Jenny Hall

• Associate Professor in Tourism and Events, York St John University

As a cultural geographer, I specialise in the geographies of tourism, leisure, sport, and heritage. My work is interdisciplinary and draws from across the social sciences. Issues of sustainability, social and ecological justice are central to my work, and I have focused on the intersectional experiences of inequality in adventure. Working with public agencies, my research has influenced policy in mountaineering organisations in the United Kingdom. This is reflected in my recently published books Gender, Politics and Change in Mountaineering: Moving Mountains and The Mountain and the Politics of Representation.

I am currently working with Mountain Rescue England and Wales to understand women's experiences of being in mountain rescue, with the aim of creating a practical toolkit to enable rescue teams to improve equality, diversity, and inclusion. As an expert in governance and policy in tourism concerning urban heritage, spatial justice, and regenerative tourism, I am currently pivoting my research to work with National Parks on a 5-year research project to investigate climate crisis and conservation through public engagement programmes.

I am a Fellow of and Treasurer of The Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group at the Royal Geographical Society a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have professional experience managing cultural regeneration projects in the public sector establishing and leading major venues, festivals, and cultural development programmes. I am a passionate mountaineer and a member of my local mountain rescue team.

• –present Associate Professor, York St John University

• 2019 York St John University, PhD

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