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Email:	pascal.scherrer@scu.edu.au
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Staff Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University, 2003 .
• Bachelor of Science Honours, Griffith University, 1998 .
• Bachelor of Science, Griffith University, 1998 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• STCRC - Sustainable Resources Research Fellow,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Fellowship(**),  2010,  $3,000.
• An Assessment of Rottnest Island's Sustainable Visitor Capacity,  Rottnest Island Authority,  Grant(**),  2010,  $37,159.
• The Social Ecology of Ningaloo Tourism,  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation,  Scholarship(**),  2010,  $25,000.
• Bridging the gap between cultural practices and mainstream visitor management approaches to develop an integrated monitoring framework for Australia's northwest,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**),  2010,  $5,000.
• The Social Ecology of Ningaloo Tourism,  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation,  Scholarship,  2009,  $25,000.
• STCRC - Sustainable Resources Research Fellow,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Fellowship,  2009,  $121,446.
• An Assessment of Rottnest Island's Sustainable Visitor Capacity,  Rottnest Island Authority,  Grant,  2009,  $50,000.
• The Social Ecology of Ningaloo Tourism,  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation,  Scholarship,  2008,  $25,000.
• Tourism and the Kimberley waterways,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Grant,  2008,  $13,000.
• Global Corporate Challenge Qualitative Research Project,  Centre for Heart Disease and Diabetes Prevention,  Grant,  2007,  $5,168.
• Tourism and the Kimberley waterways,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Grant,  2007,  $19,500.
• Tourism and the Kimberley waterways,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Grant,  2006,  $32,500.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Books

• Scherrer, P., (2011), Monitoring alpine vegetation change., 311, Saarbrucken.

Book Chapters

• Scherrer, P., Pickering, CM., (2010), The Australian Alps: Opportunities and challenges for geotourism. Geotourism - The Tourism of Geology and Landscape, 77-87, Oxford.

Journal Articles

• Scherrer, P., Smith, AJ., Randall, M., Dowling, R., (2011), Environmental and cultural implications of visitor access in the Kimberley region, Australia. Australian Geographer, 42(3), 257-271, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2011.595766.
• Scherrer, P., Smith, A., Dowling, R., (2011), Visitor management practices and operational sustainability: Expedition cruising in the Kimberley, Australia. Tourism Management, 32(5), 1218-1222.
• Scherrer, P., Doohan, K., (2011), Capturing intangible cultural impacts from tourism on Aboriginal Land in Australia?s Kimberley. Tourism Recreation Research, 36(3), 271-280.
• Sibson, R., Scherrer, P., Ryan, M., Henley, N., Sheridan, L., (2010), Is Physical Activity Leisure or Work? Exploring the leisure-tourism?physical activity relationship with holidaymakers on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Annals of leisure research, 13(4), 652-678, United Kingdom.
• Scherrer, P., Sheridan, L., Sibson, R., Ryan, M., Henley, N., (2010), Employee engagement with a corporate physical activity program: the global corporate challenge. International Journal of Business Studies (ECU), 18(1), 125-139, Australia.
• Scherrer, P., Smith, AJ., Dowling, R., (2010), Visitor management practices and operational sustainability: Expedition cruising in the Kimberley, Australia. Tourism Management, online(online), 5p., DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.09.007.
• Smith, A., Scherrer, P., Dowling, R., (2009), Impacts on Aboriginal spirituality and culture from tourism in the coastal waterways of the Kimberley region, North West Australia. Journal of Ecotourism, 8(2), 82-98, UK, DOI: 10.1080/14724040802696007.
• Sheridan, L., Alonso, A., Scherrer, P., (2009), Wine tourism as a development initiative in rural Canary Island communities. Journal of Enterprising Communities, 3(3), 291-305, DOI: 10.1108/17506200910982037.
• Scherrer, P., Alonso, A., Sheridan, L., (2009), Expanding the destination image: wine tourism in the Canary Islands. International Journal of Tourism Research, 11(5), 451-463, DOI: 10.1002/jtr.713.
• Alonso, A., Scherrer, P., Sheridan, L., (2009), The challenge of preserving rural industries and traditions in ultraperipheral Europe: Evidence from the Canary Islands. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 4(2), 1-18, Canada.
• Alonso, A., Sheridan, L., Scherrer, P., (2008), Importance of tasting rooms for Canary Islands' wineries. British Food Journal, 110(10), 977-988, United Kingdom.
• Alonso, A., Sheridan, L., Scherrer, P., (2008), Wine Tourism in the Canary Islands: An Exploratory Study. Pasos, 6(2), 291-300.
• Scherrer, P., Henley, N., Sheridan, L., Sibson, R., Ryan, M., (2008), Maintaining Momentum: The Challenge of a Workplace Physical Activity Program to Sustain Motivation and Activity. Journal of Research for Consumers, xx(14), 1-12, Australia.

Conference Publications

• Scherrer, P., Doohan, K., (2011), Recognising Indigenous governance of coastal tourism in the Kimberley region, Australia. 2011 Research Symposium: Sustainability, Collaborative Governance and Tourism, 34-37.
• Northcote, J., Scherrer, P., Macbeth, J., (2010), Assessing sustainable visitor capacity for small island destinations: The case of Rottnest Island, Australia. Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates & Challenges, 874-885, Crete.
• Scherrer, P., Northcote, J., Macbeth, J., (2009), Because numbers do matter - Refining the Sustainable Visitor Capacity framework., 240-241.
• Scherrer, P., Smith, A., Dowling, R., (2009), Expedition cruising in Australia: proactive steps towards change for sustainability. Proceedings of the 18th Annual CAUTHE Conference. See change: tourism and hospitality in a dynamic world, 5p., Fremantle, WA.
• Chapman, K., Horwitz, P., Scherrer, P., Northcote, J., (2009), Tourism research to tourism practice: The need for adaptive institutions in Western Australia's Ningaloo region. Proceedings of the 18th Annual CAUTHE conference. See change: tourism and hospitality in a dynamic world, 8p., Western Australia.
• Pickering, CM., Scherrer, P., (2008), Managing tourists on the top of Australia: past, present and future challenges. Proceedings of the Inaugural Global Geotourism Conference, 1, Fremantle.