Cara is committed to values-driven leadership that integrates the education agendas of widening participation, civic engagement and international diplomacy with sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Her leadership is informed by her research and she holds a Professorship in Geography and Cultural Economy and has published 10 books and 200+ research outputs, including 50+ international keynote papers. Cara has been Principal Investigator to 30+ funded research projects leading to new theoretical perspectives in leisure, tourism and gender studies and new policy impacts in rural planning, sustainable development, renewable energy, cultural strategy, tourism development and sport leadership. She has held international journal Editorial Board positions on: Annals of Leisure Research, Annals of Tourism Research, Contemporary Social Science; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Leisure Studies; and Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise.
Institution
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Job Title
President and Vice-Chancellor