Doctor Irma Booyens
Senior Lecturer
Work, Employment and Organisation
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor) in the Work, Employment and Organisation department, mostly on our tourism and hospitality courses. Tourism is one of my key research interests which I have approached from the theoretical frameworks of human geography, development studies, tourism management and innovation studies.
Before joining the 欧美高清 Business School, I was a Senior Research Specialist in the Economic Planning and Development unit at the Human Sciences Research Council in Cape Town where I worked on various projects with policy impact. I also have experience as a tourism and business studies lecturer and as a consultancy researcher.
I am affiliated as an associate researcher with the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where I held a post-doc position and also completed my PhD.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2019
- Recipient
- 2018
- Recipient
- 2018
- Recipient
- 2012
- Recipient
- 2010
- Recipient
- 2008
Qualifications
PhD Geography, University of Johannesburg, 2015
Masters in Development Studies, University of the Free State, 2008
Post-graduate Certificate in Education, University of Pretoria, 2002
B.Com Tourism Management, University of Pretoria, 2000
Publications
- Regional Studies Vol 59, pp. 1-15 (2025)
- Hracs Brian J, , Comunian Roberta, Brydges Taylor
- Environment and Planning A Vol 57, pp. 794-809 (2025)
- , Cunningham Tayler, , ,
- Unpacking Hospitality Work Realities Insights and Advocacy from the Global Hospitality Research Alliance (2025) (2025)
- , Linge Tone Therese, Gjerald Olga, Robinson Richard
- Unpacking Hospitality Work Realities Insights and Advocacy from the Global Hospitality Research Alliance (2025) (2025)
- Williamson David, ,
- Unpacking Hospitality Work Realities Insights and Advocacy from the Global Hospitality Research Alliance (2025) (2025)
- , Hoogendoorn Gijsbert
- Annals of Tourism Research Vol 111 (2025)
Teaching
Tourism and business studies lecturing and supervision
Research Interests
My research interests include social innovation; innovation measurement; tourism innovation; tourism sustainability; tourism livelihoods, employment and workplace issues; creative industries - employment and spatial perspectives.
Professional Activities
- Organiser
- 31/3/2026
- Organiser
- 17/3/2026
- Contributor
- 1/5/2025
- Speaker
- 2/4/2025
- Participant
- 1/1/2025
- Speaker
- 11/6/2024
Projects
- Niewiadomski, Piotr (Principal Investigator) Beecroft, Mark (Co-investigator) Booyens, Irma (Co-investigator) Ferguson, Neil (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- Booyens, Irma (Principal Investigator) Hadjisolomou, Tasos (Principal Investigator)
- This project was funded by the Strategic Themes
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- Booyens, Irma (Principal Investigator) Hadjisolomou, Tasos (Principal Investigator) MOGHADAS, Shayesteh (Researcher) Butler, Joanna (Academic)
- This study aims to stimulate conversations with industry representatives on the role of management and transformational leadership for fair hospitality work.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Booyens, Irma (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Hadjisolomou, Tasos (Principal Investigator) Baum, Thomas (Co-investigator) Booyens, Irma (Co-investigator) Nickson, Dennis (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- Booyens, Irma (Principal Investigator) Hadjisolomou, Tasos (Co-investigator) Nickson, Dennis (Academic) Baum, Thomas (Academic) Cunningham, Tayler (Researcher)
- Employee survey - Scottish hospitality workers
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
Contact
Doctor
Irma
Booyens
Senior Lecturer
Work, Employment and Organisation
Email: irma.booyens@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6109