Chris Hurst

Chris Hurst is an Assistant Professor in Tourism and Hospitality at Northumbria University, UK. His research focuses on critical tourism studies, posthumanism, and more-than-human conservation futures. He holds a PhD and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA, 2024). His work explores material-affective atmospheres, spatiotemporality, and nonhuman agencies in nature-based tourism and protected areas, framed by Anthropocene challenges. Key research themes include decolonizing tourism practices, climate change impacts, and community-led approaches.

Recent articles address topics such as animal welfare in tourism (e.g., elephants in Thailand), Indigenous interpretation in protected areas, and temporal geographies in leisure. His methodologies emphasize sensory ethnography and non-representational theory. Hurst collaborates internationally and engages with interdisciplinary themes like environmental justice and reconciliation processes in tourism.

• Education: PhD (2024), FHEA (2024)
• Awards: Fellow Higher Education Academy

His research often intersects with ethics, care practices, and the materiality of reconciliation in tourism contexts, with a focus on fostering equitable and sustainable relationships between humans and environments.