Dr Denise Hewlett 

Senior Lecturer 

Business Law and Sport  

Email:

Denise.Hewlett@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

01962 826360 

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Biography

Dr Denise Hewlett, BA Hons, MSc Dist, MA, PhD joined Winchester University in January 2011 as a Lecturer on Management Programmes. Prior to this appointment and whilst completing her PhD, Denise worked in the public sector and with the EU on projects concerned with managing protected areas for recreational, tourism and conservation objectives; and for Bournemouth University, in the School of Service Industries, as both a Lecturer and Researcher in the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research.  Previous to these careers, Denise worked for more than fifteen years in the private sector as a strategic and project manager for a number of national and international organisations in service industries.

Expertise

Denise’s PhD thesis extended her research and working experiences gained in Spain and Portugal, as to partnership working and public engagement in decision-making contexts for the management of National Parks.  Her interests in this area continue, revolving around the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of public engagement in governance contexts; especially so in the strategic management of National Parks, both in the UK and overseas, that is based on sustainable principles. More specifically, in these environments her research uses Mixed Methods and Participatory Action Research to examine governance processes and the effects of social, economic and natural capitals on community engagement and disengagement. More generally, additional research and publications focus on communities’ ethical and moral rights to engage, the philosophical and practical advantages of their engagement in project formulation, management and implementation, conflict resolution, and the strategic imperatives of partnerships and institutional engagement with both businesses and residents in decisions taken. Such decisions concern projects for rural development, tourism destination management, the management of recreation and in the formation and implementation of strategies for the area-wide design of projects related to SMEs’ Corporate Responsibilities in protected areas.  .

Publications

Hewlett, D 2011. Beyond the rhetoric of community-based approaches to CR and in the management of National Parks as tourist and recreational destinations. Corporate Responsibility Research Conference, 13th International Research Conference of CRRC, Leeds University, September  2011.

Previous conferences and selected publications:

• Hewlett, D 2004 Collaboration moves Forward: Bridging the gap between research and practice.  Tourism: State of the Art II Glasgow, June 2004.

• Hewlett D 2003 Beyond the Rhetoric of Transboundary Visitor Management: The Case of Peneda-Geres, International Journal of Tourism Research 6 (6) pp381-395.

• Hewlett D, Fyall A & Edwards, J 2003 Transboundary Visitor Management: Beyond the Rhetoric in Riding the Wave edited by CAUTHE, 2003 (with A Fyall & J Edwards).  Initially presented at Riding the Wave, 13th International Research Conference of CAUTHE, Coffs Harbour, Australia, February 2003.

• Hewlett, D. 2003. Community participation in the management of Transboundary Parks: Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa 2003.

 

Research Interests

Denise continues to work with a number of Hampshire based, national and international organisations.  Her current projects examine community perceptions of intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of National Parks from which the development, planning and management of tourism and recreation in these areas can be informed.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

Member of the British Sociological Association 2012
Invited Member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the World Commission on Protected Areas 2011
Member of the Institute of Leisure & Amenity Management ILAM 2009
Member of the Association of Project Managers (APM) 2009
Member of the Consultation Institute 2008