation and the Fear of Crime on Holiday. Tourism Management. 21(4) 417-442.

Brunt, P. and Dunster, A. (2000) The Propensity of Visitor Attractions to Carry Out Customer Surveys. International Journal of Tourism Research. 2, 261-268.

Mawby, R. Brunt, P. and Hambly, Z. (2000) Fear of Crime Among British Holidaymakers. British Journal of Criminology 40(3) 468-479.

Brunt, P. and Courtney, P. (1999) Host Perceptions of Sociocultural Impacts. Annals of Tourism Research. 26(3) 493-515.

Brunt, P. and Hambly, Z. (1999) Tourism and Crime: A Research Agenda. Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal. 1(2) 25-36.

Mawby, R. Brunt, P. and Hambly, Z. (1999) Victimisation on Holiday: A British Survey. International Review of Victimology. 6, 201-211.

Brunt, P.R. (1995) Commissioning research. Tourism Intelligence Quarterly. November, 77-84.