Jan Mosedale
Lecturer
Office - Commerce 4.51
Tel 64 3 479 9046
Email jan.mosedale@otago.ac.nz
Background
After studying studying Applied Biology at the University of Leeds (BSc 1999), Jan was interested in learning more about the dominant species in most natural systems and included the human (social, cultural and economic) dimension by studying for a Master of Environmental Studies in Tourism and Recreation Planning at York University, Canada. Jan then worked as a tourism consultant, event manager and communications manager in the US, Canada and Germany before returning to academia in 2002 when he gained a Master in Research Methods in Human Geography at the University of Exeter followed by PhD research at the same institution. His PhD thesis on the corporate geographies of transnational tourism developed new perspectives in the study of tourism by applying aspects of 'new' economic geography, such as regulation and embeddedness of capital, to the field of tourism.
Research Interests
Dr Mosedale is primarily concerned with analysing the constitution of ‘the economy’ as multiple forms of economic practices across space. This involves research on the capitalist structures of the economy as well as non-capitalist forms of economic exchanges. In this work he draws on a diverse set of theoretical foundations, such as political economy, post-structuralism and post-colonialism, integrating them to an alternative political economy. Previous and current work on tourism commodity chains offers a perspective on the capitalist structures surrounding tourism development and the upgrading opportunities for developing nations or firms situated in these. In addition to analysing the structural characteristics of the formalised capitalist tourism economy, I am also interested in multiple and alternative economies of tourism. Of particular interest are the ways in which multiple economies coalesce and produce distinctive spaces creating specific social relations.
Major Works
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Mosedale, J. forthcoming, Political Economy and Tourism: a critical perspective. Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility Series. Routledge. |
Bill Bramwell, Bernard Lane, Scott McCabe, Jan Mosedale and Caroline Scarle. Special Issue: Research Perspectives on Responsible Tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Volume 16, No 3, 2008. |
Selected Recent Publications
Mosedale, J.T. (2008) The Internationalisation of Tourism Commodity Chains. In: Hall, C.M. and Coles, T. (eds.) International Business in Tourism: global issues, contemporary interactions. Routledge: pp. 149–166.
Bramwell, B., Lane, B., McCabe, S., Mosedale, J.T. and Scarles, C. (2008) Research Perspectives on Responsible Tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 16(3): 253-257.
Mosedale, J.T. (2006) Tourism commodity chains: market entry and its effects on St. Lucia. Current Issues in Tourism 9(4&5): 436–458.
PhD and Masters Supervision - Current
PhD C. Randall. Wine Tourism in British Columbia: an examination of the issues, opportunities and relationships between the wine and tourism industries.
PhD S. Taylor. Understanding how mountain bikers choose destinations at which to ride, in the expectation that these destinations will fulfil their motivations, needs and desires.
PhD D. Nyahunzvi. Impacts of the commercialisation of Krueger National Park.